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Rhinoirichum decolorans, Cooke, Grevillea, v. p. 58 ; Sacc., 

 Syll., iv. B. 446. 

 On chips. 



Rhinotrichum lanosum. Cooke. 



White or pale ochraceous ; forming dense, extended 

 patches ; mycelium delicate, branched, septate interwoven ; 

 fertile branches decumbent, elongated, slender, septate, and 

 with short, spreading branchlets, each with 34 minute 

 spicules at the tip that bear the obovate, colourless conidia. 



Rhinotrichum lanosum, Cke., Hdbk., n. 1769; Sacc., Syll., 

 iv. n. 451. 



Rhinotrichum lanosum, Cooke, Pop. Science Rev., 1871, t. 68, 

 f. 1-3. 



Forming woolly patches on damp wall-paper. 



** More or less rosy. 



Rhinotrichum Bloxami. B. & Br. 



Forming white or cream-coloured effused patches; my- 

 celium white, decumbent, septate; fertile hyphae erect, 

 sometimes sparingly divided, tips clavate bearing scattered 

 spicules surmounted by subelliptic or slightly obovate 

 conidia, which are sometimes obtuse, sometimes apiculate, 

 6 X 4/x. 



Rhinotrichum Bloxami, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist, n. 541 , 

 t. vii. f. 19; Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 451 



On dead wood. 



Rhinotrichum decipiens. Cooke. 



Broadly effused, at first pale rose-coloured, becoming 

 whitish with age, margin radiating ; mycelium densely inter- 

 woven, creeping, branched, septate; fertile branches erect, 

 closely septate, the one or two highest joints with short, 

 pointed, wart-like projections that bear the elliptical, colour- 

 less conidia, 22-25 x 14-15 p.. 



Rhinotrichum decipiens, Cke., Grev., xiv. p. 6 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 iv. n. 455. 



Incrusting bark and moss, resembling a Corticium, and in 

 some instances can be separated in a sheet. 



