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Perithrrin densely cespitose, bright red, becoming darker, rough, 

 with a i>;ij>illil<>rm ostiohim, seated on a pulvinate. tuberculiform, 

 I h -shy stroma (Tubercularia vnl (juris Tode). Asci clavatc-eylindrical, 

 subattenuated above, 70-00x8-11 /A. Sporidia subbiseriate, oblong, 

 obtuse at the ends, straight or slightly curved, uniseptate, hyaline, 

 mostly 12-15 x 5-7 p. 



On dead limbs of almost every kind of deciduous trees, common 

 and variable. 



N. Sanibuci, E. & E. Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 

 246. 



Cespitose on a tubercular base (Tubercularia Sambuci, Cda.) 

 Perithecia 4-12 on a stroma, ovate-globose, pruinose, pale red, about 

 J mm. diam., strongly collapsed above when dry. Ostiolum papilli- 

 forrn, finely fiinbriate. Asci oblong-clavate, 50-60x6-7 p. (p. sp.), 

 without paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, oblong, uniseptate, straight 

 or slightly curved, hyaline, 12-20 x 3-4| JJL. The Tubercularia has 

 allantoid. hyaline conidia 6-8 x 1J-2 //, on basidia 35-40 p. long, 

 branched a,bove. This is, according to the specimens in De Thiunen's 

 Mycotheca and in Roumeguere's Fungi Gallici, the T. Sambuci, Cda. 



On Sambucus Canadensis, Lincoln, Nebraska (Webber). 



Possibly a var. of N. cinnabarina. 



N. pithoides, E. & E. Proc. Phil. Acad. July, 1890, p. 247. 



Densely cespitose, forming suborbicular tufts lg-2| mm. diam. 

 Perithecia ovate, dark red, about 200 p. diam., muriculate-roughened , 

 collapsing above so as to appear slightly truncate and slightly concave, 

 appearing in profile like small jars. Ostiolum papilliform, only 

 slightly prominent. Asci cylindrical, 75-80 x 5 p.. Paraphyses not 

 seen. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, 2-nucleate, becoming 

 uniseptate, 6-10 x 3-3| p., smoky -hyaline. The perithecia are seated 

 on a convex, yellow stroma, 50-100 together, and when young are 

 clothed with a few short, white, glandular hairs. Nearly allied to 

 jV. microspora, C. & E. which has less numerous, paler red, smoother, 

 more irregularly collapsed perithecia, The specific name from Greek 

 pithos a barrel. 



On dead alders, British Columbia, May, 1889 (Macoun, 122). 



N. Russellii, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 45. 



" Cespitose, red, inclining to brown. Ostiolum papilliform, at 

 length sunk from collapsing. Sporidia cymbiform, uniseptate, 15-20// 

 long. On elm, New England, Russell). 1 ' Var. Magnolice, Sacc. 



