2 3 1 5 . T r o c h i l a T iuxi. Capron. “ Box Troohila.”
Hypophyllous, blackish, cæspitose or scattered, splitting into
minute unequal laciniæ ; sporidia oval, elongated. E . Capron
in litt. T. craterium, var. Buxi. Auct.
On box leaves.
Sporidia oval, elongated (■0004--0005 in.), -01--0125 m.m. long, m n d ilp g e r
than in T craterium ; contents, when fresh, granular. More closely allied to
T lauro-cerasL—E . C.
2 3 1 6 . T ro c h ila C ia te rium . Fr. “ Ivy-leaf Craterium.”
P y c n i d i a .— S ty lo sp o re s m in u te , suhglohose.— Myxosporium
paradoxwn, De Not, Micr. Ital. Dec. ii./. 10. B. & Br. Ann. N.H.
no. 439. Gloeosporium Notarisii, Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1849),
■vii p 296. FcU. exs. no. 1649.
A so o riioK E .— H y p o p h y llo u s, s c a tte re d , b la c k ish , a t le n g th
d e ep ly c o llap sed ; asc i c y lin d ric a l ; sp o rid ia v e ry sh o rtly oval,
a lm o s t ro u n d , som e tim e s w ith a la rg e n u c le u s .—Fr. S .V .S . ii.p.
367. FcU. exs. no. 1113. Cooke exs. no. 180. Sph. craterium,
Eng. F l. y .p . 277. S.punctiformis, var. f3. Hederæ, Grev. Fl. Ed.
Baxt. exs. no. 29. Ayres, exs. no. 65.
On dead ivy leaves. Common. [Mid. Carolina.]
Sporidia nearly globose 10003 in.) ’0075 m.m. long. (Fig. 366.)
Order X X X I. SPH X E E IAC E I.
Perithecia carbonaceous ormembranaoeous, sometimes confluent
with the stroma, pierced at the apex, and mostly papillate; hymenium
diffluent.—Berk. Outl. p. 381.
A .
B.
C.
D.
Nectriæi
Xylariei
Valsei
Sphæriei }
A .
Compound.
Simple.
Nectriæi.
Stipitate— ,
Clavate or capitate . . _ . . • Torrubia,
Head globose, base solerotioid . . Claviceps.
Parasitic on grass— n . , ,
Stroma m y c e l io id ................................... Epichloe.
Variable—
Sporidia didymous, at length separating Hypocrea.
Sporidia didymous, ejected in tendrils—
parasitic on fungi . . . . Hypomyces.
Stroma definite, perithecia free, clustered or scattered
........................................................................
Perithecia erect, in a coloured sac . . . .
Nectria.
Oomyces.
Gen. 3 3 2 . TO R R U B IA , Lev.
Stroma vertical, fleshy, clavate or capitate
; perithecia immersed ; sporidia
linear, multi-septate, breaking up into
fragments.—Tul. Carp.iii.p. 4. Cordi-
ceps, Fr. Berk. Outl. p. 381.
(Fig. 367.)
2 3 17 . T o rru b ia entomorrhiza. F r.
“ Dickson’s Torrubia.”
Fleshy, head subglobose, brown ; stem
slender, long; sporidia colourless, long,
breaking up into joints.—Tul. Carp. iii.
p. 14, t. l , f . 12-18. Cordyceps entomorrhiza,
Fr. S.M. ii.p. 324. Dicks, t. 3 ,f. 3.
Berk. Outl. t. 23,f . 5. Eng. Fl. y .p . 232.
Curr. Linn. Trares.xxii. i.4 5 ,/. 6. Cooke
exs. no, 187.