()34 Earle : Some Fungi from South America 



Apiospora sparsa sp. nov. 



Pcrithccia few, usually one to three or, by confluence, twelve or 

 more, arranged linearly on a scanty inconspicuous subiculum, buried 

 but elevating and rupturing the epidermis, black, small, 150— 



200 n, ostiolum papiUatc-emergent : asci oval, thin -walled, soon 

 ruptured, about 80 x 12-18 fi, paraphyses thread-like, indistinct, 

 soon gelatinized : ascospores obli(|ucly uniseriate or inordinate, 

 narrow!}^ ovate, ends obtuse, straight or slightly curved, hyaline 

 or faintly olivaceous, v^cry unequally two-celled, basal cell about 

 4x4 /^ spore 20-22 X 6 ji. 



On the dead culms of some slender grass, no. 105. 



lIvrOXVLON COCCINEUM Bull. 



On dead branches, no. loi (Dct. Morgan). 



Hypoxylon Bakeri sp. nov. 



Stroma determinate, irregularl}- rounded, convex, scattered or 

 crowded, about 3-8 mm.: pcrithccia crowded, covering the entire 

 strouKi, globose, prominent, dark brown, black within, large, ^^mm.; 

 ostiolum minutely papillate, black, shining : asci cylindrical, 60- 

 8ox5/^ paraphyses abundant, thread-like: ascospores obliquely 

 monostichous, uncquilatcral, ends rounded, light brown, 9X 3-4 /i. 



On dead branches, no. ^y. 



Marsonia agaves sp. nov. 



Acervuli scattered or crowded on yellowish areas, large, ^ mm., 

 prominent, orange yellow, at maturity bursting centrally, the lacer- 

 ate upturned edges of the epidermis surrounding the opening like 

 an aecidia cup : sporulcs sub-cylindric, ends rounded, at first con- 

 tinuous, finally faintly uniseptate, about 14x4/^. 



On languishing leaves of Agave sp., no. 97. Other areas on 

 the same leaf arc blackened by some miniature fungus, probably 

 belonging to the Pyrenomycetes. 



