Abstract
Torula glutinosa, a sooty mold on living leaves and stems of Eriodictyon spp. from California is illustrated and described. It shares, with the type species of Heteroconium, H. citharexyli, acropetal conidiogenesis of chains of conidia of variable length and acropetal transseptation. An unnamed synanamorph is recognized and described.
For the loan or gifts of pertinent collections we are grateful to the curators of several herbaria: Beltsville (BPI), Berkeley
(UC), Champaign (ILLS), Ottawa (CAN, DAO, DAOM), St Louis (MO) San Francisco (DS), (CAS). The receipt of an excellent collection from Dr David Malloch is gratefully acknowledged. The junior author is grateful to Dr James C. Solomon for his kind hospitality and permission to use the herbarium at MO.