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20—26 X 19—33 fi cchinulatae brunncac. Telcutosporac cllipsoidcae 

 vel rarius globosae, episporio crasso, Icvi, apice v^alde incrassato, 

 obscure castaneo indutc, pediccllo usque 40 // longo donatac. 



On Cissa)}ipclos sp., no. 83. 



Sorosporium SYNTIIER1SMAE-: (Scliw.) Farl. 

 On Andropogoji sp., no. 97. 



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Hv>n:xocFTAETE PURPUREA Ckc. & Alorq-. 

 On dead twijjs, no. 104. 



Auricularia nigra (Scliw.) T^arlc 



On dead stumps and logs, nos. 106, T07. 



In young specimens the color of the hymenium is ater ratlier 

 than nigrescent, otherwise the specimens agree well with the de- 

 scription given in Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 6 : 768 (under Ilinicolci). 

 This striking fungus has so mucli the aspect of a Pcziza that it is 

 no wonder Schweinitz placed it in that genus. 



TR\'Hrji)iEL[.A RUEUEA (Spreug.) Sacc. ? 



On dead twigs, no. 103. 



Much like this widely distributed and variable species but the 

 ascospores arc rather narrow, 24-28x7-8 /^, and the disc is black, 

 not at all reddish as is usually the case. 



ASTERINA MELASrOMATIS Lcv. ? 



Epiphyllous : perithecia in a scanty radiating brown mycelium, 

 soon confluent, forming black, brittle, somewhat elevated stroma- 

 like crusts, 2-3 or more mm. in diameter, each containing numer- 

 ous prominent perithecia about 200-300 n \\\ diameter : asci sub- 

 orbicular, about 35 X 25 //, paraphyses none: ascospores inordi- 

 nate, brown, about equally uniseptate, ends obtuse, 16-20 x 6 //. 



On living leaves of some plant of the Melastomaceae, no. 90. 



The description of this species (Saccardo, Syll. Fung. I : 51) is 

 too brief and unsatisfactory for positive determination in the absence 

 of authentic specimens. The fact that Dothidca luclastoniatisY^nnizc^ 

 is given as a probable synonym goes to confirm the correctness of 

 the determination since the mass of confluent perithecia looks 

 much hke a black stroma, s 



Phyllachora gramixis (Pers.) Fckl. 

 On Oplis})ienus'> no. 95. 



