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finally deciduous. Color brown, becoming black, (reddish when y 



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On decaying limbs. Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schweinitz). 

 Nothing definite is known of this species. 



SP1LEROSTILBE, Till. 



Sel. Carp. Ill, p. 99. 



Perithecia as in Necti'ia. globose. soft, bright colored, growing 

 at the base of or in company with their conidia (Stttbum, Atractium, 

 Microcera). Asci elongated, 8-spored. Sporidia oblong or ovoid. 

 hyaline, unisoptate. Paraphyses none or spurious. 



Sph. flamniea. Till. 1. c. p. 104. 



Perithecia globose, bright red. nearly smooth, crowded on or near 

 the conidiophorus stroma (Atractium flammeum, B. A: Rav.) Asci 

 obovate-obloiig. S-spon-d. Sporidia ovate, obtuse, uniseptate. liyalinc. 

 slightly constricted. 12-1 (5 x 5-6 it.. The conidial fungus, as represented 

 in Rav. Fungi Car. V. SO. lias the stromata at first narrow-conical, be- 

 coming finally flattened above mid subspezizoid ; the conidia linear- 

 lanceolate. very larire ( 80-100 x6| //). a little curved, 6-9-septate. hya- 

 line with a tinge of rose color. On maple bark, Carolina (Ravenel), 

 on Scdix, Louisiana, < Lmidois). 



Berkeley, in (Jrev. IV. p. 47. adds.- 'There is a very distinct 

 species on Magnolia (//<///<</. Cm-. Inf.. No. 5005 (Attractium p<iU/- 

 (//////. B. & C.), with short, fusiform spoi-es 13 // long, with the endo- 

 clirome retracted to either end." 



Sph. coccophila, Tul. 1. c. p. 105. 



Perithecia numerous, on and near the conidial stromata. very small, 

 globose, obtuse, minutely papillate, very smooth, bright red, often 4-5 

 together, collapsing when old. Asci linear, 60-80 x 6| //. Sporidia 

 oblique, uniseriate, ovate, 10x4 //, uniseptate, subhyaline, slightly 

 constricted. 



On Alnus serrnhita, Pennsylvania (Michener). 



The conidial stage i Microcera coccophila, Desm.), which has been 

 sent from Florida by Dr. Martin and collected in Carolina by Ravenel 

 (F. Am. 286), has the stroma arising from various species of dead 

 bark lice. It is red, obtuse and about 2 mm. high. The .conidia are 

 linear-lanceolate. 5-7-septate and 56-65 x 5-6 //, nearly hyaline. 



Sph. gracilipes, Tul. 1. c. p. 105. (Plate 12) 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 285. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2131. 



Perithecia collected at the base of the conidial stroma, small. 

 (\ mm.), red, light pruinose. fading out. Asci cylindric-clavate. 



