VEKTlClLLICJr. 329 



secondaiy verticils of 2-4 acuminate branchlets; conidia 

 torminal, solitarj% elliptical, 5 x 3 fi. 



VerticilUiim microsjpermum, Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 793 ; Grevillea, 

 1>I. 154, fig. A. 



On Fames annosus ; accompanying Hypomyces Broomeaniis, 

 of which it is the conidial form. 



Verticillium aspergillus. B. & Br. 



"White; sterile hyphae scanty, cieepiug; fertile branches 

 erect, septate, simple, rarely branched near the base, up to 

 ] 50 /A long, repeatedly dividing near the apex, in a dicho- 

 tomous manner, the branches terminating in a verticil of 3—4 

 acuminate branchlets ; conidia apical, solitary, elliptical, 

 3 X 2 ;ti. 



VerticiUium aspergillus, Berk, it Broome; Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 1384, pi. 8, f. 7 ; Sacc, Syll., n. 795. 



On decaying Poria vaporaria. 



The habit is that of Clonostachjs araucaria, Cda. It is 

 worth inquiry whether this may not be a state of Hypocrea 

 farinosa. (B. & Br.) 



VerticiUium quaternellum. Grove. 



Snow-white. Mycelium very slender, intricately branched, 

 fertile hyphae short, hyaline, erect, almost cylindrical, 

 remotely septate ; branches cylindrical, straight, simple, in 

 verticils of 3-4, and bearing 3-5 (most frequently foui) 

 ccmidia at the apex; conidia cylindric-oblong, hyaline, 7-8 /a 

 long. 



VerticiUium quaternellum. Grove, Journ. Bot., vol. xiii. 

 p. 10; t. 24G, f. 7; Sacc, Syll, u. 720. . 



On Agaricus {Mycena). 



** Bosy, red, taicri'j, or yellow. 



VerticiUium epimyces. B. & Br. 

 Forming effused, rather dense patches, at first white, then 

 tinged with rose, primary and secondary branches usually 

 in pairs, opposite, tertiary branches short, becoming sharp 

 pointed, often also in pairs ; conidia colourless, at first almost 

 globose, then elliptical, 9-12 x o /x when mature. 



