LASIOBOTRYS L o n i c e r æ .
Woodbine Lasiobotrys.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, irnra.—N a t . O r d . HYPOXYLA,
De Cand. Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Epiphyllus. Erumpens. Perithecia subglobosa, strata unico coarctata, basi f -
broso-radiata ; intus massa granuhso-gelatinosa cum sporidiis subglobosis
farcta.
Epiphyllous. Bursting forth. Perithecia subglohose, crowded, forming a
single stratum, the base furnished with radiating fibres ; within fiUed
with a granuloso-gelatinous mass, mixed with subglohose sporidia.
s p e c i f i c CHARACTER.
L a s io bo try s Loniceræ ; peritheciis lævibus confertissimis atris,fibris radican-
tibus simplicibus.
L. perithecia even, very crowded, black, the radicating filaments simple.
L as io bo try s Loniceræ, Kunze, Mykol. Hefte, 2. p. 88 Spreng. in Litt.
XvLOMA Loniceræ, Schleich. Stirp. Exsicc. Jid. Kunze Fries, Obs. Mycol.
1. p. 198. t. 4. f. 7.
XvLoMA X y lo s te i, Chaillet, ined.—De Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p. 599. & v. 6.
p. 154.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 6S.—Mem. du Mus. S. p. Sip. t. 3. f. 2.
S ph æ r ia ru b o id e a . Fries, in Vet. Ac. Handl. 1817, p. 269. & in Kunze, Myc.
Heft. 2. p. 35.
D o th id ea Loniceræ, Fries, Syst. v. 2. p. 557-
H ab. On the living leaves of various species of Lonicera. On Lon. Peri-
clymenum in Darnway woods. D r H oo ker and Dr G r e v il l e . I have
since found it occasionally in other places in Scotland.
This plant originates beneath the epidermis o f the leaf, during its green
and living state. When mature, it is of a very black colour, and regular,
circular form, from one to two lines in breadth, very sHghtly convex,
the surface uniformly granulated, and the whole generally situated
on a paler or colourless portion of the le a f On the bursting or laceration
of the epidermis of the leaf, which first takes place in the centre,
our plant is found to consist of a multitude of distinct perithecia, of a
roundish form, closely arranged side by side, destitute of orifice, and
the summits of which produce a granulated appearance to the naked
eye or a small magnifier. These perithecia are fixed to the leaf by a number
of short filaments radiating from their base, and are not to be detached
without some force. Their surface is smooth, black. Within
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