]\IeDLAR: PfllALOPHORA VERRUCOSA 
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laterally from the branches: abjointed at maturity, simple, 
formed through successive proliferation into the cup-like termi- 
nation of the sporogenous cell to which they cohere in a globose, 
gelatinous mass. Sclerotic cells and spores in monilia-like chains 
are also produced in the substratum. 
Phialophora verrucosa sp. nov. 
Sporogenous cells short, ampullae-form or more elongate, 
usually terminal or irregularly distributed near the ends of the 
ultimate branchlets, the lips of the terminal cups spreading; 
spores ovoid to ellipsoid, somewhat variable in form and size, 
usually about 4-5 X 2-3 fx . ; hyphae 2-6 /u. in diameter. 
Boston City Hospital, 
Boston, Mass. 
