MISCELLANEOUS FUNGI IMPERFECTI 



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CEPHALOSPORIEAE 



Cephalosporieae Saccardo, Syll. Fung, 4: 47, 1886. 



Conidiophores simple or little branched, either swollen at the tips and 

 bearing conidia on short sterigmata or not swollen and bearing spores in a 

 group held together by a gel. 



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A- 



Fig. 124. — Thielaviopsis paradoxa. A, phialides ; C, chain of conida. (After Seynes 1886.) 



Fig. 125. — Chalara fusidioides Corda. (After Corda 1838.) 



Many of the genera of this tribe are rather poorly known. In at least 

 one case, a perfect stage has been found for Cephalosporium in the Aspergil- 

 laceae. The species are mostly saprophytes and should be regarded with 

 suspicion until their pathogenicity is fully proved. 



