832 Pyrenomycetffl, SpheeriacesB, Phseosporae, Xylaria. 



XYLARIA Uill. — Syll. I p. 309, IX pag. 52)3, XI pag. 283, XIV 

 p. 504, XVI p. 442. 



1. Xylo jlossa. 



1. Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grrev. — Syll. I, p. 309. -- var. acumi- ,, , 

 nata Starb. Ascom. Regnell. exped. II, 1901, p. 21, fig. 35-36. — 

 Stromatibus subsessilibus basi nigricanti-villosis, sursum dilatatis 

 abrupteque in apicem acuminatum storilem contractis; peritheciis 

 majusculis protuberantibus; sporidiis 22-25-32^6-8. 



Ilab. ad truncos Rio Grande do Sul Brasilise et pr. Asuncion 

 Paraguay. — Stromata 20-40 * 8-14 « 4-6 mm. 



2. Xylaria xanthophasa Penz. et Sacc. in Malphighia 1901, p. 226, 2096 

 Ic. fung. Jav. t. XXII, fig. 3. — Stromate tereti-clavato, apice 

 obtuso, carnosulo-molli, flavo-brunneo ; parte ascigera superiori, 

 extus ab inferiori sterili seu stipite vix distincta; peritheciis pe- 

 nitus immersis, in 4 v. 5 pluresque series dispositis, perfecte sphas- 

 ricis. 400-500 a. diam., nigris, sed non carbonaceis; ostiolis pere- 

 xiguis vix visibilibus; ascis cylindricis, apice obtusulis 50-65 » 3,5-4; 

 sjioridiis oblique monostichis, ellipsoideis, minutis, 4-5 « 3,5 fuli- 

 gineis. 



Hdb. ad truncos, Tjibodas, in insula Java (M. Fleischee). 

 — Ad sect. Xyloglossa pertinet, sed structura peculiari pr;edi- 

 stincta. 



3. Xylaria Weinlandii P. Henn. F. Indias orient. II, in Hedw. 1901, 3097 

 p. 341. — Stromatibus eylindraceo-clavatis, stipitatis, apice obtuso 

 rotundatis, ferrugineo-corticatis, striatis v. rugulosis, 1-2 cm. lon- 

 gis, 2-3 mm. cr., intus farctis, pallidis; stipite tereti, strato, fer- 

 rugineo 1-2 cm. longo, 1-1.5 mm. cr. ; peritheciis immersis, sub- 

 ovoideo-globosi-, atris, 0,3-0,5 mm. diam., ostiolis subhemisphse- 

 rico-prominulis, atris; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, breve attenuato- 

 stipitatis, apice obtusis, 150-160 »7-8, octosporis; paraphysibus 

 filiformibus, hyalinis, copiosis; sporidiis fusoideo-allantoideis, utrin- 

 que subacutiusculis, atris 20-28 « 5-7. 



Ilab. in trumo emortuo, Novo-Guinea. 



4. Xylaria peperomioides P. Henn. F. Indiae orient. II, in Hedw. 1901, 2098 

 p. 340. — Stromatibus cylindraceo-clavatis, longe stipitatis, clavula 

 utrinque attenuata. apico conoideo-acuta, pallide umbrinis 1-4 cm. 

 longis, 2 mm. cr., intus farctis pallidis; stipite ilexuoso, longe 

 radicato, atro-brunneo cornco, usque ad 4 cm. longo, 1 mm. cr. ; 



