SPH/ERIACEI. 600 



286. HYPOCREA, Fr. 



Stroma liorizoiital. Pcrithccia tender, hyaline or coloured. 



1. H. gelatinosa, Fr. ; convex, equal, opaque, dirty-white 

 within; peritheeia prominent, darker than the stroma. 



On fir. Appin, Capt, Carmicliael. Variable in colour, 

 yellow, green, umber, pallid, etc. 



2. H. rufa, Fr. ; convex, irregular, red-brown, dirty-white 

 within, wrinkled when dry ; ostiola slightly prominent. 



On oak, etc. Not uncommon. 



3. H. riccioidea, B. ; large, fleshy, deeply lobed, orange : 

 {110. d5.)—Bolt. t. 182. 



On willow. Very rare. I have French specimens from 

 Dr. Montague. 



4. H. Vitalba, B. and Br. ; brown, convex, sometimes 

 slightly lobed, confluent; peritheeia ovate; ostiola obsolete; 

 sporidia fusiform, triseptate, appendiculate : {no. 829, with a 



h) 



On Clematis Vitalba. Bathcaston. 



5. H. citrina, Fr.; fleshy, forming a thin, lemon-coloured 

 stratum, dotted with the ostiola. — Grev. t. 215. 



On leaves, Avood, etc. Rare. 



6. H. lateritia, Fr. — Merulius helvelloides, Sow. t. 402. 

 On Fungi. Rare. 



7. H. luteo-virens, Fr. {no. 594) ; Grev. t. 78. 

 On Fungi. Rare. 



8. H. farinosa, B. and Br. {no. 592) . 

 On fallen branches. 



9. H. floccosa, Fr. {no. 593). 

 On Lactarius torminosus. 



10. H. typhina, B. ; Grev. t. 204. 

 On living grasses. 



