L IC E A F R A G IFO RM IS .
B e d Licea.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn GASTEROMYCETES,
O rd . II . T r i c h o s p e rm i, Fries.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Peridium papyraceum, determinatum, simplex, læve, irregulariter ruptum. Flood
nulli.—F r i e s .
Peridium papyraceous, determinate, simple, smooth, bursting irregularly.
Filaments none.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
L i c e a fragiformis ; subrotunda, e tubulis adnatis numerosis composita, primo
rubra, demum ferruginea ; tubulis apice liberis.
L. somewhat round, composed of numerous adnate tubes, at first red, then
brownish ; the tubes free at their apex.
L i c e a fr a g ifo rm is , Nees, Syst. p . 28. t. 8. f. 102.—Mart. FI. Crypt. Erlang.
p. 372.
L l c e a tu b u l in a , Schrad. Nov. Gen. PI. p . l 6.
T u b u l i n a fragiformis, Pers. Meth. Fung. p. 11.— Obs. Myc. 2. p. 2g.—Syn.
Fung. p. 108.—Alb. et Schwein. p. 110.— Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 419-
—De Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p. 250.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 25.
T r i c h i a fr a g ifo rm is . With. Bot. Arr. v . 4. p . 4 7 5 . sec. syn. Bull.—Relh. FI.
Cant. p . 576. exl. syn. Batsch.
S p h æ r o c a r p u s fragiformis. Bull. Champ, p. 141. t. 384,—Pwri. Midi. FI.
V. 3. p . 312.
S t e m o n i t i s f e r r u g in o s a , Batsch. Elen, Fung. Cont. 1. p . 263. t. 30. f 175.
T u b u l i f e r a a ra c h n o id e a , Jacq. Misceli. Ausi. v. 1. p . 144. t. 15.
T u b u l i f e r a c rem o r, El. Dan. t. 65 9 . f- 1-
T u b u l i f e r a ceratum, FI. Dan. t. 659. f- 2..?
R e t i c u l a r i a multicapsula. Sow. Fung. t. 179-?
M u c o r tu b u lo s u s , Retz, FI. Scand. p . 9,59. f d e Persoon.
H a b . On rotten wood, dead leaves, mosses, grasses, &c. In summer and
autumn, after rainy weather, not unfrequent.
Plant in its early state soft and mucilaginous, at length consolidating, of a
roundish form, h a lf an inch to two inches in breadth, of a red colour,
and very fragile membranaceous texture. The whole mass is seated upon
a thin pale membrane, and is composed of a congeries of tubes or Peridia,
intimately united together, except at the top, where they are free, and
give a papillate character to the surface. When mature, the red colour