ioo FIKLD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



C. flagellaris E. & E. sp. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead stem of Helianthus decapetalus Dec. 3, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1762, 650). 



(C. lactea S. & E. partly, Sacc. No. 3550.) 



Sporodochia gregarious, subglobose, subhyaline and gelatinous- 

 when fresh, lens-shaped, with a thin spreading margin, orbicular, 

 -33 to -5 omm - diameter yellowish-amber color (whitish in the 

 center) when dry. Sporophores densely fasciculate, flagelliform 

 2 to 3 times dichotomously branched, 80 to ioo//long, separat- 

 ing into the short cylindrical, hyaline, 4 to 5 x i n conidia. 



This was included by Saccardo in Michelia II, p. 581, in Cy/tn- 

 drocolla lactea, S. &. E. (on rotten wood of Kalmia), but differs in 

 the shape and color of the sporodochia and thesporophores only 

 2 to 3 times dichotomously branch. C. lactea retains its white 

 color when dry, and resembles young Lasiosph&ria ovina. 



SCORIOMYCES Ell. & Sacc. 



S. Cragini E. & S. 



Under loose bark of dead Hicoria sp. , Short Creek, alt. 1,250- 

 ft., Nov. 21, 1893 {Nuttall, 1272, 219). 



VOLUTELLA Tode. 



V. ciliata (A. & S.) Fr. 



On decaying leaves of Prunus cult, in grass, June 20, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1010). 



BACTRIDIUM Kunze. 



B. FLAVUM K. & S. 



Under decaying bark of Quercus alba, Monongalia Co., near 

 Morgantown (Millspaug)i). 



HELISCUS Sacc. 



H. Lugdunensis Sacc. 



On dead limbs of Ilex opqca, thrown in wet places one year 

 previously, March 16, 1894; sporodochia + 2 mm. diameter, 

 conidia 30 to 33 x 5 <i (Nuttall, 1427, 400). 



FUSARIUM Link. 

 F. CULMORUM Smith. 



On heads of ripe living wheat. Monongalia Co., Laurel Point 

 (Afillspaugh). 



"This specimen combines the characters of a number of 

 so-called species, making it difficult to say which it really is. 

 Probably they are all forms of one species." Professor Peck (in 

 letter). 



F. sarcochroum (Desm.) Sacc. 



On Acer Negundo, April 24, 1894 (Nuttall, 1482, 462). 



