183—HYPOCREA ALUTACEA. 
Prof. Atkinson having kindly written me and stated that he 
thought Hypocrea Lloydii described in last issue of Mycologieal Notes 
to be the same as Hypocrea alutacea, we have referred his letter to 
Rev. Bresadola, who replies as follows : 
“Re Prof. Atkinson a, peut-etre, raison de consi¬ 
der Hypocrea Lloydii Bres. identique a Hyp. alutacea 
(Pers.) Je n’ai jamais vu cette derniere espece pour 
pouvoir les comparer. 
Coniine les Auteurs considerent H. alutacea parasite 
de Clavana ligula ou Spathulana flavida , j’avais etudie le 
tissu de ces deux especes et le trouvant assez distinct de 
celui de H. Lloydii, je l’avais considere coniine espece 
diverse. 
“Depuis considerant les figures de Hyp. alutacea 
chez Nees System, etc.,Tab. XI, f. 304 et chez Tulasne 
Selecta Fung. Carp. Vol. Ill, tab. IV, f. 1-6, qui re¬ 
presented des specimens evidemment anormaux du Cla- 
v ina ou Spathu'ana, tandis que votre specimen de Hyp. 
Ldoydii est tres normal, j’avais considere votre espece 
autonomique et pour cela je l’avais classee parmi le Hy- 
pocrea-Podocrea. Les hyphes du tissu de Hyp Lloydii 
sont plus molles, plus adnexees et moins larges que chez 
Sp ithu'aria flavida et plus larges que chez Clavaria ligula 
sans y voir des hyphes myceliales. Voila done les raisons 
de ma determination.’’ 
Hypocrea alutacea, 
(natural size.) ‘ ‘Si Hypocrea Lloydii est vraiment identique a Hy¬ 
pocrea alutacea, espece m’etant inconnue coinme je l’ai deja dit, je ne 
crois pas a la nature parasitaire de cette derniere espece.’’ 
It will thus be seen that Bresadola accepts the plants as identi¬ 
cal but throws much new light on the nature of the plant. Hypocrea 
alutacea is not a parasitic plant as has been usually accepted, but is 
autonomous. 
Prof. H. C. Beardslee writes me that he has carefully studied 
this plant to learn whether it grew parasitic on a tuber or larva. He has 
never observed a specimen so growing, and decided that it does not grow 
on such a host. I judge from what Beardslee writes that the plant is 
not rare with him. 
Fig. 59, 
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