New Species of Fungi Imperfecti. J. S. Bayliss EUioll. 59 



Haploi^rdpliiiun fusoipes (Preuss) vSacc. Syll. iv. 307. 



F'ormin^^ delicate inconspicuous cinder-j^rey patches; 

 mycelium creepin^^^ dark brown, fertile hypluc erect, no x 

 3/i, simple, occasionally branched, septate, dark brown 

 below, becomint^ paler and colourless above, where each 

 divides into two or sometimes three main colourless branches 

 which again branch freely and bear numerous short 

 branches, to which are attached conidia in short chains, 

 which may also branch ; these branches and conidial chains 

 form a rather lax globose or sub-globose head ; conidia 

 hvaline, globose, i .5/-1 diameter, (Figs. 17, i<S). 



(^n fallen cones of Pinus syhcsiris, Tanworth-in-Arden, 

 Warwickshire. 



This agrees with vSaccardo's description of H. fuscipes, 

 found on the fallen leaves of P. sylvcstris (Germany). 



Sterigmatocystis phccocephala Sacc. (Fungi Ital. t. 908). 



Creeping hyphai large, colourless; fertile hyplue erect, un- 

 branched, with pale brownish contents, transparent and 

 tinged brown when empty, aseptate ; apex inflated, 46/ji 

 diameter, conidiophores 15-17/^ ^ong with 3 or 4 sterigmata 

 10-14// long" 5 conidia in chains, globose, minutely warted, 

 brown, 2.5-3.5/x diameter, (Figs. 19, 20, 21). 



On agar culture medium infected for bacteria in a Petri 

 dish in the Botanical Laboratory, University of Birming- 

 ham. 



This fungus agrees except in a few minor details with the 

 description of .S". phceocephala Sacc. previously recorded for 

 Algeria, Italy, Germany, Argentine, and Madras as occur- 

 ing on decaying roots, etc. 



In the original description the fertile hyphae are described 

 as " Sub apice globoso inflato strangulatis," but only a very 

 slight trace of strangulation is to be seen in the figure 

 appended and with this my specimen almost agrees. 



Also although the conidia are said to be subglobose they 

 are hgured as I find them — globose. 



The fertile hyph.gs with their heads of conidia are quite 

 white in mass for several days before they assume the brown 

 colour, hence zoning is a very conspicuous feature in cul- 

 tures. 



The shade of brown varied very much with the amount 

 of light to which the fungus was exposed. Cultures grown 

 in bright light were a chocolate brown and afforded a marked 

 contrast to the fuscous brown colouration of those grown 

 in darkness or dim light. Cultures under varying conditions 



