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MUCOR CANINUS.
Small yellow-headed Mucor.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— FUNGI, IV. Co n iom y -
C E T E S , Ord. M u c o r e i , Fries.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pertodiola solitaria stipitata rumpentia aut persistentia, jloccis ( stipitibusj erec-
iis. Spmidia Simplicia, ghhosa.
Peridiola solitary, stipitate, bursting open or persistent, the flocci (stipes)
erect. Sporidia simple, globose.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
M u c o r cammis; jloccis dccumbentibus sterilibus nullis, fertilibus simplicihts,
elongatis; peridiolis minutis, lutescentibus.
M. decumbent sterile filaments none, fertile ones simple, elongated; peridiola
minute, tu rn in g yellow.
M u c o r caninus, Pers. Obs. Myc. 1. p. 96. t. 6. f. 3,-4.—Syn. Fung. p. 201—
Alb. ct Schwein. p. 111.— Schum. FI. Sicll. v. 2. p. 237-—Nces, Fung.
p, 82. f. 79.—Mart. FI. Erlang, p. 362.—Schmein. Fung. Carol. No. 424.
—Link, in Sp. Willd. v. 6. pt. 1. p. 90.
H a b . On Dog’s dung, not unfrequent.
Plant investing the substance on which it grows, like a fine Byssus, of a
white colour. Decumbent sterile filaments none. Fertile ones simple,
erect, from a quarter of an inch to h a lf an inch in height, fine, white,
pellucid, very numerous, each supporting a globular little head (Peri-
diolum) , w hich is pellucid and colourless at first, b u t afterwards yellowish
and occasionally darker. The peridiola burst when mature, and exposed
to moisture. Sporidia numerous, ovato-globose.
The genus Mucor has M i c h e l i for its author. It contains
numerous species. Professor L in k enumerates thirty-
four ; but of these a few will be probably hereafter found to
demand exclusion.
The species now figured, has been confounded by some authors
with Hydrophora stercorea of T ode, now Mucor ster