88 FETCH : 



Epichloe cinerea B. & Br. 



This was described by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of 

 Ceylon, No. 982. In Ann. Myc, IX., p. 394, a fungus from 

 India was described under the same name by Sydow and 

 Butler. It would, however, appear doubtful whether the 

 Indian species is the same as the Ceylon one ; on the available 

 specimens the Ceylon fungus would be referred to Dothichloe, 

 but until fresh specimens are available, the question is best 

 left imdecided (see Ann. Perad., VI., p. 173). 



Hypocrea artocreas B. & Br. 



This species was described by Berkeley and Broome in 

 Fungi of Ceylon, No. 983, as " Hemisphserica, late affixa, 

 subtus tomentosa albida, supra plana jecorina rugosiuscula, 

 primum pulverulenta. Apparently on petioles of some palms. 

 SiDoridia not mature." Thwaites's number was 110, but in 

 Herb. Peradeniya he mounted his specimens on the same 

 sheet with 42, Hypocrea palmicola, and 558, Hypocrea rufa. 

 There are, however, apparently four species on this sheet, and 

 it would seem probable that the specimens submitted to 

 Berkeley and Broome were mixed, for they apply the term 

 " hemisphaerica " to both Hypocrea palmicola and Hypocrea 

 artocreas, though it scarcely fits either. 



The specimens on decayed palm tissue, which are apparently 

 Hypocrea artocreas, are discoid, with vertical sides and usually 

 a fiat upper surface, circular, up to 1*5 mm. diameter and 0'3 

 mm. thick, attached over the whole base, subtranslucent, 

 reddish -brown, pruinose, with a narrow tomentose hyijothallus. 

 The perithecia are laterally oval, about 220 [>. diameter and 

 170 ^ high, with a yellowish wall. The spores are immature. 

 Nothing matching this has been collected recently. 



• Hypocrea discella B. & Br. 



This was described by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of 

 Ceylon, No. 984, as " Pallide rufa, orbicularis, applanata, 

 supra rugosa punctata : sporidiis minoribus. On dead wood. 

 Asci linear; sporidia 2"5 [j long." The Thwaites's number 



