340 SpliitTiixceaD, Phaeosporiis, Xylaria. 



aciito, inolc majori diftert a .Y. polijmorplia ; sporidiis luajoribus 

 a X. digitala. 



13(3. Xylaria bulbosa (Pers.) r3erk. et Br. in Berkeloy, Outl. of Hrit. i^^^s 

 Fiiiig. p. o^t^b, t. 24, f. 2, Sph. bull/osa Pers. Obs. mycol. II, 63, 

 t. I, f. 1. — Stromate erecto, crasso, simplici v. apice furcato, 

 tereti v. rarius apicem versus paullo dilatato-compresso, glabro, 

 uigricante, basi tuberoso; clavula perithecigera apice sterili, siin- 

 plici Y. bi-tricruri, peritiieciis denso stipatis, iionnihil proniinentibus 

 mammillosa, tereti v. subcompressa, stipite brevi; ascis cylindricis, 

 pedicellatis, octosporis, plerunique pseudoparaphj^sibus filiforraibus, 

 simplicibus, septatis longe superatis, 80-84^:6-7 p. sporif. ; spo- 

 ridiis oblique monostichis, fusiformibus, obtusis, inasquilateralibus, 

 fuscis, 12 w 4. 



Hab. inter muscos et folia Pinorum ad terram in Germania, 

 Britannia, Italia, Carolina, rarius. 



137. Xylaria graminicola Gerard, in Peck 26 Rep. n. 85. — Tenuis, i286 

 cylindrica, indivisa, intus viridi-pulverulenta, dein nigro-brunnea, 



ob perithecia globosa prominula exasperata, vertice sterili, acuto; 

 stipite levi, recto vel liexuoso, brunneo ; sporidiis monostichis, ina3- 

 qualiter ellipsoideis, 10 ^; 5. 



Hab. in Amer. bor., Ponghkeepsie in rhizomate graminum 

 langueiitium (Gerard). — Planta 2 circ. alta, X>/lariiV Hypoijxlo 

 affinis. 



138. Xylaria caespitulosa Ces. Myc. Born. p. 15. — Dense c;x}spitosa, ^^'''^^ 

 ca^sititibus pollicem altis e stipite basi ramoso, ramis erectis vel 

 adscendentibus filiformibus, compressis, in clavukim tenuem cyliu- 

 draceam torulosam apice sterili producto desinentibus ; tota brun- 

 nea glabrata; spoiidiis (ex Cooke) 12^:3,5. 



Hab. in truncis ad Sara^vak, Borneo. — Ex mente cl. Berkeleyi 

 ad veram X. scopiformem reduci posset; dissentit cl. Cooke. 



139. Xylaria scopiformis Mont. Ann. Scienc. nat. 1840, XIII, p. 349, i2ss 

 Hi/poxijloa scopiforme Kunze (Diagnosim reperire noii potui. ClV. 



ad A'. cwspitulosam Cesati). 



Hab. in radicibus et truncis putridis in Guiana, Surinam, Bra- 

 silia, Ceylon, Cuba. — Sporidia 10 y.. longa. — Adest var. ela- 

 tior: clavulis elongatis torulosis. Ceylon (Beccaki). 



140. Xylarla fasclculata Speg. Fungi Arg. Pug. II, p. 19. — Stro- i2sa 

 matibus rimis ligni et corticis innatis, non vel vix exertis, 15-50 

 densissime gregarie coiigestis; stipitibus glabris rugulosis, atris, 

 longissirae subrhizomorphoideis, ligni profunde radicatis, ssepius 



