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2. Conidia not catenate 



a. Conidia ciliate at one end only 



(1) Conidia ciliate at the apex 



(a) Conidia 1-ciliate above 



(b) Conidia 2-4-ciliate above 



(2) Conidia 1-ciliate at base 



b. Conidia ciliate at two points 



(1) Conidia 1-ciliate at each end 



(2) Conidia 1-ciliate above, 2-3-ciliate in mid- 



dle 

 B. Conidia not ciliate 



1. Conidia catenate 



2. Conidia not catenate 



a. Conidia stellate-lobed, lobes x-septate 



b. Conidia not stellate-lobed 



(1) Conidia attenuate into a beak at one or 



both ends 



(a) Conidia hyaline-rostrate at apex only 



(b) Conidia rostrate-curved at both ends 



(2) Conidia not rostrate 



(a) Conidia cirrhose protruded and atro- 



inquinant 



(b) Conidia not cirrhose and atro-inquinant 



Monochaetia 18:485 

 Pestalozzia 3:784; 52 

 Cryptostictis 3:443 



Amphichaeta 18:486 



Heteroceras 



Siridiella 11:580 



Asterosporium 3:782; 52 



Scolecosporium 3:782; 52 

 Toxosporium 14:1030 



Stilbospora 3:771 

 Coryneum 3:774; 52 



Hyalodictyae 

 22:1230. 

 Conidia muriform, hyaline, globoid or oblong 



A. Masses fleshy, rosy; conidia rose-colored, rounded Thyrsidina 22:1230 



B. Masses pale; conidia not rose-colored, oblong Hyalodictyum 



Phaeodictyae 



3:803, 10:508, 11:565, 14:1035, 16:1022, 18:488, 22:1229 

 Conidia muriform, dark, globose, ovoid or oblong 



A. Conidia united into rough dictyospore-like bodies 



1. Conidial bodies imbedded in mucus; basidia 



dissolving into mucus 



2. Conidial bodies and basidia not mucose 



B. Conidia true dictyospores 



1. Conidia catenate by cylindric isthmi 



2. Conidia not catenate 



a. Conidia 2-3-ciliate at apex 



b. Conidia not ciliate 



(1) Masses saprogenous, mostly ramicole 



(2) Masses biogenous 



Endobotrya 3 :470, H 338 

 Endobotryella H 338 



Phragmotrichum 3:806; 52 



Morinia 10:508 



Steganosporium 3:806 

 Stigmopsis 



Scolecosporae 



3:737, 10:498, 11:582, 14:1031, 16:1018, 18:488, 22:1231 

 Conidia acicular to filiform, hyaline, typically continuous 



A. Conidia flagellate at one end Pseuderiospora 



B, Conidia muticate 



1. Conidia fasciculate at apex of basidium; on 



plant hairs Trichodytes 14:1031 



