Hymenomycetse, Clavariacepe, Pterula. 437 



Hdb. ad truncos, Prov. Sao Paulo, Campinas Brasiliae. — Ha- 

 bitus quasi Clav. dealbatce et Cl. dilatata^. 



3. Lachnocladium manaosense P. Henn. Fungi Amaz. IV, Hedw. 170B 

 XLIV (190B) p. 59. — Caespitosum, stipitatum, coriaceum brunneo- 

 cinerescens, 5-6 cm. altum, stipitibus subteretibus varie longis, 

 basi bulboso-incrassatis, confluentibusque; ramis repetito subverti- 

 cillatis, subteretibus, circ. 0,5-0,8 mm. lt., axillis haud compressis, 

 ramulis dichotomis v. palmatifidis, subulatis, interdum cirratis, 

 apice acutis, levibus; sporis ovoideis v. subellipsoideis, hyalinis, 

 intus subgranulatis, 5-6 « 4,5-5. 



FTab. ad terram udam silvaticam E.io Negro, Manaos Amazonia. 



4. Lachnocladium subochraceum Sacc. Myc cong. novi, Ann. Myc. 1706 

 IV (1906) p. 73. — Totum ceraceo-coriaceum sed fragile. oclira- 

 ceo-fulvum, 3 cm. alt., vix, sub vitro, tenuissime velutinum; trunco 

 brevissimo minuto, 2-3 mm. cr., mox in ramos filiformes et sen- 

 sim tenuiores multoties dichotomice partito, ramis teretiusculis ad 

 axillas dilatato-compressis, divergenti-ascendentibus ; setulis fihfor- 

 mibus, 2,5-4 [x. cr., brevibus, plus minus regulariter dichotomice 



divisis, ramulis ultimis divergentibus mucroniformibus ; sporis 



non visis. 



Hab. ad ?ramos putres dejectos, Kisantu, Congo (J. G-illet). — 

 A Lachn. ochraceo, quod habitu asmulatur, differt setulis co- 

 piosis eximie iterato-dichotomis, a Lachn. subptertdoide, quocum 

 setulis congruit, distinguitur axillis latiusculis et applanatis. 



5. Lachnocladlum dubiosum Bresad. ap. Rick, Broteria V (1906) p. 13, 1707 

 tab. VI, fig. 3 (sine diagnosi). 



Hab. ad frustula lignea, Rio Grande do Sul BrasiliEe. — Ex 

 phototypia videtur species valde csespitoso-intricata, coinpactiuscula, 

 ramuhs minutis gracilibus e trunculis crassiusculis orientibus. 



PTERULA Fr. - Syll. VI p. 740, IX p. 255, XI p. 140, XIV p. 242, 



XVI p. 213, XVII p. 199. 

 1. Pterula timorensis Torrend, Broteria IX (1910) p. 89, fig. 4. — nos 



Dense gregaria, in csespitulos 2-3 cm. circ. altos fasciculata, tenax 

 cartilaginea, in sicco rufo-brunnea ; stipite brevissimo, vix 0,5-2 

 mm. alto, 1-2 mm. cr., mox ramosissimo; ramis filiformibus ad 

 bifurcationem stepe membrana tenui 0,5 mm. lata, inter se cou- 

 junctis, subulatis; basidiis clavatis, 14-18 « 3-4, hyalinis; sporis 

 ellipsoideo-ovoideis, basi apiculatis, 5-6^3,5-4,5, centro leviter 

 ochraceis; hyphis 3-4 |j.. crassis. 



