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MUCOR Jlipitatus fugex, Jlipite fupern ventricofo pellucido rorndo CLXX.
capitulo fubrotundo elaftico nigra, Dick/on, Crypt, faf. 1, p. 25, urceofatus.
t. 3, fig. tV Hydrogera cryftallina. Wtggtrs Fl Holfat. p. 100.
Relhan, Flor. Append. 35, No. 1062,
r i T C I I E R - S H A P E D MUCOR.
T A B . CXXXIII. F I E . I.
r r A H I S is- about two lines in heightI the ftalk or afcending part is
J of a duiky yellowiih hue, and contrafted near the bafe, but
towards the top is fwelled, fo as to give the item a lengthened urn
fliape. This upper part is pellucid, and feems as if filled with dew.
The head is f lobular, fometimes a4ittl<?: depreffed;:, fometimes- compreifed;
it is of a dark ihining olive colour, lurrounded with a
membrane at firil, but which, breaks, and the head afterwards is of a
greeniih hue, and appears;: downy. The feeds adhere to elaftic filaments
as at a. The natural fize of the plant is'feen at b. The head
uncovered at d. covered at f. A downright feftion at e. The plant
more highly magnified at/. . H c
. pound in horfes or cows'dung, early in the. morning. I his figure
anfidefcription was taken in O&ober, 1784.
MUCOR feffiHs fubalbidis magnis, pulvere fufcis. Lycogala grifeum CLXXI.
majus. Micb'.;Gen. /. 95, 1. Schafi Fung. 195. , - lycogalm.
G E L L Y MU C O R .
" T A B . CXXXIII. - F 'I G. " II$|f
r r ^ H f i fubftance of the plant, while immature, is like a ftiff gelly; ,
H it is of a brown colour, and enclofed in a brown foft bag or
c ^ e r It adheres to decaying wood,, by a central umbilicus, but has
no apparent root. As the plant advances in growth it becomes more
convex, approaching to a. globular figure, but comprefled at the bale ;
the cover becomes more firm and dry, and changes to a fair white, is
imooth to the eye, but has a gentle afperity to the touch $Vhen full
crown 1 breaks, in various irregular galhes, and difcharges brown
globular feeds adhering to elaftic filaments, a. the young plant; b. the
perfedt one; H | a-fpecime® cut perpendicularly; d. the feeds.
This grew in a brew-houfc in Halifax, on an old beam, over the
pan where the worts are boild, April 21, 1788.