382 PLANT DISEASES 



Sclerotinia tuberosa, Fckl., Symb. Myc, p. 331.— 

 Ascophores 2-6, springing from an irregularly elliptical 

 sclerotium, up to 3X1-5 cm. buried in the ground, ex- 

 ternally black, inside white ; ascophore at first pear-shaped 

 and closed, then funnel-shaped, finally almost plane, bright 

 brown, 1-3 cm. across; stem slender, 2-7 cm. long; ascus 

 cyhndrical; spores elliptical, 15-18x6-7 fi.; paraphyses 

 septate, slightly thickened upwards. 



Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Erik., Kgl. Landtbr. Ak. Handl., 

 1880, No. I. — Apothecia usually solitary, springing from a 

 small black sclerotium, at first closed, then expanding, 

 yellowish-brown, i-iomm. across; stem slender, 3-28 ram. 

 long; asci cylindrical, 160-180 x 12-14 yn; spores elliptical, 

 ends obtuse, 16-18x8-9 \>-; paraphyses slender, septate, up 

 Xa 1 i>. thick at the enlarged apex. 



* * * Conidial form only known. 



Sclerotinia galanthi, Ludw., Lehrb. d. nied. Krypt., 

 p. 355. — Ascigerous condition unknown. 



Conidial stage {Botrytis {Polyactis) galanthina, B. and 

 Br.). Forming a grey mould on dying leaves and flower- 

 spathes ; hyphae shortly branched upwards, coloured, 

 branchlets thickened at the tips; conidia obovate 15-18 X 

 lo-ii ft forming heads, springing from slender sterigmata. 

 Numerous small black sclerotia are formed on the dead 

 parts of the host, and in the bulb scales. 



Sclerotinia douglasii, Massee ; Botrytis doughnii, 

 Tubeuf, Beitr. z. Baiankr., 4, tab. 1 ; Sacc, SyU. x. 536. — 

 Conidiophores brownish, passing through the stomata, 

 solitary or fasciculate, branched towards the summit, almost 

 continuous, branchlets dilated and denticulate at the 



