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Syn, Clavaria hypoxylon Linn. Flor. svec. ed. 11, p. 457. 

 Sphaeria hypoxylon Pers. Obs. myc. I, p. 20, t. II, f. 1. Fr. Syst. 

 myc. II, p. 327. Xylaria hypoxylon Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 381. 

 CuRR. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. XXII, p. 264, t. XLV, f. 17. Berk. 

 Outl. Brit. Fung. p. 384, t. XXIV f. 1. Tdl. Sel. Fung. Carp. U, 

 p. 11, t. I, f. 1 — 14. NiTSCHK. Pyr. germ. p. 5. Cook. Brit. Fung. 

 II, p. 790. FucK. Symb. myc. p. 238. 



Exsicc. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 266. 



Hab. Hanc speciera rarissimam, sterilem tamen modo, 

 in truncis Betulae albae vetustis prope Mustiala medio men- 

 sis Octobris 1867 et in regione aboensi, Merimasku, olim 

 legimus. 



Sect. H. Clavula perithecigera apice sterilis. Stipes 

 glaber. 



2. X. filiformis (Alb. et Schw.) Fr. Summ. Veg. 

 Scand. p. 382. 



Stroma simplex, rarissime ramosum, teres, rarius leviter 

 compressum, filiforme, flexuosum, sublaeve, nitidulum, gla- 

 berrimum', nigrum, altit. 2 — 5 cm. „Clavula perithecigera 

 stipite brevior ac vix crassior a stromatis parte superiore 

 sterili, rosea, saepe incurva, apicem versus sensim attenuata 

 longe superata, peritheciis valde prominentibus aspera. Asci 

 cylindracei vel subcylindracei, pedicellati, longit. 6Q — 76 mmm., 

 crassit. 6 — 8 mmm. Sporae monastichae vel pro parte disti- 

 chae, inaeqvilaterales, utrimqve obtusiusculae, fuscae, longit. 

 13 — 14 mmm., crassit. 5 — 6 mmm. Paraphyses, inter ascos 

 adultos saltem, nuUae." 



Syn. Sphaeria fdiformis Alb. ct SCHW. Consp. Fung. nisk. p. 2, 

 t. III, f. 5. Fr. Syst. niyc. II, p. 329. Xylaria suhularis Fr. Summ. 

 Veg. Scand. p. 382. Hypoxyloh fdiforme Rab. Krypt. Flor. I, p. 223. 

 Xylaria filiformis Nitschk. Pyr. germ. p. 12. Fuck. Symb. myc. 

 p. 239. 



