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Math-naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien., LXXIII., p. 22 (1907) ; 

 Hypocrella verruculosa Theiss. non Moller, Ann. Myc, IX. 

 (1911), p. 67. Aschersonia stage, — Aschersonia hasicystis B. & 

 C, Cuban Fungi, No. 558, Jour. Linn. Soc, X. (1869), p. 352 ; 

 Hypocrea amazonica Cooke (in part), Grevillea, XVI., p. 25 

 (1897) ; Aschersonia juruensis P. Henn., Fungi Amazonici, 

 III., Hedwigia (1904), p. 388 ; Aschersonia Puttemansii P. 

 Henn., in Herb. Berlin ; Aschersonia Chelonise Speg., in Herb. 

 Speg. ; " Aschersonia oxyspora Berk.," in Herb. Speg. ; 

 Aschersonia Jacarandse Speg., Mycetes Argent., Ser. V., An. 

 Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, XX., p. 456 (1910). 



The colours given above are those of the herbarium specimens. 

 According to Montague's description (Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. II., 

 Vol. XIII., p. 340), this species is orange, with purple perithecial 

 orifices, the perithecia being embedded in a purple zone ; the 

 part-spores were said to be curved, and inflated in the middle. 

 His figures show two very minute purplish-red examples, dotted 

 with dark ostiola : in section, the stroma is yellowish below and 

 pinkish above. Montagne stated that it became pale ochraceous 

 when dried. The figures show that the specimens examined by 

 him were stud-shaped, and had part-spores inflated in the 

 middle ; neither of these, however, proves to "be constant. The 

 type .specimen is Leprieur No. 580, on leaves of Coutarea speciosa, 

 Cayenne, March, 1839 ; there is now only one specimen of the 

 fungus in this gathering in Herb. Montagne ; it is 2-2 ram. 

 diameter, yellowish-white, constricted below, with scattered 

 perithecial ostiola on the head ; it fits Montague's figure exactly. 

 Another collection in Herb. Montagne is labelled " Leprieur 

 1121. Jour, second Guyana"; it contains eight specimens, 

 which still show traces of purple, though the general colour is 

 ochraceous ; some of these are not stud-shaped, but merely 

 pulvinate or conical ; the central portion is up to 2*8 mm. 

 diameter and 1'2 mm. high, bordered by a hypothallus about 

 1 mm. wide. Another gathering, Leprieur No. 1122, containing 

 four specimens, is in the general collection, Herb. Paris. Hypo- 

 crella citrina^ipeg. is said by Theissen ( Ann. Myc. , IX., p. 66) to be 

 identical with H. ochracea, which is H. phyllogena ; I have not seen 

 the type specimen : the description would fit the latter species. 

 The type speciinen of H. ahnormis P. Henn., in Herb. Berlin, 

 is labelled "Herbarium Ign. Urban. 18,784. Brasilia 1890/91 

 leg. A. Glaziou"; it contains two leaves, one of wliich bears a 

 single yellowish-white specimen of H. phyllogena, while the other 

 bears five specimens, all but one being much decayed and greenish 

 (through mould ?). Hypocrella EdwalUana P. Henn., type in 

 Herb. Berlin, " in foliis Lauraceas, Brasil," contains stud-shaped 

 as well as pulvinate forms ; the former have either smooth or 

 tuberculate heads, and bear perithecia on the head and pycnidia 



