MYCOLOGICAI, NOTES 
C. G. LLOYD 
Page 991 
XYLARIA MUSCULA FROM REV. C. TORRENT, BRAZIL (Fig. 1781 
natural size and 1780 enlarged, ) - Simple, 2-3 cm. long and about a 
mm. thick, with a short, black stem and tapering to an acute, sharp 
sterile apex. A section shows yellowish, pithy stroma, a black con¬ 
text covered with a white crust, Perithecia immature in these speci¬ 
mens but formed and the black ostioles protruding through the crust. 
This came to me first from Rev. Torrend, Brazil ( 765 ) then 
I found it in New York* collected in southern Florida by Small (No. 
6129 ). Both collections are immature but I feel it should have a 
name in our museum. It is a unique little species and not similar 
to any other known to me. 
XYLARIA CITRINA.- This was named by Massee from the West 
Indies. We did not find the type at Kew but we did find it among the 
specimens sold by Massee to the New York Botanical Garden. We pre¬ 
sent, Fig. 1782, a photograph of the type and Fig. 1783 the wonderful 
picture Massee published of it in the Journal of Botany. It belongs 
to that large and growing section known as the "Myths of Mycology". 
A comparison of the figures needs no further comment. 
XYLARIA RIDLEYI FROM JOHN GOSSWEILER, AFRICA (Fig. 1784 ).- 
We apply the same name to these collections (3) that we did to a 
previous collection from Mr, Gossweiler (Cfr. Xylaria Notes, p.12, 
fig. 1223 ), We are convinced they are the same species although they 
present differences that we can not explain. Both have the same 
shape, same distinct stem, same marked white crust with black ostiol¬ 
es, same large perithecia, same spores, but in the former collection 
the stroma was all carbonous, not becoming hollow, separating from 
the perithecia so readily that they remain attached to the crust as 
shown in the figure. It is a fact that it is a Penzigia as we under¬ 
stand it, "These collections have a white, pithy stroma, disposed 
to become fuliginous when old but in some specimens entirely dis¬ 
appearing, leaving only the walls that are usually split. At the 
time we received the first collection from Mr. Gossweiler, v¥e had 
only recognized it as one collection named from Malay by Massee. 
Since we have received seven collections from the Philippines where 
it is common, and was referred to Xylaria grammica ( sic ) by Sydow. 
Then we saw several collections from the West Indies in Wright's 
Cuban plants, named Xylaria obovata by Berkeley and from Guadelupe 
named Xylaria obtussima by Patouillard. It does not agree with either 
according to our photographs of types, nor the descriptions, but 
surely such a frequent species had a name before Massee got it. The 
thick, white cuticle is a marked character and is retained even in 
old specimens. It is sometimes cracked in a peculiar way as shown in 
our enlargement, Fig. 1785. We feel the plant must have had names 
by the old namers but we do not know what they are. 
XYLARIA COMOSA FROM REV. JOHAN RICK, BRAZIL (Fig. 1786 ).- 
A nice collection that we figure though we have considered and illus¬ 
trated the plant before. (Cfr. pp. 726 and 895, figs. 1086 and 1565 ), 
These specimens are strongly marmorate which was the basis on which 
Spegazzini named Xylaria tigrina, which is surely the same as Xylaria 
comosa. Also we are inclined to think Theiszen was right in referr¬ 
ing here Xylaria collabens, which from a close reading of the original 
of Montagne appears to be an old, hollow, globose state, as the 
