328 Sphseriace», Phaeospora?, Xylaria. 



Ilab. in truncis prostratis Tagi, Popiili, Aceris etc. in 

 Britannia, Germania, Italia, Smolandia, Amer. bor., Ceylon, Nova 

 Zelandia. — Var. obovaia, New York. — Var. irregularis, stro- 

 mate irregulari et compressiori. Amer. bor. — X. furcaia (Schw.) 

 Berk. et Curt. Exot. Schw. Fungi p. 284 (nec Fr.), seu llypoxylon 

 corniforme Mont. (ex Guiana) differret a A^ corniformi Fr. spo- 

 ridiis angustioribus; sed sec. Currey (Linn. Trans. XXII, tab. 45, 

 fig. 20-21) vix varietas. 

 Ul. Xylaria longipes Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 14, X. polymorpha Auct. 1240 

 p. p. — Stromatibus erectis v. assurgentibus varieque curvatis, 

 stipitatis in ramis crassis putrescentibus ac plerumque decorticatis 

 prostratisque sparsim v. raulto rarius 2-3 basi tantum conjunctis, 

 clavula perithecigera in plerisque omnino simplici, tereti exacte 

 cylindrica, crassa, apice obtusissima, rotundata, rarius ventricoso- 

 inflata. oblonga, rarissime compressa, integra v. bipartita, super- 

 ficie reticulato-riraosa, ex argillaceo nigricante peritheciorumque 

 ostiolis exiguis, heraisphaericis, extantibus nigropunctulata, in sti- 

 pitem longitudine nunc breviorem nunc contra subaequalera, irarao 

 longiorem sed seraper multo tenuiorem sensim attenuata; stipite 

 basi tuberoso-incrassato, pilis crassiusculis, patentibus v. contextis 

 atque adpressis, rubescentibus dense hirsuto, superne glabro, pli- 

 cato-rugoso, ex argillaceo fuscescente; hymenio conidifero cinereo- 

 albido, mox disparente; conidiis obovatis, exiguis, 8-4-5, in ste- 

 rigraatibus brevissirais, septatis solitarie acrogenis ; peritheciis cla- 

 vulae oranino iramersis nec protuberantibus, minutis, globosis vel 

 compressis, dense ac monostiche stipatis; ascis cylindricis, lon- 

 gissime pedicellatis, octosporis, 80-100::. 7-8 p. sporif. ; sporidiis 

 oblique monostichis, ovatis, inaequilateralibus, nigricantibus, 11- 

 14::; 5-6. 



Hab. in basi putrida truncorura Fagi, Aceris, etc. in West- 

 phalia et Rhenogovia Gerraanise. 

 92. Xylaria aphrodisiaca Wehv. et Cui^r. Fungi Angol. p. 280, t..l8, 1241 

 fig. 3-4. — Ca'spitosa, glabra, clavulis, subcylindricis, 1-2 unc. 

 altis, fusco-cinereis, tota superficie inordinate areolatis; raedulla 



centrali albissima; peritheciis ?; basi coraniuni toraento fu- 



sco delicaio vestita. 



Hab. rarior in sylvis priraitivis densis ad truncos diu putre- 

 factos, juxta rivura Delaraboa, distr. Golungo alto, Angola (ubi fun- 

 gus uti aphrodisiacus habitus est). — Ex icone clavula tota est 

 perithecigera. 



