338 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



branched, bearing the spores at their apices, rarely more 

 closely packed, so as to form a distinct common stem. 



Okder 17. ISARIAGEI. 



Threads more or less compacted, plants assuming Hymeno- 

 mycetous forms. 



1 71. ISARIA, Hill. 



Receptacle elongated, floccose, without any distinct heads. 

 Tips of threads only free. 



1. fjirinosa, Tr.; Sow. t. 308. On dead puppc. 



2. arachnopliila, D'Um. {no. 117). On dead spiders. 



3. l)raclnata, ScJium. {jio. 30). On dead herbaceous stems. 



4. citrina, P. (no. 31). On decaying Fungi. 



5. intricata, Fr. (no. 118). On decaying Eungi. 



6. Friesii, Motit. (no. 491). On dead twigs. 



7. puberula, Berk. (no. 221, 7vU/i afiij.). On dead flowers of dahlia, 



175. ANTHINA, Fr. 



Receptacle elongated, vertical, confluent Mith the stem, 

 dilated above. Tips of threads only free. 

 1 . ilanunea, Tr. (no. 119). (Plate 21, fig. 3.) 



A. flavo-virens and brunnea arc both probably mere condi- 

 tions of the mycelium o{ Hypoxylon coccineum, Bull. 



17G. CERATIUM, A. and S. 



Receptacle branched, cylindrical, membranous, reticulated, 

 subgelatinous, clothed with short fertile flocci, one in the 

 centre of each reticulation. 



1. hydiioides, J. and S. ; Grev. t. 168. 



