264 FETCH : 



Species excludend^. 



Hypocrella Bambusse (B. & Br.) Sacc, Michelia, I., p. 323 ; 

 Hypocrea BamhusseB. &. Br., Jour. Linn. Soc, XIV., p. 113. — 

 Stroma composite, consisting of a mass of mycelium which 

 binds together the inner leaves of the bud and produces an 

 external ascigerous stroma at the apex. Ascigerous stroma 

 black, hemispherical, plane below, somewhat flattened above, 

 about 1"5 mm. diameter, rough with close-set, conical ostiola 

 which project up to • 1 mm. Perithecia flask-shaped, usually 

 close-set, sometimes wedge-shaped, regularly arranged round 

 the periphery of the upper portion of the stroma, up to • 6 mm. 

 deep and 0*2 mm. diameter. Asci about 400 x 4-6 \x ; spores 

 filiform, almost as long as the ascus, 1-1' 5 [x diameter, con- 

 tinuous in the available specimens. On bamboo, Ceylon. 



From the structure of the stroma, this species is evidently 

 Balansia ; it has been described as Balunsia Bambusse (B. & Br. ) 

 Fetch, in Ami. Perad., VI., p. 170. 



Hypocrella axillaris Cooke, Grevillea, XX., p. 4. — Stroma 

 composite, including the leaves, &c., of a lateral shoot, adherent 

 along one side to the subtending leaf, black, pulvinate, tapering 

 to one end, wrinkled, almost smooth, up to 5 mm. long, 3 mm. 

 diameter, and 2 mm. high. Perithecia flask-shaped, close-set, 

 about • 3 mm. deep and 0*15 mm. diameter ; ostiola scarcely 

 projecting. Asci 180 x 5 ^ ; spores filiform, as long as the 

 ascus, 1-1 • 5 [X diameter, septate. On grasses, Brisbane. 



This species is Balansia, and has been described as Balansia 

 axillaris (Cooke) Patch, in Ann. Perad., VI., p. 171. In Journal 

 of Botany, 1896, p. 152, Massee stated that Hypocrella Bamhusse 

 is identical with Hypocrella axillaris, but, except that both are 

 Balansia, the two species have no resemblance to one another. 



Hypocrella pulvinulus (B. & Br.) Sacc, Sylloge Fungorum, 

 II., p. 581 ; EpicMoe pulvinnlus B. & Br., Jour. Linn. Soc, 

 XIV., p. 111. — Sterile stroma white, composite, enclosing the 

 bud, producing an external fertile stroma at the mouth of the 

 leaf sheath. Fertile stroma honey-coloured, with brown 

 subtranslucent ostiola, flattened pulvinate (flattened parallel 

 to the stem of the plant), up to 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, 

 and 1 mm. thick, pale brown internally. Perithecia flask- 

 shaped, crowded in a distinct peripheral zone, wall rather thick, 

 up to 0-5 mm. long, 0*15 mm. diameter; asci cylindric, 



