338 ruNGUS-rLORA. 



TricJwtJiecinm 2)iriferum, Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 885. 

 Dactylium piriferum, Fries, S. M,, iii. p. 413. 

 On dead stems and on the naked ground. 



Trichothecium domesticum. Fries. 

 Tliis species lias been recorded as Britisli ; but examina- 

 tion of the specimens show it to be T. roseiim. 



CEPHALOTHECirM. Corda. (fig. 11, p. 358.) 



Sterile hyi)hae creeping; fertile hyphae erect, simple, 

 septate ; conidia oblong or clavate, 1-septate, hyaline, 

 forming somewhat of a head at the tip of the hj^pha. 



Ceplialoilieclum, Corda, Anl., p. 57; Sacc, Syll., iv. p. 180. 



Diifers from Trichothecium in the conidia being produced 

 in clusters or heads. 



Cephalothecium candidum. Bon. (fig. 11, p. 358.) 

 Tufts white, eifused, or minute and bursting through the 

 epidermis; fertile hyphae erect; subfasciculate, not sep- 

 tate, 40-60 X 5-6 fx; conidia obovate, 1-septate, con- 

 stricted, 12-14 X 8 /x, 3-6 springing from the apex of the 

 hypha. 



Cei^halothecinm candidum^ Bonorden, Handbuch, p. 81, f. 89 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., n. 891. 

 On rotten branches. 



AETHEOBOTliYS. Corda. (fig. 16, p. 274.) 



Hyphae erect, simple, septate, nodulose; nodes furnished 

 with minute pointed warts spirally arranged, each bearing a 

 single conidium ; conidia elliptical or obovate, 1-septate, 

 hyaline or bright and clear in colour. 



Arthrohotrys, Corda, Prachtfl. t. xxi. ; Sacc, Syll., iv. 

 p. 181. 



Arthrobotrys rosea. Mass. (fig. 16, p. 274.) 

 Tufts small, downy, pale rose-colour; fertile hyphae erect, 

 simple, sparingly se}>tate, 7-8 /x thick, having 3-5 vesicular 

 inflations at equal distances, swollen nodes, each bearii^g a 



