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*** Golden, citron, ochraceous, or taivny. 



Rhinotrichum ramosissimum. B. & C. 



Pale fawn-colour or clay-colour ; li^'phae very mucli and 

 irregularly branched, septate, the terminal joints elongated 

 and furnished with slight, projecting points that bear the 

 obovate conidia, which measure 7-8 X 4-5 /x. 



BliinotricJmm ramosissimiim, Berk. & Curt., N. Amer. Fung., 

 n. 662 ; Sacc, Syll., n. 469. 



On rotten wood. 



The British form differs from the type in having the 

 hyphae densely fasciculate, resembling the capillitium of a 

 TricMa after the rupture of the peridium. 



Rhinotrichum Thwaitesii. B. & Br. 



Tufts orbicular, often becoming confluent, yellow with a 

 pale margin ; mycelium dense, interwoven, creeping, the tips 

 becoming erect and branching in a forked manner, apices 

 slightly thickened, denticulate, spores globose, very pale 

 yellow, minutely warted, furnished with a very short pedicel, 

 7-10 jx diameter. 



Wiinotriclmm Tliwaitesii, B. &: Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., Ser. 2, 

 vol. vii. p. 10, t. vi. f. 12 (n. 542) ; Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 470. 



On naked ground. 



Var. fulvum, Grove. Tawny or almost fuscous ; sj)ores 

 not so coarsely warted. 

 On rotten wood. 



Rhinotrichum. aureum. C. & M. 



Broadly eflused, overrunning the entire matrix, bright 

 deep orange ; sterile threads creeping, branched, thin, septate; 

 lertile threads erect, simple or forked, septate, 180-250 X 

 12 fx; ultimate joint papillate with small, obtuse warts; 

 conidia broadly elliptical, 18-20 x 10-12 /x, springing from 

 the warts, and forming subglobose heads. 



Rliinotrichum aureum, Che. & Mass. Grev., xviii. p. 27. 



On decaying Faxillus, Boletus, and Lactarius. 



