520 Hypoereaeese, Hyalodidymae, Hypocrea. 



raphysatis; sporidiis recte v. obhque monostichis, eilipticis, 10- 

 12-5-6, medio l-septato-<constrictis, primo strato mucoso pere- 

 xiguo obvolutis, dein liberis, loculis grosse 1-guttulatis, epispo- 

 rio Jongitudinaliter ruguloso, dilute fumcso-roseis. 



fJab. in ramis dejectis putrescentibus Meliae Azedarach in 

 nemorosis prope el Baiiado de San Jose de Floret, Argentiua. 



HYPOGREA F. Summa 383 p. p. (Etym. hypo sub. et creas, caro ob 

 stroma carnosuium). — Stroma carnosum variicolor pulvinatum v. 

 effusura superficiale (rarissime fere obsoletum). Asci cyiindracei 

 typice aparaphysati. Sporidia octona, bilocularia, hyalina v. oliva- 

 cea, loculis mox secedentibus, uti sporidia 16 appareanf. — - Status 

 conidiophorus in multis notus 



§ Sporidia typice didyraa, articulis secedentihus. 



I. Eu-IIypocrea : stromate pulvinato v. disciformi, limitato; 



ostioiis brevibus. 



a) Sporidia hyalina. 



1. flypocrea rufa (Per?.) Fr. Sumra. Veg. Scand. p. 383. Sphceria wu 

 rufa Pers. Syn. p. 13. — Stromatibus gregariis, superficialibus, 

 humectis hemisphaericis vei pulvinatis subiude repandis vel irre- 

 gularibus, in sicco coiiabascentibus, depressis, superncieque ruga- 

 tis, carnosulis molliusculis ex ostioiis peritheciorum leviter pro- 

 minulis punctatis, carneo-paliide rufescentibus vel demum rufis, in- 

 tus albidis, 2-4 niill. latit. ; peritheciis adproximatis, sphaeroideis : 

 ascis cylindraceis, brevissime pedicellatis, 65-75 s 4-5 p. sp., octo- 

 sporis; sporidiis monostichis, e duahus collulis subrequalibus sub- 

 sphaeroideis, byalinis, 3-4 u. diam., mox decedentibus compositis. 

 Hob. supra lignum corticemque arborum frondosarum varia- 

 rum e. g. Quercus, Fagi, Rubi, Pini, ^Dsculi, Lirioden- 

 dri, in Fennia, Suecia, Britannia, Gallia, Oermania, Rossia, Belgio, 

 Italia, Ceylon, Amer bor. et raerid. — Stroraata basi ambituque 

 pro more Hypocrearum tomento seu raycelio (Trichoderma viride 

 Pers.) albo, conidia seruginosa, sphseroidea, minuta seceruente ob- 

 voluta. — Var. lateritia Sacc, Fungi Ven. IV, pag. 21: stromati- 

 bus pulvinatis, planiusculis ; perithecii contextu rufescente; ascis 

 95-1.00 s 5; sporidiorum articulis globoso-cuboideis, 4- 4'/ 2 diam., 

 hyalinis, 1-guttulatis. Ad ramos decorticatos fagineos in sylva 

 Cansiglio Treviso, Ital. bor. — Var. sublateritia Sacc. I. c. : ut 



