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172 FETCH : 
clavate, 8-spored, spores biseriate, 80 x 12 The 
ascospores are oblong-oval, ends rounded, 1 -septate, not 
constricted at the septa, 12-16 X 5 wall faintly striate. 
As would be judged from Berkeley and Broome’s reference 
to Dasyscypha^ the fungus is Lasionectria, not Dialonectria, 
126. — Nectria rigidiuscula B. & Br. 
This species was described by Berkeley and Broome, Fungi 
of Ceylon, 1024, as ‘ ‘ Cæspitosa ; peritheciis ovatis pallide 
coccineis, vix collabentibus : sporidiis submetulæformibus 
quadrinucleatis, demum 3-septatis (173C).” It was listed by 
Saccardo as Calonectria rigidiuscula (Syll. Fung., II., p. 543). 
Broome’s drawing and the type specimen are in Herb. British 
Museum. It is the same as Calonectria sulcata Starb., and 
provides an earlier nanxe for this widely-distributed and 
equally widely -named tropical species. Berkeley and 
Broome’s description is incorrect as to colour, and inconxplete, 
127. — Nectria fenestrata Cooke. 
N ectria fenestrata was described by Cooke in Grevillea, XII., 
p. 81, from specimens in Berkeley’s herbarium. In the cover 
of this species in Herb. Kew is a drawing, marked Ceylon 28, 
which bears a note in Berkeley’s handwriting : “ A Nectria 
mixed with Sphærostilhe.’' There is an abundance of 
specimens, Thv/aites 48. On the same sheet is a specimen from 
Canada labelled “ Sphærostilhe pseudotrichia. Nectria 
fenestrata” The specimens are Megalonectria pseudotrichia 
Schw. ; 28 and 48 are the Thwaites’ numbers recorded 
by Berkeley and Broome for Megalonectria pseudotrichia. 
Apparently Berkeley discovered that his Nectria fenestrata 
was Megalonectria pseudotrichia, and did not publish the 
former name, but his original mistake was resurrected by 
Cooke. — Epichloe pulvinulus B. & Br. 
This species was described by Berkeley and Broome in 
Fungi of Ceylon, 981. It grew on a species of Panicum. In 
Saccardo, Syll. Fungorum, II., p. 581, it is listed as Hypocrella 
pulvinulus. 
The fungus develops on a lateral shoot of the grass, arresting 
its development while still enclosed in the leaf sheath. Within 
