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large ;i!id nearly circular opening. ASCI clavate-cylindrical, 130\ 

 'I'l ft, with abundant paraphyses. Sporidia Itisermle. broad navicular- 

 fiisilbnn. ,'J-seplate. yellow, In-coming In-own. .'55-45 x 1 1 15 n. 

 On dead sage limsh. I' lull (S. ,J. Jlarkness). 



M. PorothHia. (B. & ('.) 



Sphezria porothelia, B. 6c C. r,rev. IV, p. 142. 

 /st>lsf>lii/-i in stt'ii'inilii, Kll. Am. N;it. Murch, i^\v p. 317. 

 Foiotliclia, Sacc. Syll. 3244, Cke. Syn. 3126. 



Perithecia innate-erumpent, minute, scnttoi-cd, each seated in n 

 little depression. Asei subcylindrical, 50-60 x 7-8 //. Sjun-idia 1-2- 

 sei-iate. shortly oblong-fusiforin, rather ol>tuse at either end, trise])tate. 

 Brownish. 11-13 x3-3| u. 



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On the hymenium of some Sfrrc-uut, Sontli Carolina, on tilvrruni 

 I)/ color, Pers. Delaware (Commons), Iowa (Hoi way). 



M. spinifernin, E. & E. (in Ileib.) 



Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d. Ser. 2610. 



Perithecia scattered, minute (50-75 //), at first innnei-setl, except 

 the papilliform ostiolnm, finally partially erurnpent, clothed altoxc with 

 short, black spines, *20-'J5 x 4 //. lonii 1 . Asc-i oblong-clavate, 35-40 x 

 10-11 fj.. siili-essilc. Paraphyses filiform. Sporidia 2-3-<eriate. Cusoid. 

 .'-septate, not constricted, olive-brown. 12-14x3-3J n. 



On some thick, effused, Corticium't growing on the base of trunks 

 of J/o/'M.s >' ultra. Delaware (Commons). 



Difiers from M. Porothelia, (B. cV T C.). in its spiny perithecia. 

 which are also only partially erumpent. and in its shorter, broader 

 asci. In M. Porothelia the perithecia are finally almost superficial. 

 and 110-120 //. diain., and not spiny at any stage of growth. 



M. exile, (Sclnv.) 



Sp/icFiia f. filis, Schw. (iu Herb. Berk.) Grev. XV. p. 82. 



A specimen from Schweinitz, in ITorl). Berk., has small (J mm.). 

 pilose perithecia. with fusiform, brown, 3-septate sporidia. 16-18x5 //. 



On rotten wood, Xa/areth, Pa. 



This is a different thing from Nitschkia e^'d'/x. Fckl. Symb. p. 

 1(55. of which Splm'ria r.^/V/.s-. A. cV S. is (luoteil ;ts a synonym. 



M. squamulatuni, (Schw.) 



Sp/ufi ia sqiuu/iid'.i/a , Schw. Syn. N. Am. i.v^S. 



Coniochcrta (Ch&tomastia) squamulata^ Cke. Grev. XV, p. $3. 



Perithecia cai'bonaceous. ovate-globose or irregular, scattered or 

 subconcrescent, above the medium si/.e. seated on a black, even, broad- 

 ly effused, or sometimes scanty and very rough, black crust overspread- 



