Marine Fungi Imperfecti

UST as in the case of the Ascomycetes the Marine FungiImperfecti have attracted much less attention than Phycomycetes, and so far no systematised attempt has been made to investigate either tbe extent of their occurrence or their life histories.Doubtless this neglect may be ascribed partly to tbe fact tbat the existence of marine forms has not been generally recognised, and partly to the disregard in which the Fungi Imperfecti as a whole are beld, notwithstanding the economic importance of many.Consequently, of the very small number recorded, little beyond mere diagnostic characters is known.Tbe varied bistory of the first described species is worthy of note, inasmuch as it reflects, to a certain extent, the limited outlook as to tbe possibility of the existence of marine forms.This is the