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Ehrenberg (2) in 1818 gives the following: 

 Moniliae 



Oideura Lk. 



laxura mi hi 4} inpruno armeniaco putrido 



4) CIDEDM laxum: floccie erectis divergentibus pallido cinereis; 

 articulis rarius eonfluxis pellucidis magnis. Habitu et colore ab 0. 

 fructigena Schmidt vtlde differt, cujus specimina, in herbsrio nostro 

 servata, ab ipso arnico Dr. Schmidt examine ta eunt. Novter fungut 

 Sporotrichum fare refert 



Ehrenborg'e description may be translated: 

 Moniliae 



Oideum Lk. 



laxum mine 4, in decaying apricots 



4) f.IDEUH laxum: tufts erect diverging pale ashen; spores large, 

 pellucid, rarely holding together. Habit and color irihich differs 

 exceedingly from 0. fructigena. Schmidt, whose specimens, which have 

 been preserved in our herbarium, have been examined by Dr. Schmidt 

 himself. Our fungus is closely related to Sporotrichum. 



The first part of this description seems to be the only part 

 of much value. Ehrenberg seems to describe a fungus different from 

 the one Persoon describes, the difference apparently lying in the 

 morphological appearance of the conidial pustules. 



According to Aderhold and Ruhland (3) the name Oideum laxum 

 was changed to Qospora laxa by Wall roth in 1833, and was later 

 determined by Saccardo and Voglina as Monilia. 



