CONT*ilIBUTIONS FROM THE CRYFTOGAMIC LABORATORIES 

 OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 



LXX— CULTURE STUDIES OF FUNGI PRODUCING BUL- 

 BILS AND SIMILAR PROPAGATIVE BODIES. 



By John William Hotson. 

 Presented by Roland Thaxter. Received Juno 19, 1912. 



Contents. 



Page 



Introduction 228 



Review of Literature 231 



Sources of Material 239 



Culture Methods -239 



Systematic Consideration of the Forms stutlicd 241 



Discomycetous Forms 242 



Cubonia bulbifcra n. sp 242 



Lachnca theleboloides (A. & S.) Sacc 247 



Peziza species, Zukal 248 



Pj'renomycetous Forms 248 



Melanospora papiUata n. sp 251 



" cervicula n. sp 254 



" (inomala n. sp 257 



Melanospora Gibelliana Mattirolo 260 



Melanospora globosa Berl 260 



Sphaeroderma bulhillifcrum Berl 261 



Cendoatoma species (Bainier) 261 



Forms doubtfully Referred to the Pyrenomycetes 262 



Papulospora Candida Sacc 262 



Acrospeira mirabilis B. & Br 265 



Basidiomycetous P^orms. 267 



Grandinia cruslosa (Pers) Fr 267 



Corlicium ahdnceuni (Schrader) Bresadola 269 



Papulospora ano mala n. sp 270 



"Bulbil No. 200" 271 



Bulbils not j'et Connected with any Perfect Forms and Included 



in the Form-Genus Papulospora 272 



Papidospora 273 



immersa n. sp 273 



pannosa n. sp 275 



irregularis n. sp 276 



spinulosd n. sp 277 



coprophila (Zukal) 278 



rubida n. sp 281 



sporotrichoides n. sp. 282 



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