5 4 g ÆCIDIACEI.
1 6 3 6 . E n d o p h y llum s em p e r v iv i. Lev. “ Houseleek
Endophyllum.”
Peridia immersed, elliptic or roundisli ; spores ochraceous, becoming
b row n is h .-U « * sempervivi. A . ^
Ann. N .H . no. 416. Seem. Journ.ii.p. 41. Coolce M .F .p .194.
On leaves of bouseleek. Rare. Warwickshire.
Gen. 1 8 6 . G RAPH IO LA , Roit.
Peridium sessile, ovate, double,
exterior compact, coriaceous interior
membranaceous, incised,
longer than tbe exterior, giving
rise to fascicles of erect, long,
simple threads; spores copious,
minute, globose.—Corda. Anl. p.
74. {Fig.221.)
Fig. 221.
1 6 3 7 . G t a p h io l a P h o e n ic ia . Poit. “ Date Palm GrapUola.”
Outer peridium hard, blackish; inner peridium membrana-
ceotis, fugitive; spores yellow.—Poiieaw. Ann. des Sc. Nat.
1824 V 473 t 2 6 ,/. 2. Ann. N.H. mo. 1049. Chev. F l.F a r .t.2 ,
T -d a . A n l.t.C .f.2 6 ,n o .5 -8 . Desm. exs.no.
436. Bav.exs.ir.no. 72.
On palm leaves in conservatories. [lex a s.J
^ {Pig. 221.)
F A M IL Y IV . HYPHOMYCETES.
Filamentous. Fertile threads naked, for the most part free,
especially above, or loosely compacted, simple or branched,
bearing the spores at their apices, rarely more closely packed, so
as to form a distinct common stem.—Berh. Outl. p. 337.
Fertile threads compacted, somfetimes oeUular
Stem or stroma compound
Spores dry, volatile
Mass of spores moist, difflnent
Fertile threads free or anastomosing _
Fertile threads dark, carbonized
Spores mostly compound
Fertile threads not carbonized
Very distinct
Spores mostly simple
Scarcely distinct from mycelium
Spores profuse .
Isariacei.
StUbacei.
Dematiei.
Mticedmef.
Order X V I I I . IS A R IA C E I.
► I
Threads more or less compacted, plants assuming hymeno-
mycetous forms.—Berh. Outl.p. 338.
Receptacle elongated. Tips free
F l o c c o s e ...............................................................Isa/na.
Dilated above . . . . . . . ATjkina.
Receptacle branched
Su b g e la tin o u s..................................................... Ceratium.
Receptacle clavate
Dusted with the s p o r e s .....................................Pavhrmcybe.
Some of the species formerly included in this order are now known to be
conidiiferous states of higher forms. Many others are suspected.
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