492 Pyrenomycetae, Sphaeriaceae, Phfeospor», Sordaria. 



SORDARIA Ccs. et De Not. — Syll. I, p. 230; IX, p. 487. 



1. Sordaria elephantina P. Henii. Fungi camerun. I, in Engl. Jahrb. i856 

 XXII, 1895, p. 97. — Peritheciis dense gregariis, obpiriformibus 



V. ovatis, plus minus setulosis, atris, 600-800 f/.. ; ascis subclavatis, 

 substipitatis ; sporidiis subdistichis v. oblique monosticliis, oblongis 

 V. ellipsoideis, rufo-fuscis v. atris, 19-23 « 10-12, basi hyalino-ap- 

 pendiculatis. 



Hab. in fimo elephantino, Kamerun (Junqner). 



2. Sordaria amphisphaBrioides EU. et Ev. Arneric. Natur. 1897, i857 

 p. 340. — Peritheciis sparsis v. 2-3 consociatis, plerumque circiter 



y^ mm. diam., membranaceis, globosis v. leniter depresso-globosis, 

 matrice intus haud immutata immersis, collo brevissimo; ostiolo 

 depresso-globoso, subdiscoideo, centro perforato et erumpente (ut 

 in genere Clypeosphceria) ; ascis cylindraceis, 220-230*^20, brevis- 

 sime stipitatis; sporidiis monostichis, ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis, 

 luteolis, dein opacis, 27-30^19-21, non appendiculatis ; paraphy- 

 sibus cyhndraceis, continuis, ascos superantibus, circiter 4 pt. crassis, 

 Hah. in iimo vaccino in Kansas Amer. bor. (Bartholomew). 



3. Sordaria arachnoidea (Niessl) Sacc. et Syd. Podospora arachnoidea i858 

 Niessl, Hedw. 1896, p. (143). — Peritheciis sparsis v. gregariis, 

 semiimmersi?, ovoideis in collum conicum crassum attenuatis, 0,6- 



0,8 mm. diam., vilio arachnoideo albido tectis, postremo subnudis 

 atris rugulosis; ascis elongate cylindraceis, pedicellatis, varia lon- 

 gitudine, 150-200 ^ 15-18, octosporis, paraphysibus tubulis articu- 

 latis; sporidiis laxe distichis, rhomboideo-lanceolatis, utrinque obtuse 

 retusis, fusco-nigris, 16-18 v 8-10, basi appendicula hyalina, sub- 

 cylindrica, plerumque curvata^ duplo longiore quam sporidia, apice 

 appendicula subfiliformi, varia longitudine mox evanescente. 

 Hab. ad fimum in calidariis in Saxonia (Krieger). 



4. Sordaria ostlolata Ell. et Ev. Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1897, p. 458. i859 

 — Peritheciis sparsis, immersis, dein semiemergentibus, glabris, 

 ovatis, brunneis, 200-250 u. diam., ostiolio nigro, conico v. breve 

 cylindraceo, erumpente; ascis cylindraceis, breve stipitatis, para- 

 physatis, 80-190 '^ 12. 8-sporis; sporidiis monostichis, ellipticis, 12- 



15 « 8-10. 



Ha^. in fimo cuniculorum, Kansas Amer. bor. (Bartholomew). 



5. Sordaria violacea Ell. et Ev. Americ. Natur. 1897, p. 340. — i860 

 Peritheciis semiemergentibus, 2-4 confluentibus, 700-800 u. diam., 

 depresso-globosis, plus minusve asperulis, contextu grosse paren- 

 chymatico-celluloso, violaceo ; ostiolo hemisphserico-papilliformi v. 



