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 which teay reach a length ox 4mn, carrying on their tips spheiSJdbia. Ihe 

 perithecia are sunken in the spheridia, Ijut their upper parts are elevated 

 in form of spherical "bodies (ball). The asci reach a tength of 250^., the 

 asco spores are 190|j, long. They germinate immediately in nutritive 

 solution, first they swell up somewhat, divide hy cross walls, send out 

 side tranches, on which aro formed numerous conidia within 24 hours. They 

 are 9 hy 2|j.. In hanging drops they form aetial grov/th and numerous conidia. 

 ' Claviceps microeeuhala Tul. 



Synonyms: 



1. KentrosT3orium microeephalum Wall (289) 



2. Suhaeria microcephala ejusd. Wall (279) 



3. S-phaeria acus Trog. (279) 



4. Cordyceps X)uri3urea var, Acus Desm. (279) 



5. Sphaeria hoolceri E:1. in Engl, ffl, V. (23^) 



Sacc. Syl, Fung. v. 2, 565 

 C, micro^.ft^hg.la_ occurs ons 



phragmites comjHunis (279) 

 Molinia coerulea (279) 

 Arundine calanagrostis (279) 

 Fardus (277) 

 Alopecurus pratensis (193) 

 Folllowing is Tusasne description of this species (279): "C. 

 tota saturate rufo-violacea, suhsolitaria; sclerotic hrevi, exili aut 

 crassiore; stipite longo, gracillimo flfejcuosque; capitulo exiguo molliori." 



"Spermogonia eamdem prae se fert fabrioam quam supra in 

 Clavicipite purpurea deprehendimus, parique modo in extemo pistilli 

 hospitis pariete, quaedam apud Gramina provenit; quoad mollem macrior est 



