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gated-cylindrical head, which is roughened by the superficial, black. 

 subhemispherical, large ('I7o- V 200 p) perithecia. Asci linear-cylin- 

 drical, 150-2CO x 7-t> . sliirhtlv narrowed above and rounded at the 



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apex, containing 8 filiform sporidia nearly as long as the asci. about 

 2 p. thick, and breaking up into joints 3-5 t u long. The specimens in 

 Rav. Fungi Car. Exsicc. IV. Xo. 2<S. are 8-10 cm. high, the yellowish- 

 bruwu stem about 2 nun. thick, enlarged above, in that part occupied 

 by the perithecia, to about 3 nun. thick: hut the specimens are no 

 doubt considerably smaller than when fresh. 



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Growing from dead larva 1 of the 'June beetle " (Lachnostcrna 

 xra) and other larva- (?i buried in tlie ground, Carolina (Raven el), 

 Iowa (Be <> i. Pennsylvania < Kvc-rlmrh. 



Descriptions and good drawings of this and the two preceding 

 Buries an 1 given in .J<nmi. X. Y. Mieroscop. Soc. Vol. 1. p. 1)1, et s 

 by Rev. ). L. Xabri.-kie. 



(\ insiiiiiis, Tke. &: Rav. (Jiw. XII. p. 38. 



Livid-purple. Stipe straight. 3-4 cm. high. pale, sulcaie. 

 Head suliglobose or ovate, slig-litly t'ouglicncil by the perithecia, which 

 are miiiiit". erowdt-d. mate: the punctiform ostiola a little darker. 

 Asci cylindrical, very long (600 //), erumpent. Somewhat resembles 

 C. E nlnmorrli'rji . but i- lai'Li'er ;nid more I'o'.iiist Stem about 4-5 mm. 



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thick and longitudinally sulcate. Head \\ cm. long and 1 cm. broad. 

 SjM.ridin fililnrm (4-")<i // long). Invoking uj) into segments 12 fj. long. 

 On dead larva 1 buried in the ground, Carolina (Ravenel). 



( . herciilea, (Selnv.) 



Sp/nzria h- > Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1153. 



Head largv (12 mm. thiek). ovate-clavate. obtuse, decurrent on 

 the attenuate-elongated stem, alutaceous (leather-color), yellow within, 

 stipe also yellow. Perithecia rather small, concolorous. Height of 

 the whole fungus, about 1J inches (36 mm.) 



On the ground, among fragments of decaying wood. Salem, X. C, 

 (Schweinitz). 



A fine specimen of this species has been sent from Ohio by Prof. 

 A. P. Morgan. When fresh it was about three inches high and half 

 an inch thick, growing from some dead larva of considerable size. 

 The fertile head, which occupies about an inch of the upper part of the 

 stem, leaving a short, rather obtuse, sterile tip, is of a light yellow 

 color and roughened by the somewhat prominent, closely-packed peri- 

 thecia, which are about 150 fj> in diameter, with slightly prominent 

 ostiola, of a pale, radiate-fibrous structure. Asci 200-225x6-7 u., 

 gradually attenuated to the base and containing eight filiform sporidia 



