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M. Mitrhella*, Cke. Grev. VI. p. 143. 



Bxsicc. Rav. F. Am. 88. Ell. NT. A. K. 1294. 



Spnis black, Iliiii. mostly cpipliyllous. oi'ten covering the entire 

 -in-liicc. mycelium dark In-own, branching, intricate. Hyphopodia 

 sli(rt. ovate, alternate, imiseptate. Krcct hyplne. simple, dark In-own, 

 setaceous, apices entire, lM() x (>//.. Conidia light brown, obovate or 

 chivate. :!-scptate. 27-30x4 //. borne on crcd. light brown, subhyaline 

 hyph; IVrithcria Mack, globose, smooth. 100-125 // diani. Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 39x9 //. Sjtoridia oblong-elliptical, brown, 4-sep- 

 tatc. -'I") x 15 //.. 



On leaves of MitcJi ell a rep ens, Florida. 



M. iiidulans, (Scliw.) 



SpliiTria nidulans, Schw. Sj'ii. Car. 185, Fr. S. M. II, p. 443. 

 Chtztosphcsria nidnhins, Rehiu Ascom. 287. 

 Mrliola in'dit/ans, Cke. Grev. XI, p. 37. 

 Exsicc. KH. N. A. F. 192. Rabh-Winter F. Eur. 3544. Rav. Fung. Car. I, 50. 



Perithecia gregarious, globose, rough, collapsing, black, seated on 

 a subieuluin of black, erect, simple, rigid, bristle-like hairs which form 

 at first small, orbicular patches, soon confluent and often surrounding 

 the limb and extending continuously for 2-4 inches. Asci elliptic- 

 oblong. 2-4-spored, 70-80x25-30 <JL. Paraphyses stout, branching. 

 Sporidia oblong, obtuse, 3-septate, (4-septate, Cke.), slightly constricted. 

 35-50 x 14-1 6 "fji, brown. 



On living branches of Vaccinium corymbosum, New Jersey to 

 Florida. 



M. Heteromeles, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Meliolopsis Heteromeles, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 21. 

 Meliola Heteromeles, Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6243. 



Effused, black. Mycelium subcrustaceous, moniliform, branched, 



. 



interwoven, mixed with Capnodium. Pei'ithecia globose, 200 p. diain., 

 membranaceous, free. Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, 

 3-5-septate, hj^aline, 40 x 8 <JL. 



On leaves of ffeteromeles, mixed with Capnodium Heteromeles* 

 California. 



C. Sporidia miiriform, yellowish or brown; mycelium xccrnty or 



obsolete. 



M. fenestrata, C. & E. Grev. V, p. 95, Journ. Mycol. I, p. 147. 



IVrithccia subgregarious, subglobose, black, smooth or clothed 

 with a few spreading hairs, about 150 // diam., with a fringe of brown. 

 spreading, septate hypha3 and a circle of short, spreading, mostly in- 

 curved, black, bristle-like, 40-60x3 p. appendages (entire at the tip) 

 around the base. Asci evanescent and not seen. Sporidia rather 



