424 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Dendryphium ramosum. Cke. 



Forming Uackish effused stains on stems of herbaceous 

 plants, erect hyphae dark 'brown, closely septate, branched 

 above, branches paler, forked ; conidia straight, cylindrical, 

 3-5-septate 24-28 x 6-8 /j,, pale brown. 



Dendryphium ramosum, Cke., Hdbk., n. 1690 ; Sacc, SylL, 

 ir. n. 2147. 



On stems of Papmer, Hesperis, &c., forming broadly 

 effused black stains. 



Dendryphium curtum. B. & Br. 



Forming blackish stains, hyphae short, septate, 7-8 /x thick, 

 blackish brown below, paler above, as are also the few short 

 branchlets ; conidia cylindrical, 3-5-septate, slightly con- 

 stricted at the septa, 20-25 X 4-6 /a, pale brown. 



JDendrypMum curtum, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 538, 

 tab. vi. f. 9 ; Sacc, SylL, iv. n. 2348. 



On stems of herbaceous plants, woody branches of trees, &c. 



Dendryphium laxum. B. & Br. 



Forming effused blackish, velvety patches, erect hyphae 

 short, closely septate, branched above, branches often wavy ; 

 conidia linear-oblong or obclavate, 7-11 septate, slightly 

 constricted at the septa, brown, 25-35 X 4-5 /*, springing 

 from the tips of the branchlets. 



BendrypMum, laxum, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 539, 

 t. vi., f. 10 ; Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 2350. 



Forming black velvety, patches on putrid stem of Inula 

 ■viscosa. 



Sect. IV. DICTTOSPOEAE. Sacc. 



Subsect. 1. Micronemeae.. Sacc. 



SPOEODESMIUM. Link. (fig. 7, p. 397.) 



Mycelium generally scanty ; conidia from ovoid to oblong, 

 ■often rather large, almost sessile, or shortly stipulate, muri- 

 fcrmly septate, da,rk coloured. 



Sporodesmium, Link, Sp. PI. Fung., xi. p. 120 ; emended 

 Bacc, Mich., xi. p. 23 ; Sacc, SylL, iv. p. 497. 



