A Lachnea with a botryose conidial stage 
B. O. DopGEe 
(WITH SEVEN TEXT FIGURES) 
While engaged in culturing species of Discomycetes for the 
purpose of studying the nature of the origin of the ascocarp, an 
interesting Lachnea was collected several different times in 1912 
on a variety of substrata in the vicinity of New York City. The 
apothecium of this fungus, which was identified* at the time as 
Lachnea abundans Karst., originates in a long winding multicel- 
lular ascogonium, so similar to that described by Fraser} for 
L. cretea that, when we consider also the characters of the fruit 
bodies and mycelium, there appears to be little doubt that the 
fungi with which both of us were working are at least very 
closely related species. Believing that the characteristics of the 
primordia are of fundamental importance in determining re- 
lationships, further discussion, other than the mention made 
in a paper published at that time,t seemed unnecessary. 
Miss Fraser does not state that she grew L. cretea in pure 
cultures. Her cultures were originally derived presumably by 
transfers from a plate culture overrun with moulds and some 
hyphomycetous fungus. It would be necessary to know whether 
L. cretea has a conidial stage like that which we have connected 
with L. abundans before we can be certain that the species are 
identical. In view of the discussions that have arisen since the 
publication by Seaver and Horne* of a paper on Sclerotinia 
Geranti and another paper by Godfrey} on Tite Ricint, 
both of these forms having Botrytis conidial stages, it has been 
thought advisable to point out that there are other types of 
Discomycetes which also have asexual fructifications closely 
resembling Botrytis. 
* The Pasaentay iss has been confirmed ns Dr. F. J. Seaver, who is con- 
sidering L. crefea as a possible synonym 
ft Ann. Bot. py 553-563. 1913. 
poses 9: 565- 567. 1910. 
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