72 



H. viridis, (A. & S.) 



Sphtrn'a viridis, Albt. & Schw. Consp. p. 8, 

 //Y/>oinvc<-s rit iilis, Sacc. Syll. 4633. 

 Sphtfiia Inieo-vhois, b. Fries. S. M. II, p. 339. 

 Hypomyces viridis, Berk. & Br. Brit. Fungi No. 1101. 

 Hypomyccs iuteo-virens, Plowr. Grev. XI, p. 46. 

 Exsicc. Re hm Asc. 586. 



Stroina broadly effused, with a dirty yellowish-green tomentuiu 

 Mini sterile margin. Pcrithecia closely packed, ovoid or sphaeroid, 

 jmlo, with tlieir conical apices projecting and l)ecoming dark brown or 

 black. Asci cylindrical, 170-180x5 //, yellowish-hyaline, continuous 

 oi 1 with the endochrome sometimes 2-parted. 



On Agaric KM alutaceus, Carolina (Ravenel), Pennsylvania (Mich* 

 ener & Everhart), New England (Sprague). 



H. polyporimis, Pk. 26th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 84. 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1946. 



Perithecia minute, ovate or subconical, seated on a pallid subicu- 

 him, smooth, yellowish or pale amber. Asci narrow, linear. Sporidia 

 fusiform, acuminate at each end, nucleate, 15-18 p. long. The out- 

 ward appearance is almost exactly the same as that of Hypocrea pttl- 

 lida, E. & E. 



On Polyporus versicolor, New York (Peck), New Jersey (Ellis). 



H. apiosportis, Cke. Grev. XII, p. 80. 



Effused, pale, thin. Perithecia semiimmersed, slightly papillate, 

 (honey-color when dry). Ostiola indistinct. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored, 

 Sporidia lanceolate, apiculate above, rounded below, minutely rough- 

 ened, continuous, yellowish (except the apiculus), 18 x6J //. 



On Clavaria pistillaris(f), New York (Gerard). 



H. Banningii, Pk. Bot. Gaz. IV, p. 139. 



" Subiculuni white, then sordid. Perithecia crowded, ovate, with 

 a papilliform ostiolum, pale amber or honey-color. Asci slender, 

 cylindrical. Sporidia imiseriate, oblong-fusiform, yellowish in the 

 mass, 30-38 x 4-5 /*. On some decaying Agaric, apparently a Lac- 

 tarius, Baltimore, Md. (Miss Banning). The sporidia in our specimens 

 are simple, but they may possibly become uniseptate when old." 



On Lactarius sp., Pennsylvania (Everhart), sporidia 27-40 x 

 4-5 p, slightly curved, nucleate. 



H. Geoglossi, E. & E. Journ. Mycol, II, p. 73. 

 Perithecia immersed, subglobose (75-80 jj), subangular from 

 mutual pressure. Ostiola papilliform, black. Asci clavate- cylindrical , 



