CONIOSPOKIUM TORULA. 357 



Coniosporium arundinis, Sacc., Mich., ii. p. 124 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 iv. n. 1150. 



On culms and sheaths of Arundo donax and Phragmites 

 communis. 



Coniosporium physciae. Sacc. 



Conidia minute, elliptical, semipellucid, forming a black, 

 pulverulent, superficial stratum. 



Coniosporium physciae, Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 1170. 

 On the apothecia of Physcia parietina. 



Coniosporium carbonaceum. Cke. & Mass. 



Epiphyllous, eiFused, resembling patches of Fumago, black, 

 opaque ; conidia oval or lemon-shaped, like spores of some 

 species of Chaetomium, continuous, brown, opaque, 10 X 12 /*. 



Coniosporium carbonaceum, Cke. & Mass., Grevillea, vol. xvi. 

 p. 79. 



Gymnosporium carbonaceum, Cams, MS. 



On leaves of meadowsweet (Spiraea ulmarid). 



Coniosporium olivaceum. Link. 



Patches small, rounded or oblong, blackish-olive ; conidia 

 heaped together, subovate or somewhat irregular, 4-6 p. long, 

 olive. 



Coniosporium olivaceum, Link, Obs., i. p. 8 ; Sacc., Syll., iv. 

 n, 1131. 



On wood. 



Tribe 2. Toruleae. Sacc. 

 TORULA. Pers. (fig. 10, p. 313.) 



Sterile hyphae decumbent, fertile branches short, or very 

 short and scarcely distinct from the chains of conidia. 

 Chains either separate or aggregated in fascicles (Tetra- 

 colium, Link), soon breaking up into their component 

 conidia, which are all alike, black or brown, continuous, 

 globose, oblong, or subfusoid. 



Torula, Pers., Syn., p. 693; amended by Saccardo in 

 Michelia, ii. p. 21 ; Sacc., Syll., iv. p. 247. 



