THE FUNGI WHICH CAUSE PLANT DISEASE 513 



Botryodiplodia Saccardo (p. 510) 



Pycnidia botryose-confluent, erumpent, stromatic, membrano- 

 carbonous, black, usually ostiolate-papillate; conidia elongate or 

 ovate. 



Over thirty species, chiefly saprophytes. 



An unnamed species of this genus is given by Butler as the 

 probable cause of a coconut palm disease in India. ^"^ 



Lasiodiplodia Ellis & Everhart (p. 510) 



Pycnidia collected on a stroma, " — 

 covered with a brown mycelium, paraph- 

 yses among the conidiophores. Other- < 



wise as in Diplodia. j ^ i 



Two species, both parasites. g ^ -^ L 



L. tubericolaE. AE."" | ^"^ i 



Pycnidia globose, 250-305 fi; stro- ' v/ j v f 



matic mass about 1 mm. in diameter; co- '* ' ^ 



nidia elliptic, 18-22 x 11-14 ju, not con- 

 stricted; conidiophores short; paraph- 

 yses 45-55 fi long, overtopping the 



conidia. ■^'°- 354. — Lasiodiplodia tu- 



bericola. Ferithecium, pa- 

 It was found on sweet potatoes from raphyses and spores. After 



Java which were brought to the ^" ^"^' 

 Louisiana Experiment Station in 1894. 

 L. theobromae (Pat.) G. & M. is a wound parasite of Hevea. 



Sphaerioidacese-Hyalophragmiae (p. 480) 

 Conidia hyaline, 2 to many-septate, oblong to fusoid. 



Key to Genera of SphaerioidacesB-Hyalophragmise 



Pycnidia more or less globose 

 Subicle none 

 Conidia appendaged at apex 



Sets 1 1. Kellermania. 



Setae 3 2. Bartalinia. 



