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nutritive qualities of the two fems in question ffo, which con- 



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On some Entomogeno™ Sph/eruB. 

 ■' . By the Bev. M. J. Beekemjt, M.A., P.L.S. 



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[Head Nov. 4th, 1856.] 



No country in the world seems to abound more in Fungi than the 

 United States. I have something approaching to 5000 species in 

 niy Herbarium from two or three of the Southern States alone, 

 and it is quite certain, from the new forms which are constantly 

 occurring, that the number is far from being exhausted. Many 



of the snenipa nfo i^lonf^oQl ^\¥U 



else 



;al with European forms, but there 



ch have at present occurred now! 



curious and interestinff of these are 



entomogenous species 



Me Society. ' None of these are completely isolated from the 

 ^st, for Gordyceps palustris resembles G. sobolifera] G stytophora 

 and acicularis are connected through C Bavenelii with G sifierms ; 

 and G. armeniaca calls to mind the apricot-coloured G. myrmeco- 

 phtla. Besides these species I have received G. militaris from 

 oouth Carolina, where G entomorrMza also occurs under a very 

 &ie form. 



The entomogenous species of Gordmeps^ as at present known, 

 are distributed as foUow : 



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1 militaris and entomorrMza are common to Europe 

 United States. 



• ^yrmecaphila is found in England and Italy. 

 gracilis in Scotland and Algi 



!• C sinensis in China, where it is used as a drug 

 ^* G. Chmnii and Tavlori in Australia. 



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2. 0, racemosa axid falcata at Myrong in the Khazia Mourftain 



of Bengal. 

 1* G. armeniaca in South Carolina. 

 2. G. eoholifera B3xd sphecocephala in. the WeBt JnddeB. 

 I *^ a larvata in Cayenne. 



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