610 Pyrenomycefcv, Hypoereacese, Scolecospora, Claviceps. 



f.- 72 a-c. — Sclerotiis corneis, oblongo-corniibrmibus, curvis, cya-3 

 neo-nigricantibus; capitulis stipitatis, last^ flavis, ob perithecia sub- 

 libera botryosis; peritheciis 400-500 p.. longis; ascis 300^4; spo- 

 ridiis 160 y.. longis, germinatione in articulos 5 a. longos sece- 

 dentibus. 



Eab. in spiculis Setari:« sp., Blumenau Brasilice. — Conidia 

 mycelii ovoidea, hyalina, 12 « 2, capitata; conidia Sphaceliiv aurau- 

 tiaca 7-8 ^ 3-4. Perithecia in capitulo sublibera, syncarpum Ranun- 

 culorum in mentem revocantia. 



4. Ciaviceps Uleana P. Henn. Hedw. 1899, p. (64). — Sclerotio cy- 

 lindraceo, atro-brunneo, corrugato, 1-1'/',, mm. longo, 0,5-0,8 mm. 

 crasso; stromatibus solitariis v. fascicuiatis, stipite fiUformi, cylin- 

 draceo, flexuoso, gs-iseo-carneo, '/,,-1'/. cm. longo, 0,1-0,2 mm. crasso; 

 capitulo subgloboso, ciuereo-carneo, verrucoso-tuberculoso, intus 

 albidulo, ca. 1. mm. diam. ; peritheciis immersis, prominentibus, 

 tuberculosis, oblongis, 120-135 « 65-75 [k. ; ascis cylindraceis, apice 

 rotundatis, basi attenuatis. 70-75 v 4-5'/,, octosporis; sporidiis fili- 

 formibus, continuis, hyalinis, 60-70 [x. longis. 



Hah. in Panico spec. pr. Itaj^hy Brasilice (Ule). — Sec. Hen- 

 ningsl. c. Balansia ■pallida Wint. est Claviceps pallida (Wint.) 

 P. Henn. dicenda. 



5 Claviceps PatouiMardiana P. Henn. Hedw. 1899, p. (219); Clavi- 

 ceps pallida Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. France 1899, p. 206, nec (Wint.) 

 P. Henn. — Stromatibus globulosis, '/j,-l mm. diam., succineo- 

 albidis, ostiolis prominentibus tecto, stipitatis; densissime aggrega- 

 tis, 300 « 200, valde prominentibus ; stipitibus filiformibu, 2-3 cm. 

 longis; ascis linearibus, gracillimis, 200 « 3, rotundatis vel vix apice 

 incrassatis; sporidiis continuis, in articulos non secedentibus, octo- 

 nis, ascorum longitudine, tenuissimis. 



Hah. ad seniina Graminearum ad terram, Guadalupa (Duss). 

 — Species haec non vero e sclerotio oritur, sed e seminibue ipsis 

 nascitur, 



6. Ctaviceps pallida fVVint.) P. Henn. Hedw. 1899, p. (64); Balansia I 

 pallidu Wint., Sace. Syll. XI, p. 366. — var. Orthoclada P. Henn. 

 Hedw. 1900, p. (77). — Mycelio sclerotioideo in germine parasiticc. 

 idque plus niiuusve clestru^nte, subgloboso, gyroso compressoque, 

 flavido; stromatibus gregariis (4-9), circ. 2-3 mm., longis, stipita- 

 tis, siiepe basi confluentibus : stipite basi bulboso, tereti vel late 

 compresso, tlavido, villoso, 1-2 mm. longo latoqne ; capitulis peri- 

 thevigeris hemisphcericis, subtus excavatis, supra pallide flavis, ab 



