26 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA {VoLumE 3 
1. Scoleconectria scolecospora (Bref.) Seaver, Mycologia 1: 198. 1909. 
? Nectria cylindrospora Sollm. Bot. Zeit. 22: 265. 1864. 
Ophioneciria scolecospora Bref. Unters. Gesammt. Myk. 10: 178. 1891. 
Chilonectria Cucurbttula Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. 116, excl. syn. 1892. 
Perithecial clusters quite regular, rounded, composed of numerous, densely cespitose 
perithecia; individual perithecia dull-red, at first slightly furfuraceous, becoming quite 
smooth, nearly globose, finally collapsing, becoming pezizoid ; asci clavate to cylindric, 60- 
75 X 8-104, filled with numerous spore-like bodies, often obscuring the long cylindric 
spores; spores usually more or less curved, many-septate, with the septa transverse or ex- 
tending irregularly, delicate, 40-50 X 2.5-3 y. 
On branches of various species of Pinus. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Germany. 
DISTRIBUTION : New Jersey to Maryland and California; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bref. Unters. Ware Myk. 10: Ai. 5 SA; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. 
pl. 12,f.9-I2; BE. & P. Nat. Pl. 1: f. 241, D 
EXSICCATI : Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1551; ©. Baker, Pacif. Slope Fungi 68; Ellis & 
Ev. Fungi Columb. /433. 
2. Scoleconectria coccicola (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver, 
Mycologia 1: 198. 1909. 
Nectria coccicola Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 2: 39. 1886. 
Dialonectria coccicola Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 2: 137. 1886. 
Ophionecirta coccicola Berl. & Vogl. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. Addit. 218. 1886. 
Stromata rounded, more or less prominent, whitish; conidia borne in clusters of 3-5, large, 
broad at the base, tapering into a bristle-like apex, 15-20-septate, 100-150 & 7-7.5 with 
a distinct stem-like base; perithecia in cespitose clusters, nearly globose or a little longer 
than broad, reddish, becoming dark-brownish, minutely roughened, at first clothed with a 
few hyaline hairs, then naked, 300-500 # in diameter ; asci cylindric, tapering below into a 
stem-like base, 150-200 & 20%; spores clavate or subcylindric, 100-120 6-7 # at the base, 
15-20-septate, hyaline. 
On dead scale-insects on the bark of living orange trees. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Florida. 
DISTRIBUTION: Florida and Cub 
ILLUSTRATION: Bull. Fla. Exp. Sia. 94: 12, f. &-14. 
3. Scoleconectria canadensis (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver, 
Mycologia 1: 199. 1909, 
Nectria canadensis Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 11: 74. 1884. 
Calonectria canadensis Berl. & Vogl. in Sace. Syll. Fung. Addit. 212. 1886. 
Stromata ( 7ubercularia) 1-2 mm. high, with an orange head and dull-red base; conidia 
minute, ellipsoid, hyaline, about 52; perithecia springing in dense clusters from the 
base of the stroma, finally surrounding and often covering it; individual perithecia nearly 
globose, brick-red, 250-300 .in diameter, at first tubercular and rough, finally becoming 
more or less smooth and slightly collapsing ; asci clavate, 75-100 & 12-15 #, 8-spored ; spores 
crowded, ellipsoid, straight or curved, hyaline, 3-septate, 18-20 7“. 
On the bark of Ulmus sp. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Ottawa, Ontario. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. f/. 137, f 7-14; Mycologia 1: pl. 13, f. 13, 14. 
ExsiccaTiI: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2547; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 226. 
4. Scoleconectria polythalama (Berk.) Seaver, 
Mycologia 1: 200. 1909. 
Vectria polythalama Berk. in Hook. f, Fl. Nov. Zeland. 2: 203. 1855. 
Nectria auriger Berk, & Rav.; Berk, Grevillea 4: 46. 1875. 
? Nectria auriger flavitecta Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 4: 46. 1875. 
Calonectria polythalama Sacc. Michelia 1: 308. 1878. 
? Calonectria flavitecta Sacc. Michelia 1: 309. 1878. 
Perithecia erumpent in dense clusters 1-2 mm. long and about 1 mm. broad, seated on 
a yellowish stroma; individual perithecia subglobose, at first covered with a yellowish-green 
