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XIV. The Hyphomycetous Fungi of ths United States 



BY M. C. COOKE, M. A. 

 [Read hefore tliis Society, Fab. 2, 18TT.] 



This division of the Fungi of tlie United States is in the most 

 unsatisfactory condition, requiring complete examination and veri- 

 fication. The present list must therefore be regarded as involving 

 no responsibility for accurate determination, but as a preliminary 

 step towards securing vei'itication: 



Order I. ISAIUACEI. 



1. Isaria fariiiosa Fr. S. M. iii, 270. On dead pupae. Car. (Curt.); N. 



Eng. (Murray). 



[Stilbnm rrtinosmn Peek, probably belongs to this species.] 



2. Isaria splling'um Schtc. (syn. Car. 1298), Am. Bor. 3055. On Phalaeiui. 



Car. (Curt.). 



3. Isaria araiieariim ScJuc, Am. Bor. 3057. On spiders. Car. (Curt.). 



4. Isaria liig-ripes 6'M!o., Am. Bor. 8068. On chrysalids. Car. (Curt.). 



.). Isaria phalaiigiophila Schw. (syn. Car. 129'J), Am. Bor. 3056. Car. 



(Schw.). 

 (J. Isaria crassa Sclnv., Am. Bor. 3054. On chrysalids. Penns. (Sclnv.). 



7. Isaria furcata5c7i w. Am. Bor. 3067. On clirysalids. Bethlehem (Schw.). 

 All the foregoing are conidia of species of Torruhia, although entered here. 



8. Isaria brachiata ^yc/i'/ztt. Curt. Cat. p. 125. On Agarics. Car. (Curt.). 



9. Isaria ag-aricina Pers. Schw., Am. Bor. 3058. On Agarics. Bethlehem 



(Schw.). 



[Perhaps the same as the preceding]. 



10. Isaria radiata i>. cC- 6'., Grevillea iv, 584. On pine wood. Ala.(Peters). 



11. Isaria brevis B. & C, Grevillea iv, 585. On decayed wood. Penns. 



(Mich.). 



12. Isaria cougesta B. cD C, Grevillea iv, 58C. On yphaeria deusta. Car. 



(Curt.). 



13. Isaria uinbriiia 5'f/uc., Am. Bor. 3064. On rotten wood. Car. (Curt.). 



[The conidia of Hypo.vylon coccineu7n.] 



14. Isaria citriiia Pers. Schw,, Am. Bor. 3066. On rotten trunks. Car. 



(Schw.; Curt.). 



