HYPOCREACE^ ZBYLANIC.5;. 131 



oval, one-septate, constricted at the septum, ends obtuse, 

 5 X 2. 5 [i, dividing in the ascus into globose, shghtly rough, 

 hyaline part-spores, 2-3 jjl diameter, usuallj^ arranged in 

 two rows. Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 5969 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



The basal layer contains what are apparently aborted 

 perithecial cavities, and is probably a Hypocrea, on which 

 the Bresadolella is parasitic. 



SPHiEROSTILBE. 



Sphaerostilbe repens B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1005. 

 Sphaerostilbe variabilis B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1006. 



Sphaerostilbe aurantiicola (B. & Br.) Fetch ; Nectria aurantii 

 cola B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1029 ; Nectria {Metanec- 

 tria) aurantiicola (B. & Br.) Cooke, Grevillea, XII., p. 107; 

 Corallomyces aurantiicola (B. & Br.) v. Hohnel, Mitt. XIV., 

 p. 14. 



Sphaerostilbe coccidophthora (Zimm.) Fetch. 



V 



Dubia. 

 Sphasrostilbe incerta Ces. 



Ezcludenda. 



Sphaerostilbe gracilipes Tul. 



Hypocrea. 



(a) Spores hyaline. 



Hypocrea pezizoides B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 988. 



Hypocrea jecorina B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 989 ; Hypo- 

 crea gelatinosa var. umbrina Ces. ; Hypocrea umbrina Cooke. 



Hypocrea gigantea n. sp. Stromata irregularly globose or 

 laterally oveid, up to 4 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, and 3 cm. 

 high, plicate at the sides and contracted below to a small 

 area of attachment, often clustered, sometimes pulvinate 

 with a flat plicate base, centrally attached, bufl' or pinkish- 

 buff, glabrous, opaque ; ostiola pale brown, inconspicuous, 

 not projecting ; interzially white, radially fibrillose, the 



