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Nectria pityrodes Mont. 



Berkeley and Broome recorded this species for Ceylon in 

 Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1027. They cited Thwaites 173 b, as 

 Nectria pityrodes, and Thwaites 29 (in part) as var. mccharina, 

 adding the note : " Resembling a pale form of N. cinnabarina, 

 but with longer different-shaped sporidia. Csespitoso, pale 

 orange, furfuraceous, at length collapsed, cstiolum dimpled, 

 sporidia cymbiform, uniseptate, 25-40 \}. long." There does 

 not appear to have been more than one collection. 



von Hobnel, who has examined the type specimen, states 

 that it is quite different from Nectria pityrodes Mont., and has 

 described it as Nectria Berheleyi (Mitt. XIV., p. 17). 



The perithecia are globose, about 0*4 mm. duimeter, orange 

 yellow, sub translucent, in small pulvinate groups on an 

 erumpent stroma. The wall is densely covered with large, 

 rough, loose-looking warts. The asci are clavate, sessile. 

 eight-spored, about 90 X 20 ja. The spores are subcymbi- 

 form, flat, or slightly concave, on one side, not constricted at 

 the septum, with rounded ends, 24-30 x 9-12 \k. 



Nectria aurantiicola B. & Br. 



This was described by Berkeley and Broome in. Fungi of 

 Ceylon, No. 1028, on a scale insect on orange, von Hohnel has 

 transferred it to Corallomyces (Mitt. XIV., No. 729). It is a 

 Sphserostilie, and will stand as Sphasrostilbe aurantiicola (B. & 

 Br.). An account of the Nectrise parasitic on scale insects is 

 in course of preparation. 



Nectria dealbata B. & Br. 



This species was described by Berkeley and Broome in 

 Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1029, as " Csespitosa ; perithcciis 

 carneis, materie alba velata, collabentibus ; ascis linearibus ; 

 sporidiis oblongis ellipticis uniseptatis. Sporidia 12*5-13 X 

 5-6*25 [).." The type specimen is Thwaites 646. 



The perithecia are about 0*3 mm. diameter, globose, 



collapsing, crowded in pulvinate groups about 2 mm. diameter 



on a parenchymatous stroma. They are now pale grayish- 



• yellow, with a minute conical ostiolum on a central dark area, 



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