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DOUBTFUL SPECIES 
Sphaerostilbe lateritia (Berk.) Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 377. 1868. 
Stilbum lateritium Berk. Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 291. 1840. Immature. 
Sphaerostilbe nitida Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 377. 1868. Immature. 
Sphaerostilbe Wrightii Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 377. 1868. 
11. MEGALONECTRIA Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 12: 217. 1881. 
Stromata consisting of a slender stalk with a globose head; perithecia globose or sub- 
globose, bright-colored, red or reddish, entire or collapsing, borne in cespitose clusters on 
or surrounding the base of the stroma; asci clavate, 8-spored; spores ellipsoid, many-sep- 
tate, becoming muriform, hyaline. 
Type species, Sphaeria pseudotrichia Schw. 
1. Megalonectria pseudotrichia (Schw.) Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. 
Argent. 12: 217. 1881. 
Sphaerta pseudotrichia Schw.; Berk. & Curt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 2: 289,as synonym. 1853. 
Nectria pseudotrichia Berk. & Curt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 2: 289. 1853. 
Sphaerostible pseudotrichia Berk. & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 14: 114. 1873. 
Stromata gregarious, each consisting of a slender stalk with a subglobose, reddish head ; 
conidia 3-5 X 2 4, hyaline; perithecia nearly globose, subcespitose, usually in or surround- 
ing the base of the stroma, red, minutely rough, finally collapsing ; asci clavate, very broad, 
60-75 X 20-22; spores 2-seriate or irregularly crowded, large, 7-9-septate and muriform, 
yellowish-hyaline, 25-35 & 7-11 p. 
On bark, wood, etc. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam. 
DISTRIBUTION: West Indies; also in South America. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 2: £2.25, 7.9; Mycologia: p2. 13, f. 1-2. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES 
Megalonectria caespitosa Speg. Bol. Acad. Ci. Cordoba 11: 541. 1889. This species is 
said to be distinguished by the larger spores, which measure 30-45 10-12. Reported 
from Nebraska. 
12. ALLANTONECTRIA Earle, in Greene, Pl. 
Baker. 2: 11. 1901. 
Perithecia red, occurring in cespitose clusters on a stroma as in Creonectria; asci 
cylindric to clavate, 8-spored ; spores allantoid, simple, hyaline. 
Type species, Allantonectria Yuccae Earle. 
1. Allantonectria Yuccae Earle, in Greene, Pl. 
Baker. 2: 11. 1901. 
Perithecia densely cespitose in clusters of 12-20, seated ona stroma ; perithecial clusters 
erumpent, thickly scattered or subconfluent, averaging about 1mm. in diameter ; perithecia 
bright-red becoming dull-red with age, subglobose, smooth, or minutely roughened, par- 
tially collapsing when dry, 100-125 in diameter; asci clavate or cylindric, 8-spored ; 
spores 2-seriate or irregularly crowded, allantoid, 4-5 X14. 
On dead leaves of Yucca sp. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Hermosa, Colorado. 
DISTRIBUTION : Colorado. 
13. SPHAERODERMATELLA Seaver, Mycologia 1: 182. 1909. 
Stromata erumpent, fleshy; perithecia in dense, cespitose clusters seated on the stroma 
which is entirely obscured at maturity, more or less rough and furfuraceous ; asci broad- 
clavate to ovoid, 4-8-spored; spores simple, becoming dark-colored and opaque. 
Type species, Melanospora Helleri Earle. 
