TUBERCULARIEAE. 46 1 



ficial or erumpent; waxy or subgelatinons. Conidia borne 

 laterally or terminal on simple or branched conidiopKores 

 that are agglutinated together to form a head ; very rarely 

 sessile. 



The principal character of the group under consideration 

 consists in the agglutination of the conidiophores to form a 

 waxy or subgelatinous, wart-like or depressed head ; conidia 

 usually minute, very numerous. 



Series I. Tubercularieae mucedineae. Sacc. 



Hyphae and conidia hyaline or bright coloured (not 

 black). 



Sect. 1. Amerosporae. Sacc. 



Conidia continuous, elliptical, curved, shortly cylindrical, 

 or fusoid. 



Sect. 2. Didymosporae. Sacc. 

 Conidia 1 -septate, hyaline or pale-coloured. 



Sect. 3. Phragmosporae. Sacc. 



Conidia elongated, fusiform or falcate, typically 2- many- 

 septate. 



Series II. Tubercularieae dematieae. Sacc. 



Hyphae olivaceous or smoky-black; conidia similarly 

 coloured, rarely hyaline. 



Sect. 1. Amerosporae. Sacc. 



Conidia continuous, globose, elliptical, elongated, or 

 unequal, for the most part brown. 



Sect. 2. Phragmosporae. Sacc. 

 Conidia oblong or cylindrical, 2- many-septate, coloured. 



