332 . FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On bark, wood, &c. 



A very beautiful fungus, resembling an Araucaria in 

 miniatuie when seen under a low magnifying power. 



SPICAEIA. Harz. (fig. 10, p. 274.) 



Sterile hyphae creeping, branched, septate ; fertile hyphae 

 erect, septate, repeatedly verticillately branched towards 

 the apex, ultimate branchlets each bearing a diverging chain 

 of elliptic or oblong, pale or colourless, continuous conidia. 



Splcarin, Harz, Hyph., p. 50 ; Sacc., Syll., iv. p. 166. 



With the general habit of Verticillium, but distinct in the 

 lax, spreading chains of conidia. 



Spicaria elegans. Harz. (fig. 10, p. 274.) 

 Tufts thin, effused, minutely velvety, whitish ; fertile 

 hyphae erect, septate, 2-3 times verticillately branched 

 above, ultimate branchlets tapering, chains of couidia elon- 

 gated, lax ; conidia elougato-elliptical, colourless. 5 x 3 p.. 

 Spicaria elegans, Haiz,Hyphom.p. 51; Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 853. 

 On bark, fungi, &c. 



Far. muscorum, Grove, Journ. Bot., t. 256, f. 8. 

 Fertile hyphae 150-250 x 4-5 p; conidia slightly larger 

 than in type, subacute at both ends, 9 x 3 p. 

 On moss, wood, &c. 

 Forming a thin, white, pulverulent stratum. 



Tribe 7. Gonato'jotryteae. Sacc. 

 GONATOBOTRYS. Corda. (fig. 12, p. 274.) 



Sterile hyphae creeping, fertile erect, septate, inflated at 

 the septae, inflated portions covered with spicule-like pro- 

 jections that bear the continuous conidia. 



Gonatrobatrys, Corda, Prachtflora, t. v. ; Sacc., Syll.. iv. 

 p. 169. 



Must not be Confounded with Arthrobotrys, which has 

 1-septate conidia. 



