200 



2. — C nodulosum Cda. On dead herbaceous stems. 



Wraxall. Somerset. 



ORDER 20. MUCEDINES. 



Threads never coated with a distinct membrane, mostly white, 

 or coloured, rarely dingy. 



GENUS 218. ASPERGILLUS.* Mkh. 



Threads erect, articulate, crowned Avith a globose head, pro- 

 ducing necklaces of spores. 

 1. — Aspergillus glaucus Lk. On various decaying substances. 



GENUS 219. NEMATOGONUM.t Desm. 



Threads clavate at the apices, bearing necklaces of spores, on 

 distinct, scattered spicules. 

 1. — ^Nematogonum aurantiacum. On decaying wood, Batheaston. 



2. — N aureum Berh. Aspergillus aureus, Eng., FL, 



on wood, Batheaston. 



GENUS 220. RHINOTRICHUM.J. Cda. 



Threads erect, sometimes prostrate, clavate above, bearing 

 spores attached to spicules. 

 1.— Rhinotrichum Thwaitesii B. and Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., Ser. 



II., vii., 177, No. 542, t G, fig. 12. On the ground. Leigh 



Woods. August. 

 2. — R repens Preuss in Sturm's Deutschlands FL, V., 



XXV., t 22, Bathford, on decaying poles. April. 



GENUS 221. BOTRT?TIS.§ Mkh. 



Threads septate, irregularly branched, hyaline or coloured ; 

 spores terminal. 

 1. — Botrytis Tilletii Desm, on dead leaves, Batheaston. 



• From Aspergillus, the brush used to sprinkle holy water. 

 t From nema, a thread and gonos, au offspring. 

 X From rinos leather (?* and thrir a hair or thread. 

 § From botrys, a bunch of grapes. 



