328 FlIXGUS-FLOKA. 



in a forked manner, secondary branches short, in verticils 

 nsuallv consistino; of four branchlets : conidia minute, 

 j;lobose, colourless. 



Verticillium terresirc, Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 785. 



Stachylidium terrestre, Grev., Scot. Cr3^pt. Fl., t. 257. 



On the bare ground and on fallen wood. 



Verticillium nanum. B. & Br. 



Yery minute, white, barren hyphae creeping-, interwoven, 

 fertile erect, minute, wavy, branches short, in pairs or single ; 

 conidia elliptical, white, 5 x 3 yu. 



VerticiUium nanum, B. & Br., Ann, Nat. Hist., n. 532, t. 7, 

 f. 18; Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 789. 



On pears. 



A very minute and degenerate species, the whorls being 

 reduced to two opposite branches, sometimes onl}^ one. 



Verticillium agaricinum. Corda. 



Forming white, woolly tufts ; fertile hyi^iae erect, 

 septate, verticillately branched, the lowermost and most 

 vigorous branches with branchlets in verticils; bianchlets 

 jicute at the tip and bearing a single eiliptic-obovate 

 conidium (rarely more) at the apex ; conidia 14 X 5—6 //.. 



Verticillium agaricinum, Corda, Icon. Fung., xi. p. 15, f. 68; 

 Sacc, Syll., no. 790 (in part); (not Plowright, Grevillea, 

 pi. 150, f. A.) 



On Agarics. 



Verticillium. lactescentium. Sacc 



Effused, white; hyphae erect, 8-10 /x thick, attenuated 

 towards the apex, septate, simple or with 1-2 branches 

 Towards the top, branchlets in whorls of 3-5, acuminate, 

 each bearing a single conidium at the apex ; conidia ellip)tical, 

 apiculate at the base, 25—30 X 10-12 fx. 



Verticillium lactescentium, Sacc, Syll., n. 791 ; Grevillea, 

 pi. 153, fig. A. 



On species of Lacfarius ; accompanj'ing Hypomyces terrestris^ 

 of which it is the conidial form. 



Verticillium microspermum. Sacc. 

 Effused, white; fertile branches erect, b-Q /x thick, apex 

 tapering, septate ; branches in verticils of 3-4, beai ing 



