Sn ea heey og ee 
Parr 1, 1910] FIMETARIACEAE 83 
hair, or entirely smooth, black and shiny, 
: about 0.75 X1mm., thick, membranaceous to 
decidedly coriaceous, dark. 
-brown to black and opaque ; asci 8-spored, cylindric-clavate, 
broadly rounded above and contracted below into a moderate stipe, 48-56 X< 300-375 B, 
rather persistent ; paraphyses filiform, sparingly septate and slightly constricted below, 
abundant, longer than the asci and mixed with them; spores 2-seriate, ellipsoid to ovoid, 
broadly to acutely rounded at the ends, l-septate, with a broad, shallow constriction, 25- 
27 X 54-72p, ranging from hyaline when young through yellow to dark-brown and opaque ; 
hyaline envelope prominent and becoming very wide in water. 
Type on rabbit dung; also on dung of horses and cows. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Europe. 
# DISTRIBUTION : Rhode Island to Vermont, Montana, California, and Mississippi ; also in 
rope. 
ILLUSTRATIONS : Grevillea 2: pl. 25, J. 1; Mem. Torrey Club 11: pl. 14, f. 10-22. 
7. Delitschia vulgaris D. Griff. Mem. Torrey 
Club 11; 104. 1901. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, subglobose to pyriform with a long, cylindric, curved or 
twisted beak which is densely covered with short, wavy, brown, sparingly septate hairs, 
375-450 X 600-750 #, thin, membranaceous, brown to black and opaque; asci 8-spored, 
cylindric, broadly rounded above and contracted below into a stout, tapering stipe, persis- 
tent, 24-27 185-215 4; paraphyses filiform, septate, abundant, longer than the asci and 
mixed with them; spores obliquely 1-seriate, 1-septate, broadly rounded at the ends, with 
a broad, shallow constriction, 13-16 < 27-30 #, ranging from hyaline when young through 
yellow to dark-brown and opaque; hyaline envelope prominent and swelling greatly in 
water. 
On dung of horses and cows. 
TYPE LOCALITY: New York City. 
DISTRIBUTION : New York to Alabama. 
ILLUSTRATION: Mem. Torrey Club 11: pl. 14, 7. 45. 
8. Delitschia apiculata D. Griff. Mem. Torrey Club 11: 104. 1901. 
Perithecia half sunken, scattered or aggregate in small clusters, 300-350 375-500 , 
thin, membranaceous, pyriform with a papilliform to short-cylindric, curved, black beak which 
is sparingly covered with short, straight, acuminate, brown, l1-septate, bristly hairs; asci 
8-spored, clavate, broadly rounded above and contracted below into a long, tapering stipe, 
very evanescent, 32-38 K 160-2004; paraphyses filiform, abundant, indistinctly septate, 
much longer than the asci, and mixed with them; spores 2-seriate, ellipsoid, sharply 
rounded at the ends, 1-septate, not constricted at the septum, 16-21 28-34; hyaline 
envelope entirely absent, but the spore tipped at each end with a short, hyaline, triangular 
apiculus. 
On dead stems of Russian thistle, Sa/sola Tragus 1. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Aberdeen, South Dakota. . 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION : Mem. Torrey Club 11: p/. 13, f. 10-L3. 
9. Delitschia polyspora D. Griff. Mem. Torrey Club 11: 105. 1901. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, with a projecting, truncate, black, bare, shining, cylindric, 
straight or curved beak of variable length, about 0.65-0.75 x1 mm., subglobose to pyti- 
form, slightly coriaceous, dark-brown to black and opaque; asci 16-spored, clavate to fusi- 
form, broadly rounded above and rather abruptly contracted below into a short, blunt stipe, 
85~100 > 340-375 uw, rather persistent; paraphyses filiform, septate, abundant, longer than 
the asci, and mixed with them; spores 3-seriate to crowded, ellipsoid, usually broadly 
rounded at the ends, 1-septate with a broad deep constriction, 21-24 52-62 #, ranging 
from hyaline when young through yellow to dark-brown and opaque; hyaline envelope 
prominent and having an evident septum, which may be distinctly seen when extended in 
water, corresponding to that of the spore. 
Cae Tucson, Arizona 
LOCALITY : ¢ : . 
eee : Known ouly from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION : Mem. Torrey Club 11: pi. 14, /. 1-3. 
