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1489. Epichloe cinerea. Berk, fy Br. Ceylon Fungi No. 982. 
Sacc. Syll. 5059. 
Stroma encircling the culms of grasses, at first pallid, then dark 
cinereous, punctate with the rather darker ostioli ; perithecia 
immersed ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia long, filiform. 
On various grasses. Queensland. (Fig. 185.) 
Genus 3. HYPOCREA. Fries. 
Stroma fleshy, variously coloured, pulvinate or effused, super- 
ficial ; asci cylindrical, 8-spored ; sporidia two-celled, hyaline or 
coloured, cells soon separating, and then apparently 16 spored. 
1490. Hypocrea cerebriformis. Berk. Linn. Journ. xin., 
179. Sacc. Syll. 4897. 
Pulvinate, rugose, lobed, fawn colour, 12-25 m.m. diam., sub- 
stance thick, pallid ; perithecia immersed, of the same colour ; 
sporidia 8, globose. 
On trunks. S. Australia. 
1491. Hypocrea semiorbis. Berk. FI. Tasm. ii. 278. Sacc.. 
Syll. 4898. 
Hemispherical, rather fleshy (1-2 m.m. thick), ochraceous, 
darker than the bark, disc nearly plane or depressed ; perithecia 
immersed, elliptical, pallid, ostiola minute ; sporidia ? 
On bark and wood. Tasmania. 
1492. Hypocrea citrina. Pers. Fr. Summ. Veg. Scan. 185. 
Sacc. Syll. 4875. 
Fleshy, effused, nearly plane, lemon-yellow, ostiola rather pro- 
minent, brownish ; asci cylindrical, 102 x 6 /a, joints of the 
sporidia unequal, nearly globose, 4-6 y diam. 
On wood, soil, rotting leaves, etc. Tasmania. (Fig. 186.) 
1493. Hypocrea rufa. Pers. Fr. Summ. Veg. Scan. 383. 
Sacc. Syll. 4834. 
Stroma gregarious, superficial, hemispherical or pulvinate when 
moist, sometimes repand or irregular, collapsing when dry, de- 
pressed, and the surface rugose, rather soft and fleshy, punctate 
with the slightly prominent ostiola, pale flesh-colour, reddish or at 
length red, whitish within, 2-4 m.m. broad ; perithecia splueroid ; 
asci cylindrical, 65-75 x 4-5 y ; sporidia of two nearly equal cells 
(3-4 y diam.), soon separating, hyaline. 
On wood or bark. Tasmania. 
Sub-Genus. HYPOCRELLA. Sporidia filiform. 
1494. Hypocrea (Hypocrella) discoidea. B. § Br. Ceylon 
Fungi 998. Sacc. Syll. 5061. 
Orbicular, placentiform, separating from the matrix, scarlet ; 
perithecia rather prominent ; asci clavate ; sporidia filiform, 100 y 
long, faintly multi-nucleate. 
On leaves. Queensland. (Fig. 187.) 
