Fabric Deterioration by Thirteen Described and Three New Species of Chaetomium

Abstract
16 spp. of Chaetomium have been tested to determine their ability to decompose cotton fabric. Enumerated in a descending order according to their deteriorating ability they are: C. globosum, C. caprinum, C. cancroideum, C. dolichotrichum Ames, C. funicolum, C. elatum, C. con-tortum, C. bostrychodes, C. cochliodes, C. murorum, C. ochraceum, C. aterrimum, C. aureum, C. pachypodioides Ames, C. convolutum, and C. microcephalum Ames. The n. spp. are from Tennessee.

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