336 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



DIPLOSPOPJUM. Bonord. (fig. 15, p. 27-i.) 



Sterile hj^phae creeping ; fertile Lypliae ascending or 

 ^erect, septate, vaguely brancHed ; conidia terminal on the 

 branchlets, usually solitary, 1-septate, elliptical or oblong. 



Diplosporiumy Bonorden, Hdbk., p. 93; Sacc, Sjll., iv. 

 p. 178. 



Closely allied to Diplocladiiim, differing only in the 

 l^ranchlets being scattered, and not in whorls. 



Diplosporium album. Bon. (fig. 15, p. 274.) 

 Forming effused, lax, silky, snow-white tufts; fertile 



liyphae ascending, septate repeatedly irregularly forked ; 



<'onidia, oblong, 1-septate, constricted, 20-28 x 8 /x ; 



hyaline, contents granular. 



Diplosporium album, Bonorden, Hdbk., p. 99, f. 108 ; Sacc, 



;Syll., n. 877. 



On decaying stems of bean (Viciafaha) ; also on branches. 



Var. fungicolnm^ Sacc, Syll., n. 877 ; Grevillea, pL 157, 

 €g. d. 



Conidia elliptic-oblong base apiculate, remaining for a 

 long time continuous, then 1-septate, not constricted, 18—23 

 X i3-7 fji. 



On Aethalium septtcum, along with Hypomyces fiolascens, of 

 -^vhich it is supposed to be the conidial form. 



Diplosporium cervinum. Sacc 



lllifused ; pale fawn-colour; hyphae branched, septate; 

 «conidia obovate, 1-septate, base apiculate. 



Diplosporium cervinum, Sacc, Syll., n. 879. 



Dadylium cervinum, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 171G. 



On branches of laburnum. 



There is no specimen in Berkeley's herbarium, and owing 

 ^o the absence of information respecting the mode of branch- 

 ing, it is uncertain whether the present belongs to Diplo- 

 sporium or to Diplocladium. 



TPJCHOTHECIUM. Link. (fig. U, p. 274.) 



Sterile hyphae creeping ; fertile, simple, erect ; conidial 

 "terminal, solitary, two-celled, colourless or brightly coloured. 



