16 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuME 3 
1. Sphaerostilbe gracilipes Tul. Fung. Carp. 1: 130. 1861. 
Stilbum gracilipes 1, Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 5: 114. 1856. 
Sttlbum corynoides Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 1: 153. 1885. 
Stromata consisting of a slender stalk 2-3 mm. high, of a grayish color, with a globose 
orange head 0.5-1 mm. in diameter; conidia ellipsoid, hyaline, 5-6 2; perithecia in 
dense cespitose clusters 1-2 mm. in diameter at the base of the stalked stroma, 15-30 in 
each cluster, reddish, becoming pale (in dried specimens often pale-yellow), 250-3004 in 
diameter, nearly globose, partially collapsing or entire, slightly roughened; asci cylindric, 
75-80 X 7-8; spores mostly 1-seriate, ellipsoid to subfusoid, hyaline, 1-septate, 10-14 x 
4-6, usually not constricted. 
On bark of various trees and shrubs, Hicoria, Citrus, Hibiscus, Platanus. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. 
DISTRIBUTION: South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana ; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATION: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. p/. 12, f. 1-4. 
EXSICcATI: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 213/, 2732, Rav. Fungi Am. 285. 
2. Sphaerostilbe cinnabarina (Mont.) Tul. Fung. 
Carp. 1: 130. 1861. 
Stilbum cinnabarinum Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 8: 360. 1837. 
Stromata with a slender stalk 1-2 mm. long and a globose or clavate red head; conidia 
nearly ellipsoid, straight or a little curved, 3-5 x 2u, granular within ; perithecia few, sur- 
rounding the base of the stalked stroma, sessile, globose, smooth, orange, finally partially 
collapsed ; asci clavate, about 80 X 13-16“; spores 2-seriate, ovoid, 22-26 X7, filled with 
numerous oil-drops. 
On bark of trees and shrubs. 
TYPE LocaLiry: Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: South Carolina to Mexico and Cuba; also in Europe. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 222?. 
3. Sphaerostilbe flammea (Berk. & Rav.) Tul. Fung. 
Carp. 1: 130. 1861. 
Atractium flammeum Berk. & Rav.; Berk, & Br. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 13: 461. 1854. 
Stilbum fammeum 1,. Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 5: 114. 1856, 
Nectria laeticolor Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 377. 1868. 
Stromata conic in form with the top finally becoming flattened ; conidia fusiform, a little 
curved, 5-8-septate, about 60-75 & 5-74; perithecia nearly globose, bright-red, smooth or 
only minutely rough, crowded on or near the base of the stroma; asci cylindric, about 
75-80 X 8-104; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid to subfusoid, 1-septate, hyaline, 15 < 6-74. 
On bark of trees, Acer, Crataegus, Salix. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. i 
DISTRIBUTION: Ontario to Louisiana and South Carolina; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATION: Tul, Fung. Carp. 3: pl. 13, f. 10-12. 
EXSICCATI: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3317. 
4, Sphaerostilbe coccophila (Desmaz.) Tul. Fung. 
Carp. 1: 130. 1861. 
Microcera coccophila Desmaz. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 10: 359. 1848. 
? Nectria aurantiicola Berk. & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 14: 117. 1873. 
? Nectria aglacothele Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea4: 45. 1875. 
Nectria subcoccinea Sace. & Ellis; Sacc. Michelia 2: 570. 1882. 
Stromata consisting of a short, stout stalk with an orange head; conidia straight or 
more often curved, long, fusiform, 3-7-septate, 50-90 < 5-6, occasionally shorter; peri- 
thecia more or less cespitose, bright-orange, with a prominent, rather acute ostiolum ; asci 
cylindric, 75 X 8-10; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid or subellipsoid, 12-18 & 7-9z. 
On dead scale-insects. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. . . 
DISTRIBUTION: Florida to Alabama, Pennsylvania, and the West Indies; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATION: Bull. Fla. Exp. Sta. 94: f. 2-3. 
ExsiccaTi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 7227; Rav. Fungi Car. 1: 57. 
