Part 1, 1910] HYPO CREACEAE 33 
Hypocrea rigens Sace. Michelia1: 301. 1878. 
fly pocrea Schweinitzti Sacc. Syll. Fung. 2: 522. 1883. 
Hypocrea sublobata Sace. Syll. Fung, 2: 535. 1883. 
? Hypocrea Galeottiana Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 978. 1891. 
Stromata gregarious, 2 mm.-1 cm. in diameter, lens-shaped, the margin free, often 
becoming undulate, dark-colored externally becoming almost black with a shade of olive- 
green, white within, fleshy, becoming hard when dry, the surface roughened by the necks 
of the slightly protruding perithecia; perithecia subglobose, 150-175 » in diameter; asci 
cylindric, 60-75 X 4-52; spores subglobose with a large oil-drop, about 4 # in diameter. 
On wood and bark of various kinds. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Mecklenburg, Germany. 
DISTRIBUTION : Ontario to New Jersey, Lotisiana, and California; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATION : Tode, Fungi Meckl. pl. 12, f. 102. 
EXsICccaTI: Rav. Fungi Am. 642; Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 136. 
4. Hypocrea minima Sacc. & Ellis ; Sacc. Michelia 2: 570. 1882. 
Stromata scattered, superficial, patellate or subpatellate, the disc orbicular, very dark, 
almost black, scarcely 1 mm. in diameter, the surface roughened by the slightly protruding 
necks of the perithecia; asci cylindric, 60-75 & 4; spores subglobose, hyaline, with a large 
oil-drop, about 4 in diameter. 
On bark of Magnolia. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Newfield, New. Jersey. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
5. Hypocrea chionea Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. 79. 1892. 
Stromata gregarious, subhemispheric, becoming patellate or subpatellate, fleshy, 1-2 mm. 
in diameter, white or very light-yellowish, the surface roughened by the slightly protrud- 
ing necks of the perithecia; necks of the perithecia darker in color than the surrounding 
surface of the stroma, giving it a punctate appearance; asci cylindric, 50-60 *K 4“; spores 
subglobose, with a central oil-drop, about 44 in diameter. 
On decaying wood on the under side of a log, to which may be due its white color. 
TYPE Locality: London, Ontario. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
6. Hypocrea patella Cooke & Peck; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. 
State Mus. 29: 57. 1878. 
Stromata gregarious, patellate and regular in form, consisting of a whitish mycelium 
with a yellow center, becoming entirely bright-yellow, inclined to ochraceous, 1-2 mm. in 
diameter, the margin free, the surface punctate with the necks of the perithecia which 
protrude slightly, somewhat wrinkled when dry; asci cylindric, 60-75 * 4-5; spores 
subglobose, hyaline. 
On dead wood, especially on or surrounding other old sphaeriaceous fungi. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Buffalo, New York. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York to Louisiana. 
7. Hypocrea olivacea Cooke & Ellis, Grevillea 6: 92. 1878. 
Hypocrea melaleuca Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1890: 245. 1890. 
Stromata scattered, effuse and irregular in form, consisting at first of apatch of thin, 
white tomentum 0.5-1 cm. in diameter, becoming fleshy and of an olive shade, gradually 
becoming darker, at length nearly black and punctate with the slightly protruding necks of 
the perithecia; asci cylindric, 65-75 & 3-44; spores hyaline, subglobose, 3 in diameter. 
On pine boards, bark of Sassafras, and oak chips. 
TyPE LocaLity: [Newfield,] New Jersey. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION: Grevillea 6: 1. 100, f. 25. 
8. Hypocrea sulphurea (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 2: 535. 1883. 
Sphaeria sulphurea Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 193. 1832. 
Stromata broadly effuse, forming irregular patches often several cm. in diameter, at first 
consisting of small tufts of white mycelium, the central part soon assuming a lemon-yellow 
