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1542. Xylaria tuberiformis. Berk. FI. N. Zeal, n., 204, 
t. 105,/. 11. Grev. xi., t. 168, /. 85. Sacc. Syll. 1225. 
Corky, subglobose, rugulose, resembling a pileus, 6-8 m.m. 
thick ; stem short or obsolete ; ostiola rather broad and prominent ; 
asci cylindrical ; sporidia large, navicular or boat-shaped, con- 
tinuous, brown. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. N. Zealand. 
1543. Xylaria agariciformis. Cke. § Mass. Grev. xvn., 81. 
Capitulum semiglobose (8 m.m. to 1 c.m. diarn.), glaucous, 
dotted with the black punctiform ostiola, truncate or depressed, 
beneath black and sterile so as to leave a barren black ring round 
the stem ; stem equal or a little attenuated downwards, 2-3 m.m. 
thick, 1 in. or more long, straight or flexuons, fuliginous ; asci 
cylindrical ; sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, rounded, or a little 
attenuated at the ends, at first binucleate, then opaque and dark 
brown, 23-25 X 6-8 g. 
On stumps. Great Bight. 
Section B. Xylooohyne. Fr. 
Clubs everywhere fertile, stem velvety. 
1544. Xylaria corniformis. Fr. S. V. S. 381. Sacc. 
Syll. 1239. 
Stroma simple, neither forked nor branched, cylindrical, never 
compressed or dilated, rather thick, fragile, hrown, then black, 
obtuse at the apex, more or less curved, horn-shaped, fixed by a 
villous substratum ; perithecia subglobose, much crowded, minute, 
more or less protuberant, ostiola papillate, small ; asci cylindrical, 
pedicellate, 60-75 x 6-7 g; sporidia rounded at the ends, very 
obtuse, continuous, brown, 8-10 x 5 y. 
On prostrate trunks. Tasmania. 
1545. Xylaria aphrodisiaca. Well. <J- Curr. Fung. Angol. 
280, t. 18, f. 3,4. Grev. xi., t. 168, /. 104. Sacc. Syll. 1241. 
Csespitose, smooth, clubs subcylindrical (1-2 in. high), cinereous, 
brown, the whole surface unusually areolate ; substance white, 
common base invested with a delicate brown tomentum ; perithecia, 
asci, and sporidia (?). 
On rotten trunks. Queensland. 
Section C. Xylostyla. Fr. 
Clubs sterile at the apex, stem smooth. 
1546. Xylaria digitata. Grev. FI. Edin. 356. Sacc. Syll. 
1283. 
Stroma erect, thick, brown, velvety, then smooth, attenuated at 
the apex, rarely obtuse, sometimes divided into two or three 
dichotomous branches, very rarely more or less compressed, club 
continuous in a short stem ; perithecia very numerous, a little 
prominent, rugose; asci cylindrical, 120 x 7 y, sporidia fusiform, 
obtuse, unequal-sided, continuous, dark brown, 18-20 X 5-6 fx. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. N.S.Wales. 
