Acremonium.l FUNGI. 347 



Leaped together globose vellow-green. Lk. Sp. \. p, 17. Fr, 

 SysL Myc.v.^. p. 421. * 



On dry leaves. Botanic Garden, Glasgow. KlotzscJi, in Hook. 

 Herb. 



5. S. aiirantiacum, Grev. {orarige Sporotrichuni) ; tufts of a 

 reddish-orange, filaments very slender much entangled, sporidia 

 globose extremely minute. Grev, i?i Wern. Tr. v. 4. p, t. 5.f. 

 4. FL Ed. p. 465. 



On dung, &c., in damp cellars. Edinburgh, Dr. Greville — I know 

 not whether this is the same as S. aurantiacum, Fr. on bark lying on 

 the ground, whose characters I subjoin. "Effused, flocci crisp, lax, 

 sporidia globose, saff\-on-yellow or tawny." 



6. S. sulphureum^ Grev. {sulphur-yellow Sporotrichuni) ; 

 flocci forming minute tufts at length evanescent, sporidia minute 

 globose heaped together sulphur-yellow. Grev. Wern. Tr. I. 

 c.f. 3. Ft. Ed. p. 465. Sc. Crypt. FL t. 108. /. 2. Fr, 

 Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 423. 



In cellars on various substances, especially corks. Very common. 



7. S. Idxum, Lk. (loose tvhite Sporotrichuni) ; very delicate 

 lax, flocci few white as well as the oval sporidia. Lk. Sp. 1. 

 2y. 1> Nees,f. 45. — S. minutum^ Grev. Wern. Tr. I, c.f. 1. FL 

 Ed.p. 464. Sc. Crypt. FL t. 108./. 1. 



On various substances. Very common. Easily recognised by its 

 oval sporidia. Spor. tenuissimum, Grev. which is thus characterized, 

 "very white forming a web densely interwoven very fine, sporidia glo- 

 bular scattered very minute" {Grev. Wern. Tr. I. c.f. 2.), is probably a 

 mycelium. It appears to vanish entirely in drying ; at least in authentic 

 specimens I can find no trace of the plant. 



130. AcREMoNiuM. Lk. Acremonium. 

 Flocci septate, furnished with very slender lateral branchlets, 

 crowned with a vesicular spore. — Name, axcs.awv, a branch. 



1. A. verticilldtutn, Lk. (tvhorled Acremonium) ; white, fertile 

 branchlets wliorled, spores ovate. Lk. Sp. \. p. 74. Grev. Sc. 

 Crypt. FL t. 124. f 2. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc. v. 3. ;;. 425. 



On dead wood and trunks of trees. Spring. Edinburgh, Dr. 

 Greville. 



2. A. altcrndlum, Lk. {<d(ernate branched Acremonium) ; 

 white, fertile branchlets alternate, spores globose. Ditm. L c. 

 t. 2. Lk. Sp. \.p. 74. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 3. ;;. 425. 



On decaying leaves. Autumn. On a seedling Ilibiscusy in a sunny 

 window. Stibbington, Hunts. Rev. JDI. J. Berkeley. 



3. A. fiiscum^ Sclim. {brown Acremonium) ; olive-broM'n, 

 fertile branchlets opposite or alternati;, spores globose. Schmidfy 

 Nye. Jfeft. J. ;;. 79. t. 2. /'. 23. Lk. Sj,. 1. ;;. 75. Grev. FL 

 Ed. p. 468. Sc. Crypt. FL t. 124. /'. 1 



On ilead wood and sticks. Autumn. 

 Edinburgh, Dr. iirevillc. 



