FUSARIUM. 481 



rarely confluent, compact, rather firm, superficial, opaque 

 brown ; conidia lunulate, fusiform, rather acute at both ends, 

 2 -septate, but not constricted at the septa, sometimes guttu- 

 late, hyaline, 30-36 X 3-4 '5 p., conidiophores short. 



Fusarium brassicae, Thurn., Hedw., 1880, p. 191 ; Sacc., 

 Syll., iv. n, 3314. 



On rotten cabbage stalks. 



Fusarium Cordae. Mass. 



Sporodochiuni broad, orange ; hyphae creeping, branched 

 and densely interwoven, 3-5 /JL thick, hyaline ; conidiophores 

 acicular, branched ; conidia fusoid, curved, very acute at 

 both ends, 3-5-septate, rosy-hyaline, 40-55 x 3-5 /*. 



Fusarium aurantiacum, Corda, in Sturm, t. 8. 



Fusarium oxytporum, Schlecht, var. aurantiacum, Sacc., Syll., 

 iv. n. 3334. 



On various decaying vegetable substances, seeds, fruits, &c. 



Corda's name is antedated by (Link) Sacc. 



Fusarium caeruleum. Sacc. 



Sporodochium broadly effused, bright violet-blue; conidia 

 fusiform, 2-3-septate, curved, 24-30 X 5-6 //,. 

 Fusarium caeruleum, Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 3335. 

 Fusarium violaceum, Fuckel, Symb. Myc., p. 369. 

 On rotten tubers of potato. 



Fusarium solani. S<cc. (fig. 14, p. 442.) 

 Globose, irregular, tomentose, white; hyphae branched; 



conidia fusiform-falcate, 3-5-septate, 40-60 x 7-8 p., almost 



hyaline. 



Fusarium solani, Sacc., Mich., ii. p. 296 ; Syll., iv. n. 3336. 

 Fusisporium solani, Mart., Kartof. Epid., t. 3, f. 25-30. 



Fusarium heterosporum. Nees. 



Sporodochium rather tremelloid, expanded, deep red ; 

 conidia fusiform, 3-5-septate, 30-35 //. long. 



Fusarium helerosporum, Nees, N. A. Cur., ix. p. 135; Sacc., 

 Syll., iv. n. 3343. 



On the fruit, glumes, and in the seed of various grasses. 



Fusarium minimum. Fckl. 

 Sporodochia very minute, spot-like, hemispherical, often 



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