PLATE 14. 



Hypocreaceae. 



Fig. 1. Melanospora chionea, (Fr.) on decaying leaf. 



2. Portion of the same enlarged. 



3. Sectional view of a perithecium highly magnified. 



4. Three asci, one of them mature. 



5. Mature sporidinm. 



6. Eleutheroniyees snbulatusj (Tode) natural size on decay- 



ing Agaric. 



7. A fragment somewhat magnified. 



8. Section of a perithecium highly magnified. 



9. Several asci, one mature, with the peculiarly jointed par- 



aphyses. 



10. Three sporidia. 



11. A stout jointed bristle from the outside of the ostiolum. 



12. A portion of one of the hair-like filaments composing the 



inner lining of the ostiolum. 



NOTE.- --Figures on this plate not drawn to any scale. 



