294 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



whorlecl, qnaternate, crowded ; head of conidia globose^ 

 white ; conidia 5*5 /x long, eonglutinate, oblong, surrounded 

 by a thick gelatinous stratum. 



Gliodadium imiicillioides, Corda, Icon. Fung., iv. p. 31^ 

 pi. vii. fig. 92 ; Grove, Journ. Bot., vol. xxiii. p. 10. 



On the hymenium of an old Stereum (probably hirsutum). 



The gelatinous heads of neighbouring stems unite, even 

 15-20 being thus bound together into one large common 

 head. The resemblance of the Gliodadium to Penicillium is- 

 striking, but I could not a^certain that the spores were ever 

 in chains in my specimens, and the abundant gelatinous, 

 secretion of the former is a marked feature, which Mr. 

 Plowright informs me that he did not notice in the conidia 

 of the IIyi)omyces figured in " Grevillea." I could not 

 perceiv^e in my spores the gelatinous coat which Corda 

 figures ; they measured 5 X 2 /x, and w^ere extremely abun- 

 dant. The stems were thrice bi- tri-chotamous, the branchlets 

 being parallel and appressed. (Grove.) 



Considered to be the conidial stage of Sypomyces aureo- 

 nitens. 



Gliodadium lignicolum. Grove. 



Hyphae gregarious or fjisciculate, erect, equal, 3-4 septate,, 

 hyaline, apex penicillate di- tri-chotamous ; head of conidia 

 ^vhite, globose or obovate ; conidia involved in mucus,, 

 oblong ovoid, 2-2 • 5 x 1 * 5 /x. 



Gliodadium lignicolum, Grove, Journ. Bot, vol. xxiii. p. 11. 



On wood. 



Perhaps a variety of Gliodadium penicillioides, from which, 

 it differs in the conidia being only half the length, and the 

 habitat different. (Grove.) 



TEICHODERMA. Pers. (emend.) (fig. 26, p. 313.) 



Mycelium or sterile hyphae in plane, compact tufts, 

 fertile branches ascending, tj^pically 2-3 times forked, tips. 

 not inflated, but bearing a head of minute colourless or 

 coloured conidia. 



Tridioderma, Persoon, Disp. Fung., p. 12 ; Sacc, Syll., iv. 

 p. 59. 



