522 Hyphbmycetef^, Mucedineifi, Amerosporje, RhopalomyceS. 



3. Edocaphalum echinulatum Thaxt. Bot. Gaz. 1891, pag. 17, t. IV, 7ioi 

 f. 8-11. — Albuii], dernuni flavidum; hjphis sterilibus fertilibusque 

 rion pi'orsus distinctis, ultimis plus niinus irregulariter et indefini- 

 te ramosis; vesiculis conidiophoris e sphaerico obovoideis 35^:28, 

 rarius usque 65*45, obsolete areolatis muriculatisque; conidiis 

 ex ovato ellipsoideis, tenuiter echinulatis, 12:rl0, rarius usque 



25c:18. 



Ilab. in caseo et charta caseum obvolvente, Massachusetta 

 Araer. bor. — Videretur (Edocephalum proliferum. Cfr. Choano- 

 phora Cunn., Syll. IX, p. 339. 



4. (Edocephalum agaricinum Rich. Cat. Champ. Marn. n. 1870. — 7102 

 Caespitulis fascicularibus; hj^phis hyalinis; conidiis concateaatis, in 

 capitulum ocliraceum congestis, hypharum apico minute verruco- 

 so insertis. 



Hah. in pileo Agaricineae cnjusdam, vSermaize Marne Galliae. 



5. (Edocephalum verticillatum Thaxt. Bot. Gaz. 1891, pag. 18, t. IV, 7io3 

 f. 12-14. — Album, demum liavidum; hjphis sterilibus repenti- 

 bus, crebre septatis, ramosis, hyphas fertiles 2-4 ex uao puncto 

 verticillatim ascendentes emittentibus, hyphis fertilibus septatis, fi- 

 liformibus 4 u.. cr, in vesiculam sphsericam abrupte apice dilata- 

 tis : vesicula tenuissime areolata, 20-25 u.. diam.; conidiis gro^siu- 

 SGule muriculatis, spha^ricis, 5--7..fji.. diam. 



Hab. in excrementis Lacertarum, E. Tennesee Amer. bor. 



RHOPALOMYCES Corda — Syll. IV, p. 50. 



1. Rhopa!omyces strangulatus Thaxt. Bot. Gaz. 1891, p. 21, t. III, ^jq^ 

 f. 3-9. — Hyphis sterilibus copiosis, valde ramosis, parce septatis, 

 4 U: diam., fertilibus dense gregariis, basi rhizinis copiosis preedi- 

 tis, hyalinis, cylindricis, 2-8 mra. aitis, 40-50 a. cr., infra vesi- 

 culam abrupte et arcte coastrictis; vesicula globosa, magaa, 250 a. 

 diam,, plus minus distincte areolata ; conidiis numerosissimis, sub- 

 cylindricis utrinque rotundatis, 39^8,5-10. 



HoJj. in ossibus aliisque substantiis animalibus putrescentibus, 

 Massachusetts, Connecticut Amer. bor. — Cl. Thaxter, cui libenter 

 assentior, discriraen typicnm inter (Edocephalum et Rhopalomtj-  



cetem ponit in hyphis (nycelicis, quse in hoc postrema sunt radicu- 

 liformes, in illo hyphae lertili fere conformes et magis evoluta?. 



2. Rhopaiomyces nigripes Cost. Hull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1880, p. 493. — 7105 

 Hyphis fertilibus brunneis, apice in vesiculam concolorem, sterig- 



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