790 SPH^RIACEI. 



brown. — Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1855, iii. 7;. 104. Berh. Outl.p. 384. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. ^b,f. 20, 21. 



On fallen branches. Lancashire. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia (-0004 in.) -01 m.m. 



2374. Xylaria hypoxylon. Grev. " Candle-snuff Xylaria." 



Corky, simple or branched, compressed, at first pulverulent 

 with white meal conidia, then naked, black ; stem villous ; 

 conidia small, narrowly lanceolate ; sporidia uniseriate, dark 

 brown, elliptic-acuminate, often cymbiform, with one or two 

 nuclei.— GV^y. Fl. Ed. p. 355. Berh. Outl. p. 384. t. 24,/. 1. TuL 

 Carp. ii. p. 11, t.\,f. 1-14. Sj)h. hypoxylon, Fr. S.M. ii. p. 327. 

 Blackst. t. 1. Pet. Gaz. t. 62,/. 2. Mich. t. b6,f. 1. Holms, p. 71, 

 luithjif/. Bull.t.lSO. Batsch.f. 160. Hoffm. V.C.t.^J.l. Sow. 

 t. 55. Fr. exs. no. 181. Fng. Fl. y.p. 235. Bolt. 1. 129. Moug. exs. 

 no. 272. Baxt. exs. no. 74:. Dicks, t. 12, f. 7. Curr. Linn. Titans. 

 xxii. t. 45,/ 17. Fckl. exs. no. 1065. Set. Goss. 1871, p. 77 , figs. 

 45—47. 



On stumps, &c. Common. [United States.] 



Sporidia ("0004 in.) -01 m.m. 



2375. Xylaria carpophila. Fr. " Beech-mast Xylaria." 



Corky, slender, simple; head subulate, whitish pulverulent, 

 then blackish ; stem very long, root-like ; conidia very minute 

 and ovate ; sporidia uniseriate, clear light brown, elliptical, or 

 slightly reniform, with one or two nuclei. — Fr. S.V.S.p. 382. 

 Berk. Outl. p. 384. Tul. Carp. Up. 14, t. 1,/ 15-20. Sph. car- 

 pophila,Fr. S.M.'ii. 2).2>2S. Pers. Ohs.t. 1,/ 5. Fries, exs.no. 

 302. Schm.exs.no. 17 6. Eng. Fl.Y.p.2^b. Fl. Dan. t.l86S, f. 

 1. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 4:0, f. 23. Fckl. exs. no. 1066. Cooke 

 exs. no. 364. 



On beech mast. Common. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 

 Sporidia ('0004 in.) '01 m.m. 



2376. Xylaria pedunculata. Pr. " Stalked Xylaria." 



Corky, slender, simple, springing from a sclerotioid base ; 

 head ovate, or subglobose ; sporidia clear brown, eventually 

 black, almond-shaped, or elliptical. — Fr. S.V.S. p. 382. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 385. Tul. Carp. ii. p. 17, t. 2,/ 29, 30. Sph. pedunculata, 

 Dicks, t. 8. Sow. t. 437. Berk, exs.no. 168. Mag. Zool. ^ Bot.no. 

 93, vol.\\.p. 223. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxv. t. 4:6,/. 5. Gaj^d. Chron. 

 April 15, 1871./^. 



