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pillate. Stylospore- lanceolate. obtuse, slightly curved, 3-septate, hya- 

 line, 30 x 8 fi. 



On bark of Ficiix, California (Harkness). 



Asci and Sporidia not seen. Stylospores evidently different from 

 those of G. pail cans. 



MELANOSPORA, Corda. 



Icones I, p. 24. 



Perithecia superficial l>ut with the base more or less sunk in a 

 thick layer of interwoven hypha. 1 , without any true stroma. of soft, fleshy 

 substance, translucent, globose-pyriform with a long beak. Sporidia 

 elliptical, mostly continuous, dark. 



A. Sporidia continuous. 

 M. chionea. (Fr.) (Plate 14) 



Sp/uei ia cliioiiea, Fr. S. M. II, p. 446. 

 Cfi atostoma climni'um, Fr. Obs. II, p. 340. 

 Mt*hinoxf>oni ehionea, Corda Icon. I. p. 25. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 2015. Thum. M. V. 1844. Krgr. Fungi. Sax. 27.; 



Peritliecia ii'n'irarious '"' scattered, superficial, globose, white-woolly, 

 ;;00_4()() ft diaiu.. with a straight, reddish-yellow, stout beak about 1 

 mm. lon.u 1 and having a lew sprejidiii" 1 hairs at its apex. Asci obovate- 

 clavate, stipitate, 8-spored, '>o-4") x 13-1(5 iji. s]>.) Sjioridia crowded 

 or imperfectly biscriate. globose-elliptical, In-own. 10-12x9-10 //. 



On decayinu 1 JII'IH- leaves and on leaves of deciduous trees.' London, 

 Canada il)e;irne.-si. The hairs at the end of the beak are not as di- 

 tinct as in the European specimens. 



M. lagenaria, (Pers.) 



ia la if en tn ui, Per-. Syn. p. 58. 



lagemu mi , Fr. Sumni. Veg. Sc. p. 396. 

 la^>naiia, Rab. Hedw. I, p. 116. tab. XV, fig. 2. 

 Ifelanospora lagenaria, Fckl. Synib. p. 126. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. So;. Rehm Asc. 699. 



Peritliecia scattered or gregarious, emergent-superficial, spheroid 

 or subovoid. rugulose, at iirst yellowish, then liver color and finally 

 black. 400-420 /j. diam.. with a very long (2-2J //.;. straight or flexu- 

 ous beak ti]p<M'l with white hairs. Asci broad-clavate, stipitate, 35-40 

 x 12-15 a. Sporidia irregularly crowded, elliptical with ends atten- 

 uated. ll-14x G u. becoming brown. 



Given on the authority of Peck (27th Rep. p. 110). who found it 

 in the Adirondack Mts., X. Y., on the hymenium of some old Pol g- 

 l>nru$. He says: >; Asci very broad, spores crowded, simple, elliptical. 

 colored 12Jx7| //." 



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