95 



differs somewhat from the type in its shorter (10-11 x 5-6 /j) sporidia 

 slightly constricted, with the lower cell a little narrower, and the peri- 

 thecia at length collapsing. 



On bark of Magnolia, South Carolina (Eavenel). 



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



" Cespitose. dingy, dark brown-red, minutely granulated, ostiolum 

 depressed. Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, oblong, about one-fourth 

 as broad as long; externally resembling N. Russellii. On Hibiscus 

 SyriacuSi South Carolina." 



N. coccinea, (Pers.) 



Sphtzria coccinea, Pers. Syn. p. 49. 

 Nectria coccinea, Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 368. 



Exsicc. Rab. F. E- 924, 1630. Thutn. M. U. 1063, 1850. Ell. N. A. F. 161. Plowr. F. Br - 

 Sacc. M. V. 1482. Rav. F. Am. 737. Roum. F. G. 272, &c. 



Perithecia ce.spitose, ovoid, smooth, bright red, papilliform, about 

 200 ft diam., usually not collapsing, seated on a yellowish, slightly 

 erumpent stroma. which is often nearly obsolete. Asci subcylindrical. 

 80-95 x 6-7 p. Sporidia uniseriate, uniseptate, hyaline or nearly so. 

 scarcely constricted, rather acutely elliptical, 12-15 x 4-5 p (12-16x 

 5-7 //, Sacc.) 



On bark of various deciduous trees, common. 



N. nmscivora. Berk, in Rav. Fung. Car. I, p. 57. 



Nectria subcoccinea, Sacc. & Ell. Mich. II, p. 570. 

 ^'ectria musctvora, B. & Br. Brit. Fungi No. 608? 

 Exsicc. Rav. Fung. Car. I, 57. Ell. N. A. F. 1333. 



Perithecia mostly cespitose, bright red, subovate, more or less 

 collapsing, small (200 p. diam.), seated mostly around the margin of 

 the small, pale, tuberculiforni stroma, which, together with its group 

 of perithecia, is mostly less than 1 mm. diam. Asci cylindrical, 75 x 

 8-10 p. Sporiclia uniseriate, narrow-elliptical, 14-16x6-7 //, yellow - 

 ish-subhy aline. l)ecoming uniseptate. 



On bark of living alder, West Chester, Pa. (Everhart & Haines). 



Distinguished from N. coccinea by its broader, more obtuse, yel- 

 lowish sporidia and its more distinctly superficial stroma. which, in 

 some cases at least, seems to arise from the remains of dead scale 

 insects which are abundant on the bark. 



The above description is from the Pennsylvania specimens of 

 N. subcoccinea, S. & E., which are the same as the specimens of N. 

 )/nfscivora, Berk, cited, which is presumably the same as JV. ?nitsci- 

 vora, B. & Br., in Cooke's Handbk. Xo. 2364, though neither the 



