336 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



DIPLOSPOEIUM. Bonord. (fig. 15, p. 274.) 



Sterile hypliae creeping ; fertile liypliae ascending or 

 «rect, septate, vaguely • branched ; conidia terminal on the 

 branchlets, usually solitary, 1-septate, elliptical or oblong. 



Diplosporium, Bonorden, Hdbk., p. 93; Sacc, S)ll., iv. 

 p. 178. 



Closely allied to Diplocladium, differing only in the 

 branchlets being scattered, and not in whorls. 



Diplosporium album. Bon. (fig. 15, p. 274.) 

 Forming effused, lax, silky, snow-white tufts; fertile 



hyphae ascending, septate repeatedly irregularly forked ; 



oonidia, oblong, 1-septate, constricted, 20-28 x S> /x ; 



hyaline, contents granular. 



Diplosporium album, Bonorden, Hdbk., p. 99, f. 108 ; Saco., 



SylL, n. 877. 



On decaying stems of bean ( Vicia faba) ; also on branches. 



Var. fungicolum, Sacc, Syll., n. 877 ; Grevillea, pi. 157, 

 fig. d. 



Conidia elliptic-oblong base apiculate, remaining for a 

 long time continuous, then 1-septate, not constricted, 18-23 

 X, 6-7//,. 



On Aethalium septicum, along with Hypomyees violascens, of 

 which it is supposed to be the conidial form. 



Diplosporium cervinum. Sacc. 



Effused; pale fawn-colour; hyphae branched, septate; 

 conidia obovate, 1-septate, base apiculate. 



Diplosporium cervinum, Sacc, Syll., n. 879. 



Dactylium cervinum, B". & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1716. 



On branches of laburnum. 



There is no specimen in Berkeley's herbarium, and owing 

 to the absence of information respecting the mode of branch- 

 in g, it is uncertain whether the present belongs to Diplo- 

 sporium or to Diplocladium. 



TEICHOTHECIUM. Link. (fig. 14, p. 274.) 



Sterile hyphae creapiug; fertile, simple, erect; conidial 

 terminal, solitary, two-celled, colourless or brightly coloured. 



