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PHYLLACHORA Nitschke. 



Phyllachora merrilli Kicker sp. now 



Stromata gregarious, confluent, opiphyllous, convex, black and shining, 

 up to G nun. in diameter, seated on yellowish spots; asci cylindrical- 

 clavate, 14-20 by 56-G5 p, short stipitatc, 8-spored; sporidia obliquely 

 uniseriate, or usually partially biseriate or overlapping, elliptical, uniscp- 

 tate, at first hyaline, becoming brownish, 4-6 by 8-12 p; paraphyses few, 

 filiform. 



Mindoro, Bulalacao (3579 Merrill) April. 1903. (Type.) On leaves of Fiats sp. 



Although there are a large number of Fhyllachoras described on Ficus, this 

 species seems to differ from all of them. In asci and spore measurements it 

 approaches closely P. infect oria Ckc, and F. l.-arnbachii P. Henn. The latter 

 species has asci 10 16 by 50 by 62 p and sporidia 7-8 by 9-12 n, which -are lighter 

 colored wben mature, and although seemingly different from the former the 

 description is too incomplete to say positively whether they are the same or not, 

 but it is improbable. 



SPHAERIALES. 



DALDINIA de Not. 



Daldinia concentrica (Bolt.) (Vs. & de Not. Comm. Critt. Ttal. 1 (1863) 198. 

 Sphacria concent rim Bolt. Hist. Fung. Halifax 3 (1791) 180. pi. ISO. 

 Luzon, Province of Tarlac (3595 Merrill) November. 1!)03. On charcoal of 

 recent fire. 



Daldinia vernicosa (Schw.) (Vs. & de Not. I. c. 198. Sphaeria vemicosa Schw. 

 Journ. Acad. Sci. Philadel. 5 (1826) 341. 

 Luzon, Manila fide Klotz. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 

 1: 241. Ucrnisphaeria concentrica oborata substipitata Nees. 



HYPOXYLON Bulliard. 



Hypoxylon annulatum depressum Wehv. ft Cur. Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 

 (1808) 283. 

 Culton (3004 Merrill) December, 1902. On dead brandies. 



Hypoxylon rubiginosum (Pen.) Fr. Summ. Vcg. Scand. (1846) 384. Sphaeria 

 rubiyinosa Pers. Syn. (1801) 11. 

 l.rzoN, Province of Tarlac (3590 Merrill) November, 1908. 



KRETSCHMERIA Fries. 



Kretschmeria coenopus (Fr.) Sacc. Byll. Fung. 2 (1883) XXIX. Sphaeria 

 cocnopits Fr. Linnaea 5 (1830) 542. Hypoxylon coenopus Mont. Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. 13 (1840) 350. 

 I'mui'Pi.NKs (2103 Cuming) fide Berk. Loud. Journ. Bot. 3: 194. 



NUMMULARIA Tul. 



Nummularia ph ilippi nensis Bicker sp. nov. ' 



Stroma at first covered by the epidermis, but soon erumpent and free, 

 convex, oblong-ovate, black, 1.5-2.5 by 4-G cm.; perithecia cylindrical, 

 black, closely packed, about 1.5 mm. high; asci cylindrical, 12-15 by 

 170-185 p.; sporidia uniseriate, elliptical-oblong, nearly hyaline at first, 

 soon opaque, 11-14 by 25-28 p.. 



