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necks of the slightly protruding perithecia ; asci narrowly cylin- 

 dric, slightly constricted below the capitate apex, narrowed below 

 into a slender stem-like base ; spores arranged in a parallel fasicle, 

 slightly twisted, hyaline, filiform, many-septate, wavy when free, 

 170-180 X 15 mic, separating readily into segments in the ascus ; 

 segments 6-7 mic. long. 



On larvae on the ground. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



6. Cordyceps flavella Berk. & Curt. ; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 



10: 375. 1868 



Stromata gregarious, 3-5 springing from nearly the same point ; 

 stem 2.5-3 cm - l° n g> about 1 mm. thick, straight or more or less 

 curved or flexuous, even and smooth ; head globose, roughened 

 by the necks of the protruding perithecia, 2 mm. in diameter, sim- 

 ilar in color to the stem ; asci elongate, narrowly cylindric, capitate 

 at the apex, narrowed below into a slender pedicel ; spores 

 arranged in a fascicle, filiform, many-septate, 80 X 1 mic. ; com- 

 ponent cells about 4 mic. long. 



Growing from a caterpillar. 



Type locality: Cuba. 



Distribution : Cuba. 



Illustrations: Ann. Bot. 9: pi. 2 } f. 7-10. 



7. Cordyceps entomorrhiza (Dicks.) Link, Handbk. 3: 347. 



1833 



Sphaeria entomorrhiza Dicks. PL Crypt. Brit. 1 : 22. 1785. 

 Xylaria gracilis Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. pi. 86. 1823. 

 Torrubia entomorrhiza Tul. Fung. Carp. 3 : 14. 1865. 

 Cordyceps Menesteridis Muell. & Berk. ; Berk. Gard. Chron. II. 

 10: 791. 1878. 



Stromata consisting of a sterile stem and a subglobose fertile 

 head ; stem very slender, 2-8 cm. long, yellowish ; head 5-8 X 4 

 mm., golden-yellow, darker with age, roughened by the prominent 

 necks of the perithecia ; perithecia ovoid, immersed or partially 

 immersed ; asci cylindric, 6.5-7 mic. thick ; spores filiform, many- 

 septate, hyaline, finally separating into segments 6-8 mic. long 



{pi. 53, i ft- ' 

 On larvae of insects. 



