SPHiEEIACEI. 771 



2320. Torrubia xnyxmecophila. liCl. '' Ichneumon Torrubia." 



Oc"hraceous wMte ; stem thread-shaped ; club ovoid, steiile 

 below, ribbed above. — TuX. Caiy.iu.p. 19. Cordyceps myrmeco- 

 phila. Berk. Outl. p. S82. Hypocreamyrmecophila, Rabh. exs.no. 

 1033. B. 4-. Br. Ann. N.H. no. 591. 



On an Ichneumon. May. Leigh Wood. 



2321. Torrubia ophioglossoides. Tul. " Adder's tongue 



Torrubia." 



Fleshy ; head clavate, brownish-black ; stem rooting, olive, 

 becoming blackish; sporidia cylindrical, long, breaking up into 

 joints. — Tul. Carp. iii. j;?. 20, t. 2,/. 1-9. Cordyceps ophioglossoides. 

 Fr. S.M. VL. p. 324. Schmied. t. h, lower Jig. Bull. t. 440,/. 2. 

 Pers. 31. E. t. 10,/. 5-6. Etig. Fl. v. p. 233. 3foug. exs. no. 565. 

 Fries, exs. no. 301. Schm. exs. no. 26. Bei^k, Mag. Zool. ^- Bot. no. 

 92, t. 7,/. 4. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 4,0, f. 7. 



In woods on Elaphomyces muricatus. Oct. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Asci very long ; paraphyses extremely slender ; liead ^-lin. or more long, 

 yellow within, as well as the stem, which at the base divides into long roots, 

 sometimes tufted ; joints of spoi'idia ('0001 in.) '0025 m.m. long. 



2322. Torrubia capitata. Fr. " Capitate Torrubia." 



Fleshy, head ovato-globose, bay-brown ; stem yellow, then 

 blackish ; sporidia colourless, jointed, the joints rod-shaped or 

 cylindrical. — Tul. Carp. iii. p. 22, t. 2,/ 10-15. Cordyceps capi- 

 tata, Fr. S.M. \i.p. 324. Fl. Dan. t. 540. Bolt. t. 130. Soiv. t. 

 854. Holm.i.p.SS. Pers. M.F. 1. 10, f. 1-4.. Eiig.Fl. y. p. 233. 

 Moug. exs. no. 763. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 45,/ 10. 



In pine woods on Elaphomyces granulatus. 



[Low. Carolina.] 



Often tufted ; stem 1-4 in. high, 2-4 lines thick, equal, smooth, lemon- 

 coloured, at length tibroso-strigose and blackish. The colour of the head 

 borders on yellow, red-brown, and black. — Fries. Joints of the sporidia 

 (•0003 in.) -0076 m.m. long. 



2323. Torrubia (?) pistillariaeformis. B. S Br. " Doubtful 



Torrubia." 



Very small, club brown ; head oblong-ovate ; stem cylindrical, 

 pallid, dilated at the base, sub-equal. — Cordyceps pistillariceformisj 

 B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 969, 1. 16, /. 22. 



