HYPOCREACE^ ZEYLANIC^. 91 



Hypocrea saccharina B. & C. 



This was described by Berkeley iii Jour. Linn. Soc, X., 

 p. 376. In Fungi of Ceylon, No. 987, Berkeley and Broome 

 described a var. agaricicola, " peritheciis magis prominulis : 

 junior pallida. On stems of decayed Agarics. Sporidia 

 immature." The specimens are quite immature, and identifi- 

 cation is impossible. No specimens have been collected 

 recently on decayed Agarics. 



Hypocrea pezizoides B. & Br. 



This was described by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of 

 Ceylon, No. 988, from Thwaites 308, as "Orbicularis, 

 imdulata, aurantiaca, centre affixa, subtus pallida, carne 

 alba ; sporidiis globosis. At first looking like a Midotis, or 

 the apothecia of some lichen, more or less margmed, 

 then expanded, ^-| inch across: sporidia 3*75-6*25 (x 

 diameter." 



This species is not uncommon on dead mango branches. 

 The stromata are roughly circular in plan, sometimes irregular- 

 ly lobed, feebly convex, undulating, up to 2 cm. diameter. 

 They are sessile, but affixed only over a small area in the 

 centre of the base. In small specimens the base is closely 

 applied to the bark of the host plant, but in the larger it may 

 be widely separated, except at the edge and the central point 

 of attachment. The colour is orange -red above, yellowish 

 below, and white internally. The upper surface is slightly 

 white pruinose, and the ostiola are not evident. The stroma 

 is 1-1*5 mm. thick. In large specimens there is often a 

 distinct flat margin, about 0*5 mm. wide, but the stroma 

 is, convex from the beginning, not at first closed, or 

 with an incurved margin, as might be inferred from 

 Berkeley and Broome's description. The perithecial cavities 

 are globose, liO-240 ^ diameter, crowded in a single layer. 

 The asci are cylindric, eight-, then sixteen-spored, 100-130 

 X 6-7 \x. The part-spores are oval, 6-8 x 5-6 (x, 

 or globose, 5-6 ^, greenish hyaline, yellow in mass, 

 spinulose. 



