SPH^RIACEI. 



HTPOCREA, Fr. 



Stroma rariable ; perithecia 

 fleshy, pallid or coloured, ovato- 

 globose and obtuse ; asci eight 

 spored ; sporidia uniseriate, didy- 

 mous, with two globose and equal 

 cells, at length separating. — Fr. 

 S.MM 385. Tul. Carp, iil p. 29. 



[Fig. 371.) 



Fig. 371. 



2327. Rypocrea gelatinosa. Fr, " Gelatinous Hj'pocrea." 



Fleshy, convex, equal, opaque, internally whitish ; perithecia 

 prominent, darker than the stroma ; sporidia colourless, squarish 

 in the ascus, nearly round when free. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 336. Fries, 

 exs. no. 30^. Tode.J. 123, 124. Fl. Dan. t. 1782, /. 1, 2. Eng. Fl. 

 V. ;?. 238. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t.4:6,f. 33. Fckl. exs. no. 993. 



On fir. Appin, &c [United States.] 



Variable in colour, yellow, green, nmber, pallid, &c. Sporidia ("0002 in.) 

 '005 m.m. long. 



2328. Hypoczea rufa. Fr. " Rufous Hypocrea." 



CoxiDiA. — Villous, white ; conidia globose, dusky green. — 

 Trichoderma viride, Fers. Syii.p. 230. Fr. S.M. Hi. p. 215. Grev. 

 t 271. Eng. Fl.Y. p. 323. Tode.f. 2d. Bull. t.b04.,f.Q. Sow. t. 

 378,/. 14. FcM. exs. no. 164. 



AscoPHORE. — Fleshy, convex, irregular, rufous, internally 

 whitish, wrinkled when dry ; ostiola slightly prominent ; spori- 

 dia sixteen, squarish, colourless. — Tul. Carp. iii. p. 30, t. iii./. 1- 

 10. Fr. S.M. \\. p. 33'^. Fr.exs.no. 3^3. Fl. Dan.t.ll^\J.2. 

 Eng. Fl. Y.p. 238. Cu7^r. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 45,/. 36. Fckl. exs. 

 no. 994. 



On oak, &c. [United States.] 



Sporidia ('OOOIS in.) '004 m.m.— Tul. {Fig. 371,) 



2329. Hypocrea riccioidea. Berk. " Lobed Hypocrea." 



Large, fleshy, deeply lobed, orange ; sporidia oblong, unisep- 

 tate. — Berk. Outl.p. 383. Sphceria riccioidea, Bolt. t. 182. Ann. 



