ELVELLACEI. 361 



1 ram. dia., scattered, pallid, at length black ; perithecia 

 convex, minute, rather prominent, pierced with a pore. 



On rotten wood. Carlisle. 



Hypocrea contorta, B. and Curt. ; subrotund, fixed to 

 the matrix by the central portion, spreading, becoming thin 

 towards margin, where it is free and variously lobed, dark 

 olive-green externally, yellowish-white within ; perithecia 

 minute, globose, confined to the upper surface. 



On a rotten stick, Foxley Woods. 



288. XYLARIA, Schrank. (p. 384). 



Xylaria Scotica, Cke. ; suberose ; stem very long, 

 pallid, root-like, slender 1-3 times dichotomously branched 

 above ; brauches elongated, or very short and fasciculate ; 

 heads elongated, sub-cylindrical; apex more or less acute, 

 greyish-brown, then black, perithecia very numerous, 

 slightly papillate. 



On the ground. Meihlouer, 



Entire length, including rooting base, 2-6 in.; clubs 

 about 1 in. long. 



Xylaria tortuosa, Sow. and Cke. ; corky, brittle, re- 

 peatedly branched, slender and rhizomorphoid, black, about 

 4 inches high, here and there bearing clavate, fertile 

 branches, which are obtuse ; perithecia rather prominent, 

 crowded. 



On the ground. 



329. ENDOGENE, Lk. (p. 408). 



1. E, pisiformis, Lk. ; doubtfully belonging to the 

 Tuberacei ; near the surface, but sometimes three or four 

 inches below it. 



2. E. lactifluus, B. and Br. ; habit same as last. 



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