SEPEDOXIEI. 



619 



Order XXII. SEPEDOXIEI. 



Mvcelium floccose ; fertile flocci obscure, and in consequence 

 the spores rest upon the matrix. 



C^rl^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ principal element in this order, which approach 



es 



Spores large, globose. Seped. 



fepores fusiform, curved, then septate— 



Forming a gelatinous mass . 

 bpores septate — 



Apparently attached to the matrix 

 opores simple — 



At first covered by persistent flocci 



onium. 

 Fusisporium. 

 Epochnium. 



Psiloiiia. 



Gen. 256. 



SEFEDONIUM, Link. 



Spores large, simple and globose, or ap 

 pendiculate. — Berk Outl. ^j. 355. 



[-P'^'g- 291.) 



Fig. 291. 



1858. 



Sepedonium chrysosperxnum. 



Sepedonium." 



Zk. 



(I 



Yellow 



Flocci fleecy, dense, white ; spores golden yellow, not appen- 

 diculate. — Fr. SJI. iii. p. 438. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 350. Bull. t. 504,/. 

 l,i.476,jC4. Soiv. t.S78,f. 13. Xees.f.38. Grev.t.ldS. Chev. 

 t.3f.l6. Kunze. exs.no. 223. Bi8ch.f.3806. Bon. t. 4, f. 103. 

 Fckl. exs.no. lAl. 



On decaying fungi. Common. [United States.] 



Frequently penetrating the whole fungus, and converting it into yellow 

 dust ; spores globose, ecliinulate. Tulasne regards this as the conidioid 

 condition of a S^jhceria (Hyporayces), not yet recorded in Britain (Tul. Co/rp. 

 iii.^j.4y.).  {Fig.2U.) 



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