318 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



hyphae vaguely branched above, septate; conidia almost 

 colourless, elliptical, 10-12 x 5-7 p., arranged in a spicate 

 manner at the tips of the branchlets. 



Botrytis vera, Fries, Syst. Myc.,iii. p. 417 ; Sacc., Syll., iv. 

 n. 666. 



Mucor botrytis, Bolton, Fung., t. 132, f. 3. 



On fruit, decaying herbaceous stems, fungi, &c. 



Botrytis cinerea. Pers. 



Sterile hyphae creeping, fertile erect, gregarious, simple 

 or sparingly branched, and with several short, simple or 

 divided branchlets near the apex, the ultimate branchlets 

 spinulose; septate, slightly constricted at the septa, smoky- 

 brown, 200-300 x 12-16 p.; conidia broadly elliptical or 

 subglobose, apiculate, almost colourless, 10-12 /x. diameter. 



Botrytis cinerea, Pers., Syn., p. 690 ; Sacc., Syll., n. 667. 



On rotting leaves, stems, putrid fungi, &c. 



Far. sclerotiophila, Sacc., Mich., ii. p. 358. Hyphae 

 densely fasciculate, sooty -grey, septate, not at all or 

 sparingly branched, nodulose above ; conidia springing from 

 the nodules, elliptical, 8-9 x 6, almost hyaline. 



On dead stems of Umbellifers ; springing from an elongated, 

 externally black sclerotiuui, once called Sclerotium durum. 



Botrytis capitata. B. & Br. 



Altogether white. Fertile hyphae arising from a basal 

 inflated cell, erect, bifid or trifid above ; conidia obovate, 

 25 p. long. 



Botrytis capitata, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist. (1881), p. 131, 

 n. 1919 ; Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 680. 



On Cheiranthus. 



Botrytis fascicularis. Sacc. 



Tufts minute, brown, shining; hyphae erect, clustered, 

 rather wavy, fasciculate or connate at the base, brown, semi- 

 pellucid above ; branches hyaline ; clusters of conidia sub- 

 globose ; conidia oblong, large. 



Botrytis fascicularis, Sacc., Syll., n. 686. 



Polyactis fascicularis, Corda. 



On decaying plants. 



