56 



S;icc;irdo in Sylloge f, p. 55, gives the following measurements 

 from specimens on different hosts, viz. On bark of (lend limbs asci 

 35-40x17-19 //.. stipe 7-8 //. long, sporidia 28x5 //; on decaying 

 paper, asci 80-100 x 18 /;., stipe 20-30 p long, ppor. 26 x 7-8 //; on 

 sheep dung, asei either short-stipitate, 45 x 15-17 //, stipe 10 /j. long, 

 spor. 25 x5|-6 //., or asei 170-liK) x 20 , slipe 70-100 Ion?, spor. 



iy i- ft i r 



00 X oA-rf //. 



The species seems to he common in Europe but, as far as we know, 

 lias not vet lieen found in this country. 







The species figured on plate 7 (P. funi<-nJ<itum. Preuss.) is from 

 specimens in Kriegers Saxon Fungi 426, on straw of an old thatched 

 bee-hive. 



P. fimeti, B. & C, Grev. IV, p. 157. 



Minute, scattered. Asci elliptical. Sporidia oblong or short- 

 elliptical, numerous, brown. 



On rabbits' dung, South Carolina, 



"Sporidia brown, 4-celled, rod-shaped, pointed at the ends, not 

 constricted at the septa, 12|-15 x 2|-3 //." (Farlow in literis.) 



P. Ze?p, B. &C. Grev. IV, p. 157. 



Perithecia seriate, forming short, black lines, and surrounded by 

 short "villose 71 hairs. Asci lanceolate. Sporidia short-fusiform, tri- 

 septate, slightly constricted at the septa. 



On Zea Mays, South Carolina. 



Dr. Farlow gives the following notes irom specc. in Herb. Curtis: 



" Asci slightly clavate, averaging 60 x 8-9 //. Sporidia distichous, 

 4-celled, brown, acute at the ends, somewhat swollen in the middle, 

 14-1 6 x 5-6 /JL." He adds that the specimens of " Perisporium Zece. 

 Desm.." in Rav. Fungi Car. Ill, No. 65, show nothing like Perispo- 

 r/'um, and do not resemble P. Zece, B. & C. at all. 



P. Wrightii, B. & C, Grev. IV, p. 157. 



Perithecia carbonaceo-membranaceous, thickly gregarious, in or- 

 bicular patches 1 cm. or more in diam., rough, seated on a scanty, 

 inconspicuous, colorless mycelium. Ostiola papillifonn, smooth. Asci 

 ovate or subglobose, 35x40 a. or 40-50 x 30 //, 8-spored and without 

 paraphyses. Sporidia crowded, yellowish, oblong, obtuse, 3-septate r 

 with a longitudinal septum running through one or more cells, 18-22 

 x 8-10 //, slightly curved. 



On stems of Opuntia Macrorrhiza, Texas, (Wright). 



Described from specc. in the Curtis Collection (com. Farlow). 



P. Cahulii, (Schw.) Syn. Car. 316. 



This is Sclerotium ( 1 <//<></n, Fr. S. M. II, p. 261. 



