148 



On decaying, decorticated limbs of Quercus on-cinctf or perhaps 

 (J. I'utfi'ii. lying on the ground, NewhVld. X. J. 



The specc. on pine wood, in N. A. F. 90, are K(ilinn*iti jxn-ullcl<i. 

 \ Vv. ). which differs in its buried prrithecia and absence of the vellow 

 mycelium. 







L. Vermicularia, (Nees.) 



Splufiia Vermicularia, Nees. Syst. p. jn, fig. 347. 

 Trichosphceria I'einiicularia, Fckl. Symb. p. 145. 

 EriosphfEria Vermicularia, Sacc. Syll. 2328. 

 Lasiospli<D ia Vermicularia, Cke. Syn. 2713. 



Perithecia crowded, ovate, subdepressed, astoinons, black, very 

 small, covered all over with erect, black bristles. Asci oblong, stipi- 

 tate, 8-spored, 56x7,u. Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, uniseptate, 

 hyaline, 8x 3 //. 



On rotten pine wood, Carolina. 



L. xestothele, (B. & C.) 



Sph&ria xestothele, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 107. 

 Lasiospheerta .restothele, Sacc. Syll. 3548. 



Perithecia crowded, connected with brown, woolly matter. Osti- 

 olum naked, perforated, tinged with rufous. Sporidia biseriate. fusi- 

 form, uniseptate, hyaline, 20 p long. 



On branches of Cor mix florida. South Carolina (Ravenel). New 

 York (Peck). 



L. canescens, (Pers.) 



Sphipi-ia canescens, Pers. Syn. p. 72, Fr. S. M. II, p. 448. 

 Lasiosphceria canescens, Karst. My col. Fennica II, p. 162. 



Perithecia gregarious, sometimes connected by a stromatic crust, 

 ovoid, about \ mm. diam.. densely clothed with rigid, spreading, 

 coarse, light brown, continuous hairs 100-150x10-12 tt thick near 

 the base. Asci clavate-cylindrical, stipitate 80-100x10-12 p (p. sp.). 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, nearly straight, ends obtuse, 

 with two large nuclei at first, finally uniseptate, hyaline, becoming 

 brownish, 20-30x4-5 //. 



On rotten wood, Carolina to Canada and California. 

 Distinguished from its allied species by its coarse, brown hair? 

 and shorter Sporidia. 



C. Sporidia continuous. 

 L. speniioides, (Hoffm.) 



SphfTria spfi moides, Hoffm, Veg. Crypt. II, p. 12. 

 H\po.\-\lon tniliaccHin, Bull. Champ, tab. 444. fig. 3. 

 Sphceria globular is, Batsch FJench. I, fig. iSo. 

 Lasiosphtzria spfi'innides, Ces. & De Not. Schema p. 55. 

 Lt'ptospora spermoidcs, Fckl. Symb. p. 143. 



Fxsicc. Rab. Herb. Mycol. 47, 651. id. F. Eur. 2430. Rehm Asc. 587. Thum. M. U. 

 1546. Lin. Fungi. Hung. 274. 



