118 



BARYA, Fckl. 



Symb. p. 93. 



Perithecia ramose, subdiaphanous, at length of the consistence of 

 horn, superficial, conic-acute, nestling in a loose, cottony, conidia- 

 bearing nivceliiiiu. Conidia oblong, obscurely uniseptate, obtuse at 

 each end. Asci elongated-lanceolate, acuminate above, obtuse below, 

 N-spored, stipe globular. Sporidia filiform, continuous, about as long 

 as the asci, hyaline. 



B. parasitica, Fckl. 1. c. 



Perithecia gregarious, fi'ee, conical, acute, subventricose in the 

 middle, finally compressed, about the size of the perithecia of Ncctriu 

 cocci iiea, glabrous, yellowish-green, diaphanous, becoming opake, dark 

 brown, seated in a conidiophorous mycelium, first white, then yellowish- 

 green, finally brown, crowned with a terminal white globule. Conidia 

 oblong, 14 x 5 //, hyaline. Asci lanceolate, acuminate, globose-stipi- 

 tate at base. Sporidia nearly as long as the asci, filiform, continuous, 

 hyaline. Parasitic on Bertia morifoniitx, (Germany); Yar. cespitoxu. 

 Pk. 43d Rep. p. 33, has the perithecia crowded in dense tufts and 

 sometimes tapering above into a rather long neck, asci and Sporidia 

 slenderer and longer. 



On Bertia moriformis, Catskill Mountains, X. Y. 



We have seen no specimens and quote from the authors cited. 



OPHIONECTRIA, Sacc. 



Mich. I. p. 323. 



Perithecia globose-conical, superficial, papillate, subcarnose, bright- 

 colored (red, yellow &c). Asci 8-spored. Sporidia filiform, multisep- 

 tate or multinucleate. 



0. cerea, (B. & C.) 



Sphceria cerea, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. io,S. 



Calonecti'ia cerea, Sacc, Syll. 4967. 



Dialonectria cerea, Cke. Syn. 476. 



Dialonectria fulvida, E- & E. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 136. 



Ophionectria Everhartii, EH. & Galw. 1. c. VI, p. 32. 



Perithecia gregarious, ovate-globose, 160-175 // diam., dull, dirty 

 yellow and granular-pruinose, exce[>t the rather acutely papilliform 

 ostiolum. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 75-80 x 12-14 IJL. with rather in- 

 distinct paraphyses. Sporidia fasciculate, fusoid-cylindrical, yellowish- 

 hyaline, multiseptate, multinucleate at iirst, straight while lying in the 



