SPH^EIACEI. 775 



N.H. no. 95. SpJiceria parmelwides, Mont. Ann. Sc. N'at. xi. t. 18, 

 /. 4. Acrospermiim, Tode, t. 2,f. 15, a. h. 



On Tvillow. Rare. Halifax. 



2330. Hypocrea vitalba. B.^^Br. " Clematis Hypocrea." 



Minute, bro"wn, convex, sublobate ; perithecia ovate ; sporidia 

 biseriate, triseptate, fusiform, appendiculate, hyaline. — B. 4' -Sr. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 829," t. 9, /. 8. 



On Clematis vitalh a. Batheaston. 



Forming minute groups of brown, convex, sometimes sligMly lobe d or con- 

 fluent stromata ; perithecia ovate; ostiola obsolete; asci cylindrical, clavate ; 

 sporidia (•0022-"002o in.) '05-'06 m.m long ('00025 in.), "007 m.m. wide, fusi- 

 form, triseptate, hyaline, torulose, elongated at either end into a slender 

 setiform appendage. — B. 4' Br. 



2331. Hypocrea citrina. Fr. " Lemon-coloured Hypocrea." 



Flesby, effused, nearly plane, lemon coloured ; ostiola promi- 

 nent, brownisli; sporidia 16, irregular, colourless. — Fr. S.M. ii. 

 j9. 337. Grev. t.2U. Fr.exs. no. 31. BerJc. Eng. Fl. v. ;;. 238. 

 Berk. Outl. p. 383. Ciirr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 4:6, f. 51. Fckl. 

 exs. no. 996. 



On leaves, wood, &c. Appin. [United States.] 



Web-like stratum 2-5 inches broad, byssoidatthe margin, especially when 

 young, attaching itself to everything lying in its way, plane, but undulated 

 by the subjacent substances, yellow or tawny yellow. — Grev. 



2332. Hypocrea delicatula. Tul. " Delicate Hvpocrea " 



Perithecia in byssoid patches, delicate, and quite smooth, at 

 first pale yellowish, at length fawn-coloured ; asci straight, nar- 

 rowly linear ; sporidia at first cubical, but when free becoming 

 sphencal. — TuI.Carp. iii. p. 23, t. A,/. 7-13. Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. iv. vol. xiii. p. 18. B. <^^ Br. Ann. N. H. (1868 ), no. 1176. 



Fir plantations, April. Wilts. 



This extremely interesting fungus is nearly allied to H. citrina, of which 

 it has the habit. It forms patches which are easily separable from the 

 matrix, of a delicate cream-colour, studded wdth fawn-coloured perithecia.— 

 B. <bBr. Sporidia ('OOOl in.) -003 m.m. -Tul. 



2333. Hypocrea alutacea. Fr. " Tan-coloured Hj-pocrea." 



Fleshy, soft ; head clavate, tan-coloured, pallid, confluent with 

 the stem ; sporidia small, at first cylindrical, then didymous, with 

 unequal cells, which afterwards separate. — Tul. Carp. iii. p. 35, 

 t. iv. /. 1-6. Cordyceps alutacea, Fr. S.M. ii.^. 325. Sow, 1. 159. 



