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Bhinotriclium decoloraiis, Cooke, Grevillea, v. p. 58 ; Sacc, 

 S}^!!., iv. n. 446. 

 On chips. 



"Rhinotrichum lanosum. Cooke. 



White or pale ochraceous; forming dense, extended 

 patches ; mycelium delicate, branched, septate interwoven ; 

 fertile branches decumbent, elongated, slender, septate, and 

 with short, spreading branchlets, each with 3-4 minute 

 spicules at the tip that bear the obovate, colourless conidia. 



Bhinotriclium lanosum, Cke., Hdbk., n. 1769; Sacc, SylL, 

 iv. n. 451. 



Bhinotriclium lanosum^ Cooke, Pop. Science Eev., 1871, t. 68, 

 f. 1-3. 



Forming woolly patches on damp wall-paper. 



** More or less rosy. 



Rhino tri chum Bloxami. B. & Br. 



Forming white or cream-coloured effused patches; my- 

 celium white, decumbent, septate; fertile hyphae erect, 

 sometimes sparingly divided, tips clavate bearing scattered 

 spicules surmounted by subelliptic or slightly obovate 

 conidia, which are sometimes obtuse, sometimes apiculate, 

 6 X 4 /x. 



Bhinotriclium Bloxami, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 541, 

 t. vii. f. 19 ; Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 454. 



On dead wood. 



Rhinotrichum decipiens. Cooke. 



Broadly effused, at first pale rose-coloured, becoming- 

 whitish with age, margin radiating ; mycelium densely inter- 

 woven, creeping, branched, septate; fertile branches erect, 

 closely septate, the one or two highest joints with short, 

 pointed, wart-like projections that bear the elliptical, colour- 

 less conidia, 22-25 X 14-15 jx. 



Bhinotriclium decipiens, Cke., Grev., xiv. p. 6; Sacc, Syll., 

 iv. n. 455. 



Incrusting bark and moss, resembliug a Corticium, and in 

 some instances can be separated in a sheet. 



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