Hypocreace;e, Scolecospor», Cordyceps. 573 



clavula perithecigera, ovoideo-spbjeroidea, e peritheciis confertis- 

 simis ovoideis levitor prominentibus scabra, badia v. rufo-flavida, 

 circiter 1 cent, crass. ; stipite aequali, glabro, citrino seu flavo, de- 

 inum fibroso-strigoso, flavo-nigrescente, crassiusculo ; ascis cylin- 

 draceis, longissimis 15 •/. crassit. ; sporidiis flliformibas, Longissi- 

 rais, deinde in articulos fusoideo-elongatos, vel subbacillares 25- 

 40 ~ 6, chlorino-hyalinos secedentibus. 



Ilab. in sylvis Coniferarum E 1 ?■ p )i o ra y c e te g r a n u 1 a t o, E. 

 variegato, rarius in Sclerodermate (?) in Suecia, Britannia. 

 Fennia, Grermania, Gallia, Belgio, Itaiia. Amer. bor. 



IV. Species imperfeete oognir;: . 



31. Cordyceps falcata Berk. Decad. u. 479, t. VIII, f. 2 (in Hook. 5(ho 

 Journ. 1854). — Oaespitosa, basi processibus acutis filiformibus 

 immixta; stipitibus cylindricis subito in capir.ulum falciforrne acu- 

 minatum inerassatis: ascis filiformibus, apice capitulatis; sporidiis 

 nondum evolutis visis. 



Itab. in larvis emorluis, Myrong [ndiae (Hooker et Tuomson). 

 — Stroma 30-35 mUl. alt., I mill. cr. Ciavis falcatis mox digno- 

 scenda species. 



32. Gordyceps Tayiori (Berk.) Sacc. Mich. I, p. 320. Spheeria Tay- r^ii 

 lori Berk. Some Entomog. Sphajrue p. 10 (iji Hook. Journ. 1843, 



p. 209). — Stipitihus fasciculatis, connatis anastomosantibus ; stro- 

 mafe breviter palmato rufo-fulvo subtiliter veJutino; rarais coin- 

 pressis; apicibus acutiusculis. 



llab. in larvis inscctorum, Banks of Murrambidgee Au- 

 stralia 1 (Adams). — Stipes 6 cent. long., l 1 /. cr. 



33. Cordyceps fuliginosa Ces. in Comm. critt. ital. I, 67, t. 6, f. I. ---■ 5042 

 Stromatibus cylindraceis apico. obtusiuscule attenuatis carnosis, 14- 



17 mill. long., 1 mill. cr., deorsum cinerascentibus, in clavula sa« 

 turatioribus; peritbeciis ....... immaturis; 



Tlab. in chrysalidibus Bombycis antiquse ad Populum, Bnj* 

 scia, Ital. bor. -• Habitus fere Xylarion scopiformis, sod substan* 

 tia mollis. 



34. Cordyceps caespitosa (Tul.) Sacc. Micb, l. 320. Torrubia wespi' 

 losa Tul. Carp. III, pag. 1.1. — Tota luteo- pallida; stromatibus, 

 b 1" v. pluribus, cajspito.sis v. partim coalitis, contorto floxuosis, 

 15-25 mill. lougis, Landem clavato-capitatis. 



Hab. iu Cicadis defossis Poverty-Bay in Nova ZeJandia (!/• 

 WniLusis). — Peraffinis C. soboii/ercc, 



