386 FUXGUS-FLOKA. 



** Eriomene, Sacc. ; conidia ciliate at the ends. 



Menispora ciliata. Corda. (fig. 24, p. 358.) 

 Tufts minute, somewhat effused, slightly tawny, with an 

 olive tinge ; hyphae erect, somewhat dichotomous, lax, un- 

 equally septate, sometimes incurved, olive-brown ; conidia 

 fusoid, curved, hyaline 16-17 p. long, furnished with a very 

 delicate long seta at each end. 



Menispora ciliata, Corda, Icon. Fung., i. p. 16 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 iv. n. 1583. 



On rotten wood, bark, &c. 



VEBTICICLADIUM. Preuss. (fig. 31, p. 358.) 



Sterile hyphae creeping; fertile erect, septate, verticil- 

 lately branched above ; branches usually in fours, ultimate 

 branchlets subulate ; conidia continuous, single at the tips of 

 the branchlets, soon falling away. 



Verticicladium, Preuss, Fung., Hoyersw., n. 93 ; Sacc., Syll., 

 p. 327. 



Habit of Verticillium, but belonging to the Dematieae. 



Verticicladium trifidum. Preuss. 



Tufts slender, effused, scarcely conspicuous, hoary-brown ; 

 fertile hyphae erect, septate, semipellucid, base dilated, with 

 spreading, verticillate branches above, blackish-brown ; coni- 

 dia globose, pellucid, white. 



Verticicladium trifidum, Preuss, F. Hoyersw., n. 93 ; Sacc., 

 Syll., iv. n. 1586. 



On rotten pine leaves, &c. 



Verticicladium apicale. B. & Br. (fig. 31, p. 358.) 

 Effused, olive-black ; hyphae erect, septate ; branches api- 

 cal, inflated at the base, whorled, short ; conidia globose, 

 brown, 6-8 p. diameter. 



Verticicladium apicale, B. & Br. ; Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 1588. 

 ^Verticillium apicale, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 531, t. 

 vii. fig. 17. 



On decorticated oak branches. 



