New Species of Fungi I niperfecti. J . S. Bayliss Elliott. 57 



On decaying wood. Tanworth-in-i\rden. 



It is difficult to decide in which genus this fungus should 

 be placed — Clonoslachys or Sporotrichum ; but I have 

 assigned it to Clonoslachys because of the conidia occuring 

 in closely crowded spikes such as are seen in C\ araucaria 

 Cdu. ; nevertheless in the method of branching of the fertile 

 hyph^e the genus Sporotrichum is more in agreement. 



Latin diagnosis. Plagas effusas fulvas efformans ; hyphis 

 sterilibus septatis, 10/^ diam., pallide ochraceis, fertilibus 

 laxis, ramosissimis, repetite dichotomis, subinde trichoto- 

 mis, fulvis, ramulis adscendentibus, 2.5/x diam., septis paucis 

 instructis in tilum, 20-30/>i longum attenuatum conidiis 

 dense constipatis spica; ad instar abeuntibus; conidiis 

 globosis, achrois, 2jx diam. 



Ilab. in ligno putrescente. (Figs. 5-7) 



Dendr()Dck:hium album Bayliss Hlliott. Sp. n. 



Sporodochia minute, erumpent, scattered, circular, slightly 

 depressed in centre, ioo-200/x diameter; conidiophores simple 

 with trifurcate apex, 22-25 XI.5/X septate; conidia smooth, 

 spherical, white 2.5// diameter, (Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11). 



On fallen pine cones, December 1916; Nov. 1917. 



Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. (Figs. 8-1 1). 



The conidia are evidently abstricted from the trifurcate 

 conidiophores in a basipetal manner, and become immediately 

 detached since no chains of conidia are to be seen ; they are 

 produced in enormous quantities and in a damp atmosphere 

 a slowly growing column-like mass is formed on the top 

 of the sporodochium which ultimately topples over, and the 

 conidia on coming in contact with water are very rapidly 

 dispersed. 



Latin diagnosis. Sporodochiis minutis, sparsis, erum- 

 pentibus, orbicularibus, centro depressulis, 1 00-200// diam, ; 

 conidiophoris simplicibus, apice trifurcatis, septatis, 22-25 ^ 

 1. 5/x conidiis levibus, sphaericis, albis, 2.5/x diam. 



Hab. in conis Pini silvestris delapsis. 



Trichocrea March in Camp, copr. VI. p. 14. Sacc. Syll. 

 X, p. 410. 



Pycnidia superficial, ovoid, at first closed, then wide open, 

 almost discoid ; texture parenchymatous, rather soft and waxy, 

 pale coloured. Spores very numerous, narrow cylindrical, i- 

 septate, hyaline; sporophores elongated, filiform, denselv 

 fasciculate, branched above. 



