Spores linear, moniliform, breaking into short secondary spores 

 4 x 6-8 mic. and rounded at the ends. 



The only small- Cordyceps that has been recorded from Aus- 

 tralia is the most common species of England (Fig. 623). It is found 

 also on the continent and in Algeria and has been rarely found in the 

 United States. Mueller sent it to Berkeley under the name Cordy- 

 ceps menesteridis from the host Menesteris laticollis. Cooke cor- 

 rectly referred it to Cordyceps gracilis under the mistake Cordyceps 

 entomorrhiza, as Cordyceps gracilis is misnamed in most English 

 museums and books. From Australia, it is only known in England 

 from the one collection Mueller (Fig. 624). 



SYNONYMS AND MISTAKES. 



I have seen somewhere several additional synonyms for Australian species, 

 based, it was claimed, on slight variations in the common species. I made no record' 

 of them. 



Basili, New Zealand, Taylor (Sphaeria), said to be same as Sinclairii and caespi- 

 tosa. 



caespitosa, Tulasne. Mentioned incidentally only from New Zealand. No 

 specimen in his herbarium or known to me. It is said to" be same as Sinclairii (q. v.). 

 entomorrhiza. Usual English tradition (not original of Dickson) = gracilis. 

 Forbesii, New Zealand, Berkeley = Cordyceps Robertsii, apparently an in- 

 advertence. 



Hawkesii, Tasmania, Gray. See page 6. Appears to me a 

 condition of Cordyceps Gunnii. 



Hiigelii, New Zealand, Corda = Cordyceps Robertsii, but 

 used by Saccardo and Massee, who thus got "priority" hind 

 end first. 



innominata, Tasmania, Taylor (Sphaeria) = Cordyceps 

 Taylori. 



Lacroixii, Japan, Patouillard = Cordyceps Gunnii. 

 larvarum, New Zealand, Westwood (Sphaeria) = Cordy- 

 ceps Robertsii, and a chance for a juggle. 



menesteridis, Australia, Mueller = Cordyceps gracilis. 

 Sinclairii, New Zealand, Berkeley. No specimen known, 

 only the figure (reproduced Fig. 626), which is evidently the conid- 

 ial form of some unknown Cordyceps. It was described as 

 a Cordyceps, but strictly speaking the specimen was an Isaria. 

 Fig. 626. ^ S re ' w on Cicada, and may be the conidial form of Cordyceps 



sobolifera, a species common on Cicada in the West Indies 

 and Japan. Cordyceps caespitosa as named by Tulasne is said to have been based 

 on the same collection. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fig. 613 (Isaria farinosa) is from a photograph by G. D. Smith, the most 

 skillful fungus photographer who has worked on the subject. Figs. 612, 623 and 625 

 are from Tulasne, the latter emended by cutting away the lines representing pro- 

 truding spores, which in the original are misleading. Figs. 619 and 626 are copies 

 from Cooke's copies. Fig. 620 is from the original drawing at Kew. The remainder 

 of the figures are from photographs of authentic material by the writer. 



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