616 

 Gen. 251. 



MUCEDINES. 



GONATOBOTRYS, Corda. 



Fig. 286. 



Flocci erect, jointed ; articulations swollen 

 in the middle, and bearing obovate spores on 

 little spicules. — Berk. Outl.p. 364: . 



{Fig. 286.) 



1851. Gonatobotrys simplex. 



" Simple Gonatobotrys." 



Corda. 



White ; tufts lax, minute, arachnoid ; flocci 

 simple, long, straight, erect, then nodding ; 

 heaps of spores globose ; spores ovate, apicu- 

 late at the base. — Corda. Muced. t. 5. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 354. ^ 



On fruit of Tamus, &c. {Fig. 286.) 



Gen. 252. 



CLONOSTACHYS, Corda. 



V 



Flocci jointed above; branches and 

 branchlets quaternate, subcapitate, clothed 

 with spores, forming distinct spikes. — 

 Berk. Outl. p. 354. (Fig. 287. j 



1852. Clonostachys axaucaria. Corda. 



" Compact Clonostachys." 



White, arachnoid ; branches fastigiate ; 

 spil^es cylindrical; spores oblong, obtuse, 

 white. — Corda. Muced. t. 15. Curr. Micr. 

 Jaurn. v. p. 126. Stachylidium araucarium, 

 Bon. Handb. t. vii./. 155. 



On bark of small twigs. 



Remarkable for the peculiar arrangement of the 

 spores, which form long dense spikes like ears of com. 

 ^Curr. {Fig. 287.) 



