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exsurgentia erocta rectuv. leiiiter falcato-curvula (40-50'" 

 Ig.) 1^'^se teretia (1,5-2'" crs.) sursuin gradatini incrassata 

 apice conipressula saepeque subcanaliculato-fiircatii, car- 

 noso-lenta, glabra, intus alba farcta, extus aurantia, mi- 

 nute denseque ubique ostiolis croceis prominulis (vix hinc 

 inde laevia) exasperata; perithecia stromate immersa glo- 

 bulosa (500-600 '^ dm.) dense constipata, superne ostiolo 

 conico obtuso longiusculo (200-300 /^ Ig. X 50-100 /^- crs.) 

 croceo coronata ; asci cylindracei (450-500 X ^ /') fascicu- 

 lati longissimi aparaphysati octospori, apice obtuse ro- 

 tundati modiceque incrassato-tunicati, basebreviter atte- 

 nuato-pedicellati ; sporidia ascorum longitudine gracil- 

 lima, primo integra, dein in articulis cylindraceis (5-20 

 X 1 i") hyaiinis scissdia. Species C. militaris (L.) Lk. pe- 

 raffinis sed stromatum forma atque peritheciis inagis in- 

 fossis satis distincta. 



306. CoRDicEPS AusTRALis Spcg. Sacc, L c. f. 571 . 

 Hab. In corporibus putrescentibus Formicarum, Lamelli- 

 cornium^ Curculionidum Cassidarumque vulgata prope 

 Apiahyj per ann. 1881-88 (sub n. 2335 et sine n.). 

 Obs. Stromata subcarnea filiformia erecta, quandoque bre- 

 viuscula rigidula recta (5-10'" Ig.), quandoque elongata 

 flexuosa subflaccidula (30-60"' Ig.) semper gracilia (0,2- 

 0,4'" crs.) fusco-atra v. atro-subpurpurascentia, longitu- 

 dinaliter rugoso-striata(an in sicco tantum ?)glabra opaca 

 apicem versus attenuata ac flavescenti-carnosa, abrupte 

 in capitulo globoso.v. ovato (0,5-2'" dm.) expansa; capi- 

 tula laevia carnoso-subceracea aurantia glabra acrogena 

 solitaria, rarius pleurogena ; perithecia cylindracea (300- 

 600 X 100/^) non v. vix ostiohito-papillata ; asci cylindra- 

 cei (250-300 rarius 450- X -^-8 f) apice glandiformes 

 aparaphysati ; sporidia filiformia, ascorum longitudine, 

 in articulis cyLmdraceo-fusoideis utrinque rotundato-sub- 

 truncatis (5-15x1-1,5/^) hyalinis secedentia. Species 



