216 Mycologia 



14. CoRDYCEPS Sphixgum (Schw.) Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. 



Linu. Soc. 10: 375. 1868 



Isaria Sphingnin Schw. Schr. Xat. Ges. Leipzig i : 126. 1822. 



Torriihia Sphitiguui Tul. Fung. Carp. 3: 12. 1865. 



Stromata numerous, as many as thirty often springing from a 

 single sclerotium, very slender and thread-like, about 5 cm. high 

 and I mm. in thickness, cinereous, smooth or slightly pruinose, 

 enlarged at the base, more or less bent above ; perithecia subsuper- 

 ficial, subconic, 125-150 X 200-225 mic. brownish; asci elongate, 

 cvlindric ; spores filiform, as long as the ascus, about 2 mic. thick 



(>/. 5-/. f- II)- 

 On dead larvae in cocoon. 



Type locality : North Carolina. 



Distribution : New Jersey to North Carolina. 



Illustrations: Ellis & Everh. N. Am. Pyrenom. pi. 13, f. 4-7; 



Tul. Fung. Carp 3 : pi. i, f. i, 2. 



Specimens examined: New Jersey, Ellis. 



15. CoRDYCEPS CocKERELLii (ElHs & Everh.) Ellis; Cockerell, 



Jour. Inst. Jamaica i : 180. 1893 

 Ophioucctria Cockerellii Ellis & Everh. ; Ellis, Jour. Inst. Jamaica 

 1 : 141. 1892. 



Stromata efifuse, spreading over and almost covering the sub- 

 stratum, or erect and 1-2 mm. high, yellow ; perithecia occurring 

 in cespitose rounded or irregular clusters, or scattered, subsuper- 

 ficial or nestling in the substratum ; individual perithecia elongate, 

 flask-shaped or cylindric, about i mm. high and 0.5 mm. in 

 diameter, reddish-brown or slightly translucent, smooth, at ma- 

 turity collapsing laterally, becoming spathulate in form ; asci very 

 slender, about i mic. thick, breaking up into short segments 

 (pl.34,f-6-S). 



On the l)ody of a sphingid moth. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : Jamaica. 



Specimens examined: Bath, Jamaica, Mrs. Sivaiiisoii (Type). 



This species, which is said by Professor Cockerell to occur on 

 a sphingid moth, is similar in perithecial and spore characters to 

 C. Sphiiu/itiii. The stromata in this species, however, are effuse 

 or very short while in C. Spliiiigiiiii they are very long and 

 slender. This mav be onh- a variation of the former species. 



