NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 13 



799. Rystexium Fetexsii. B. <§* C— Cnticula conditiim ellipticum 

 elongatiimve flexuosum sporidiis filiformibus. 



On cedar. Alabama, Peters. No. 4016. 



Covered by the cuticle, elliptic, or elongated and flexuous ; 

 sporidia filiform. This does not grow on a pallid spot. 



* Oordiceps ophioglossoides. F?'. — New England, Sprague. No. 

 5276. 



* Coxdiceps capitata. Fr. — On Elapliomyces variegatus. Car. 

 Inf. No. 24G0. New England, Sprague. No. 3273. Alabama, 

 Peters. No. 4828. 



* Coxdiceps entomoxxhiza. i^n— Car. Inf. No. 2613. Eavenel. 



* Coxdiceps militaxis. Fr. — Car. Sup. No. 451. Alabama, 

 Peters. No. 5245. A small variety. 



* Coxdiceps Ravenelii. B. Sf C. Journ. Linn. Soc. i.p. 159, tai. 1. 

 fig. A. 



On larva? of Ancylonycha. Car. Inf. No. 3080. Eavenel. 



No. 1272. Texas, C. Wright. No. 3155. 



* Coxdiceps aciculaxis. Rav., 1. c. p. 158., tab. 1. fig. 2. — On larv£e. 

 Car. Inf Eavenel. No. 1276. 



* Coxdiceps stylophoxa. B. dk Br., 1. c. p. 158, tab. 1. fig. 3.— On 

 larvae in rotten logs. Car. Inf. No. 1325. 



* Coxdiceps palustxis. B. ^ Br., 1. c. p. 159, tab. 1, fig. 5. — On larvEe 

 in moist putrid logs. Northampton Swamp, Eavenel. No. 718. 



* Coxdiceps axmeniaca. B. <£• C, 1. c p. 158, tab. 1, fig. 1. — On 

 birds' dung, probably on remains of insects. Car. Inf. No. 3774. 



* Claviceps puxpuxea. Tvl.— On Glyceria fluitans. Montreal, 

 Dr. Maclagan. No. 543. Spermodia Paspali, Car. Sup. No. 

 465 ; and Ergot on Tripsacinn dactylodes, No. 455. Has been 

 observed in the barren state only. 



* Epichloe typhina. Tul. — On living grasses. Santee Eiver. 

 No. 1630. 



800. Hypocxea Fetexsii. B. ^ C— Agariciformis ; stipite rugoso ; 

 peritheciis periphericis ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis globosis. 



Alabama, Peters. No. 5251. 



At first sight this looks like an Agaric infested with some 

 Hypomyces, but the fructification is exactly that of an Hypocrea. 

 Stem irregular, dilated upwards, about an inch high; head orbi- 

 cular, irregular, rufous ; perithecia both on the under and upper 

 sides ; sporidia globose in linear asci. 



801. Hypocxea tubexifoxmis. B. ^ Rat. — Magna tuberiformis 

 mycelio radiato albo affixa. 



On stems of Arundinaria. Car Inf. Eavenel. No. 1220. 



Forming either a large mass | of an inch across, or two or 

 three distinct subglobose individuals, fixed to the stem by a radia- 

 ting white rugose mycelium ; at first yellowish, then black. 



* Hypocxea xufa. Fr. — On moist decayed wood. Car. Inf. No. 



