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inotrio No. 18) also have the umseptate, brown, 12-15 x 8-10 fi conidia, 

 and agree with specimens of Ch. fusca, Fckl., in Saecardo's Myco- 

 tlicca Veueta. but all these can hardlv he anvthino- more than forms 



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of CJi. phoBostroma. 



Ch. pannicola, (B. & C.) (Plate 19) 



Sphceria pannicola, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 107. 

 Chcetosphezria holophtea, B. & C. Grev. XV, p. 82. 

 ChfZtosphtzria pannicola, Sacc. Syll. 3210. 



"Perithecia globose, seated on a rather thick, brown, pilose stra- 

 tum consisting of straight, acute threads. Sporidia oblong, obtuse at 

 each end, arcuate, 3-septate. 20 t u long. 



On roots of birch. Xe\v Jersey." 



We have not seen the original specimens described by Berkeley, 

 but specimens sent by Mr. Stevenson from Pennsylvania, and by Mr. 

 r< minions from Delaware. ;md \vhicli seem undoubtedly to belong here, 

 have the perithecia densely gregarious, more or less pilose, with pale 

 brown, spreading hairs, soared on a dense, brown, pilose subiculum, 

 Asci clavate-eylindrical, p. sp. 70-7.5x12-15 p., with abundant par- 

 aphyses. Sporidia oblong-cylindrical, hyaline at first, becoming brown 

 and 3-septate, curved. 1S-20 x 6-7 /*, ends obtuse. 



(1i. inniiHiera, (B. A: Br.) 



Sphezria innumera, B. & Br. Berk. Outl p. 395. 



Chatosphceria innmnera, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 253, tab. 33. figs. 7-9. 



Perithecia small (100-200 //), thickly scattered among the hairs 

 of the subiculum. and some of them, at least when young, sparingly 

 clothed with similar hairs, finally black and subshininff, globose. scarcely 



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papillate, the ostiolnm being so small as to be easily overlooked. Asci 

 clavate-eylindrical. S-spored, l)riefly stipitate, paraphysate, 80x6J/^. 

 S]oridia subbiseriate, oblong-fusoid, rather obtuse at each end, nearly 

 straight, 2-3-nucleolate, finally 2-septate, pale, 13 x4 //. 



On decaying wood of Quercus, California (Harkness). 



The conidia (sec. Tul.) are borne in heads or spikes, at the tips of 

 the hairs of the subiculum, and are of three kinds; ovate, pale brown. 

 6| x3 //, others linear-cylindrical. 12 it long, and still others subfusoid, 

 25-30 x 3 p, 6-8-septate, olive-brown. 



Ch. leoniua. (C, & P.) 



Sphtzria leonina, C. & P. 2gth Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 60 

 Chcztosphtzria leoniua, Sacc. Syll. 3205. 



Perithecia subconfluent or rarelv scattered, dark brown, oval, cov- 



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ered with a short, thick, tawny tomentum. the papillate apex naked. 

 Asci clavate or cylindrical. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, uniseptate 

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