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RA CO D IUM CELLARE.
Mouse-skin Byssus.
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Class and Order CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Li««—Nat. Ord. BYSSOIDRM,
Grev.
G EN E R IC c h a r a c t e r .
Thalhis eßhrls opacis, obscure septalis, laxe cmte.vtus. Pseudoperidia e ßoccis
polymorphis arliculatis farctis formatisque. Sporidia nuda, distincta, floccis
pseudoperidiorum inspersa.
Thallus a lax texture of opake, obscurely jointed filaments. Pseudoperidia
filled with and composed of polymorphous articulated fiocci. Sporidia
naked, distinct, scattered among the fiocci of the pseudoperidia.
S P E C IF IC CHARAC TER .
Racodium celiare ; late effusum, mollissimum, primo pallidum, demum oliváceo-
nigrum.
R. widely spreading, exceedingly soft, pale at first, at length olivaceous-
black.
Racodium celiare, Pers. Disp. Meth. Fmig. p. 43— Syn. Fung. p. 701.—
Mycol. Fur. v. 1. p. 67.—Alb. et Schwein. p. 372.—Nees, Syst. p. 20. t. 5.
f. 70.—Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 1356.—Mart. Fl. Crypt. Erl. p. 356.—
Hook. Fl. Scot. Pt. 2 . p. 34.— Crev. Fl. Fdin. p. 470.—Moug. et Nestl.
Stirp. Fxsicc. No. 790.
F ibhillaria vinaria. Sow. Fung. t. 432.
B yssus Cryptarum, De Cand. Fl. Fran;, v. 2. p. 67.—Fjusd. Synop. p. 13.
B y s s u s séptica, Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 607- var. ß.—Roth. Fl. Cerm. 4. p. 561 —
With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 192. var. 2.—Lightf Fl. Scot. p. 999.—
Purt. Midi. Fl. V. 2 . p. 607. var. 2.
Byssus mollissima, Fhrh. PI. Crypt. Fxsicc. No. 2\ l . f d e Martius.
Byssus tenerrima murina doliaris. Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 6. t. 1. f. 12.
B y s s u s m a jo r speluncis e t cellis vinariis innascens, filtrum vel p a n n um la-
n e um simulans, p rim um alba, dein n ig ra , filamentis tenuissimis non ra -
mosis, Mich. Nov. PI. Cen. p. 2 1 1 . t. 89. f. 9. quoad Desc. partem.
F u n g u s spongiosus, n ig e r re ticu la tu s, doliolis vinosis adnascens, Ray, Syn.
p . 51.— Hist. PI. v. 3. p. 23.
F ungus spongiosus n ig e r, p a n n um lan eum te x tu ra simulans, doliolis vino-
sis adnascens, Phik. Aim. p. 164.
H ab. In vaults and cellars, on casks and bottles, and even on the walls ;
throughout the year, common.
Spreading widely, and covering the casks or other bodies on which it
grows, with a very soft woolly coat of a dull yellowish or pale reddish
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