588 THE FUNGI WHICH CAUSE PLANT DISEASE 



Moniliaceae-Phragmosporse (p. 565) 



Conidia hyaline or bright colored, 2 to several-septate, oblong, 

 fusoid or elongate. 



Key to Genera of Moniliacese-Phragmosporse ' 



Fertile hyphae very short and Uttle dif- 

 ferent from the conidia 

 Conidia in chains, cylindric or oblong.. 1. Septocylindrium, p. 589. 

 Conidia not in chains 

 Sporophore 3-celled, upper cell much 



inflated 2. Milowia. 



Sporophore not inflated, sometimes 

 obsolete 

 Conidia ciliate at apex and upper 



septum 3. Mastigosporium, p. 590. 



Conidia not cihate 

 Hyphae lacking; conidia not ag- 

 gregate 4. Fusoma, p. 590. 



Hyphae distinct; conidia ag- 

 gregate 

 Conidia in mucosc glomerules . 5. Rotaea. 

 Conidia in fascicles, not mu- 



cose 6. Paraspora. 



Fertile hyphae manifest and distinct from 

 the conidia 

 Saprophjrtic 

 Conidia solitary or at least not capi- 

 tate 

 Fertile hjfphae simple 



Sterile hyphae lacking 7. Dactylella. 



Sterile hyphae abundant 8. Monacrosporium. 



Fertile hyphae branched 

 Hyphae verticihately branched. . 9. Dactylium. 

 Hyphae irregularly branched. . . 10. Blastotrichum. 

 Conidia capitate 

 Fertile hyphae vesiculose at tip. . . 11. Cephaliophora. 

 Fertile hyphae not swollen 

 Hyphae simple, sterile lacking . . 12. Dactylaria. 



