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Coniomycetes. Wo have seen that nearly all the orders belonging 

 to the Family Hyphomycetes present instances of polymorphism, 

 and it seems probable that all the species will be found eventually 

 to be mere phases of higher tribes. But the history of many 

 among them has not been yet sufficiently studied to warrant the 

 omission of the family from the list of autonomous fungi. Thej^ 

 must therefore be considered at present as in a state of transition. 



r.VMILY IV. HYPHOMYCETES. ■'' 



Filamentous. Fertile threads naked, mostly free, especially 

 above, or loosely compacted, simple or branched, bearing the 

 spores at their apices, rarely more closely packed, so as to form a 

 distinct common stem. 



ORDER 17. ISARIACEl.t 

 GENUS 178. ISARI.A.. /////. 



Receptacle elongated, floccose, without any distinct heads. Tips 

 of heads only free. 



1.— Isaria farinosa Fr., common in woods, Han ham, Leigh Woods. 

 Tulasne considers this species as merely an early state of 

 Cordyceps militaris. 



2. — I intricata Fr. on decaying fungi, Lucknam, Wilts, 



October. 

 Seven species are recorded in Cooke's Handbook. 



GENUS 179. ANTHlNA.ij: Ff. 



Receptacle elongated, vertical, confluent with the stem, dilated 

 above. Tips of threads only free. 



1. — Anthinaflammea Fr., Leigh Woods. The only British species, 

 December. 



* From uphe a webb, and muke a fungus. 



t From isos equal. 



i From anthos a flower 



