506 Pvrejiomvcetae, Sphitriacese. Phfleospora» , Xylaria. 



13. Xylarja Telfairii (Berk.) Sacc. Syll. I, p. 320. — Yar. cameru- 1925 

 nensis P. Henn. Fungi camerun. I, in Engl. Jahrb. XXII, 1895, 



p. 79, — Stromatibus cajspitosis, stipitatis, clavatis, obtusis, circ. 

 4 cm. longis, 1 cm. latis, cortice tenui, griseo-iiavescente tectis, 

 ostiolis punctiformibus, verrucoso-obtusis , pallide nigricantibus , 

 intus spongioso-carnosis, pallide flavis; stipite brevi, basi incras- 

 sato-discoideo ; peritheciis ovoideis, carbonaceo-nigris, 0,5 mm. 

 diam.; ascis octosporis, cylindraceis, breviter stipitatis, apice ob- 

 tusis; sporidiis oblique monostichis, naviculiformibus, oblongis, inas- 

 quilateralibus, obtusis, primo 2-guttulatis, brunneis, dein atris, 

 14-20 ^ 7-9. 



Hah. in truncis putridis, Kamerun (Zenker et Staudt). 



14. Xylaria verrucuiosa P. Henn. Fungi camerun. I, in Engl. Jahrb. 1926 

 XXII, 1895, p. 7S. — Stromatibus gregariis, fasciculatis, clavatis, 

 atris, stipitatis, usque ad 3 cm. latis ; clavulis oblongis v. clavatis, 

 apice obtusis, tuberculato-verrucosis, '/.,-2 cm. iatis, 3-9 mm. cras- 

 sis; stipite gracili, usque ad 2 cm. alto; peritheciis immersis, glo- 

 bosis, papillatis, circ. 0,5 mm. diam. ; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, 

 stipitatis, octosporis; sporidiis oblongis, iniequilateralibus, curvatis, 

 fuscis, dein atris, plerumque 15-25 « 7-9. 



Hab. in truncis, Kamerun (.Jungner). 



15. Xylaria Trabuti Pat. Bull. Soc. Mycol. de France, 1897, p. 211, 1927 

 tab. XII, iig. 4. — Stromatibus caespitosis, erectis, raro solitariis, 

 simplicibus v. ramosis, 1-2 cm. altis, nodulosis, versus apicem re- 

 gulariter incrassatis, rotundato-obtusis, stromatibus ramosis, 1-2 

 sulcatis et compressis; clavula albida, dein glauco-viridula; stipite 

 glabro, plus minusve aureo-notato ; conidiis ovoideis, glaucis, 3-5 v 

 2-3; peritlieciis non visis. 



Hah. in cotyledonibus Latanias in Algeria. — X. carpophilce 

 affinis. 



16. Xylaria bidentata Pat. BuII. Soc. Myc. de France, 1895, p. 87. 1928 

 — Simplex v. bifida, solitaria v. binse consociatae, brunnea^, hispidse, 



4 mm. diam. ; stipite nigro, glabro, cylindraceo v. compresso, 1-2 

 mm. lato, 1-2 cm. longo; clavuia nigra, cylindracea, rugosa, pli- 

 cata, 2-3 mm. lata, 5-7 cm. longa, gradatim attenuata, compressa, 

 integra v. plcrumque bidentata, dentibus circiter 1 cm. longis; 

 peritheciis globulosis, immersis, ostiolis parum j)rom inentibus ; spo- 

 ridiis brunneis, ellipticis, inaequilateralibus, 10-12 » 5. 



Hah. ad ligna putrescentia in regione congoana gallica (Dy- 



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