770 



SPH^RIACET, 



On dead larva? and pupfB of motlis, burled on the ground. 

 Autumn. [United States.] 



Head \ in. long, broadly elliptic, quite distinct from the stem, changing 

 from chestnut to bright red-brown, minutely dotted with the ostiola, of a 

 tough, fleshy consistence, nearly white within ; stem 2 inches high, 1 line 

 thick, nenrly equal, pale above, darker below, of the same colour as the 

 head, slightly mottled, almost smooth, giving out at the base numerous root- 

 like tilaments ; perithecia completely sunk in the flesh, much elongated, 

 tapering to the orifice, brown, contents of the same colour. — M.J.B. 



{Fig. 367.) 



2318. 



Toxrubia gracilis. B. " Slender Torrubia." 



Head roundlsh-oyate, even, brown ; stem rooting, elongated, 

 cylindrical, somewhat flexuous. — Tul. Carp. in. p. 15. Cordyceps 

 gracilis, Berk. Outl.p. 382. Eng. Fl. y. p. 233. Grev. t. 86. D. ^ 

 M. Fl. Alg. i. p. 449, t. 25, /. 2. 



On the ground in moist places (on larv^). 



Differs entirely from C. ophioglossoides in form, and in being destitute of 

 any yellow tinge ; the sporidia are also different.— J/. J.B. It is somewhat 

 doubtful whether this is really distinct from T. entomorrhiza. 



2319. 



Tozxubia militaxis. Fr. " Eed Torrubia." 



CoxiDiA. — SubcEespitose, white ; stem 

 distinct, simple, becoming smooth ; clubs 

 incrassated, mealy ; conidia globose. — 

 Isaria farinosa, Fr. tS.M.ui. p. 270. Link. 

 Diss./. 32. Stiirm.t. 34. Nees. f.S6. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p.328. Ramaria farinosa^ Sow. f. 308. 

 Holms. If. 7. (Fig. 368.) 



AscoPHORE. — Fleshy, orange-red; head 

 clavate, tuberculose; stem equal ; sporidia 

 long, breaking up into joints. — Tul. Carp. 

 iii. p. 6, 1. 1,/. 19-31. Fckl. exs. no. 1067. 

 Cordycepsmilitaris, Fr. S.M. ii.p. 325. Curr. 

 Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 45,/. 3. Berk. Outl. t. 23, 



/. 6. Sphceriamilitaris,Fl. Dan. t. 657,/. 1. Vaill. t. 1 ,f. 4. Buxh. 



iv. t. 66,/ 2. Nov. Act. N.C. iv. t. 7,/. 5. Bull. t. 496, /. 1 . Bolt. 



t. 128. Sow. t. 60. Nees.f. 305. Furt. t. 23. Price./. 63, partly. 



On pupce of moths buried in the ground. Aug.— Oct. 



[United States.] 



Fig. 368. 



