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ISARIACEI. 



Gen. 187. IS ARIA, Fr. 



Receptacle elongated, floccose, without any 

 distinct heads. Tips of threads only free. — 

 Berk. Outl.p. 338. {Fig. 222.) 



1638. Isaiia felina. Fr. *' Cat's Isaria." 



Ccespitose, elongated, filiform, branched, 

 white, internally solid, filamentose ; sporife- 

 rous stratum lax, farijiaceous. — Fr. S.M. iii. 

 p. 271. Chev.Jour.Fh.lS22,t.l,f.6. B.^ 

 Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1050. 



On cat's dung in cellars. Jan. London. 

 The specimens found were mixed with Mticor j^hycomyces. 



Is ARIA FARiNOSA. Fr. is a condition of Torruhia militaris. 

 Tul. {Fig. 222.) 



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Fig. 222. 



1639. 



Isaxia axachnophila. Bitm. " Spider Isaria." 



Sub-C£espitose, clavate, simple, white ; generally pubescent or 

 pulverulent, conidia in moniliform threads. — Fr. S.M. iii.|9. 273. 

 Sturm, t. 55. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 117. Bisch.f. 37G9. 



On dead spiders. Colleyweston. 



This is not an autonomous species, but the conidia of some Torrubia, 



1640. 



Isaria brachiata. Sclmm. " Branched Isaria." 



Gregarious, rigid, becoming smooth at the base, very much 

 branched ; branches slender, patent, straight, white. — Fr. S.M. 

 iii. ;9. 279. Batsch.f. leS. Berk. Mag. Zool. 4' Bot.no. 30. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 2280,/. 3. Kl. exs. no. 1426. Fckl. exs. no. 169. 



On dead herbaceous stems. March. [Mid. Carolina.] 



1641. 



Isaria citrina. P. *' Lemon-coloured Isaria." 



Gregarious, very nmch branched, soft, everywhere pilose, 

 lemon-coloured, whitish at the tips. — Fr. S.M. iii.^j. 279. Berk. 

 Mag. Zool. 4' Bot. no. 31. Pers. Ic. ^ Des. t. 3,/. 1. Sturm, t. 57. 

 Corda. Anl. t. 9,/. 71, no. 5-7. Bisch.f. 3786. Pay.f. 351. 



On decaying fungi. Aug. — Nov. [Mid. Carolina.] 



