220 Mypocreaceae, Scolecosporae, Balansia. 



Uah. in nympha Vesparum sub cortic?B trunci Betula; pr. 



Saint-Prix Gailia'. 

 42. Cordyceps sinensis Berk. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 577. — Asci cy- ^''^'' i 



lindracei, apice capitati; spnridia filirorinia, in fragmenta dissi- 



licntia. 

 44. Cordyceps dlpterigena Berk. et I^r. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 577. — ^>^-'' 



Asci lineares, subflexuosi ; sporidia filiformia, articuli breves, sub- 



quadrati. 



TORRUBIELLA Boud. in Rev. Myc. 1885, p. 227, t. LVI, fig. IV (I^^fym. 

 a Ilev. ,/. Tomtbia). — Peritlificia superficialia, sessilia, stromnte 

 byssino tenui, membranaceo, nullomodo clavato suff^uita. Parapli}- 

 ses conspicuse, tenuissimae, ad apicem incrassatfe. Asci lineares, octo- 

 spori. Sporidia filiformia, obscure septata et granulosa. Entomogena. 



1. Torrublella aranicida Boud. in Rev. Myc. 1885, p. 227, tab. LVI, 7?4;, 

 fig. IV. — Entomogena, in aranea quadam lucifuga reperta; pe- 

 ritheciis elongato-conicis, subflexuosis, 0,65-0,70 mm. altis, 0,30- 

 0,35 mm. crassis, levibus ochraceis vel ochraceo-aurantiis, in stro- 

 mate byssino, albido, tenui, numerosis sed sparsis aut cnespitoais; 

 paraphysibus conspicuis, ascorum longitudine, gracillimis, apice 

 clavula, 3 y.. crassa terminatis; ascis linearibus, longissimis, octo- 

 sporis, 330-350 ::: 5-6, apice rotundato, non tumescente; sporidiis 

 filiformibus, tenuissimis, ascos longitudine a^quantibus aut superan- 

 tibus (((?))), obscure septatis et granulosis, 300-100 =; Vs-S. 



Hab. ad araneam lucifugam .sub trunco putrido mortuam, 

 Montmorency Galli?e. 



BALANSIA Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 253 (Etym. a cl. botanico 

 Balansa). — Stromata stipitato-capitata, extus atra, intus pallo- 

 scentia, in matrice fere sclerotiacea, nigrefacta dense gregaria. Pe- 

 rithecia in capitulis stromatis peripherica, Asci cylindracei, apa- 

 raphysati, octospori. Sporidia filiformia ascorum longitudine, hya- 

 lina. — Geaus singulare, in spicis graminacearum viventium vi- 

 gens, Clavicipiti perafrine, ab eo tamen satis recedens. 



1. Balansia Claviceps Speg. Fungi Guar. Pugill. I, n. 253. — Spicis 724£ 

 ad rachidem reductis; rachidibus incrassatulis, longitudinem norma- 

 lem superantibus, 15-20 cent. long. 2-4 mm. crass., intus al- 

 bis, lignoso-fibrosis, duris extus fusco-atris v. atris, levibus, barbu- 

 lis denudatis ac, spicularum loco, stromata gerentibus; stromatibus 

 hemispha^ricis v. globulosis, 1,5-3 mm. diam. stipite plus minusve 



