181 



curved, with two largo nuclei, and soon uni-cptate. '2 ")-.')() x 0-7 n 

 (30-40x5-6 //.Winter). 



On decaying wood of maple, Lyndonville. \. V. (Fairman). Cats- 

 kill Mountains (Peck). Pennsylvania (Schweinit/i. and on old 

 uiiirolor. Canandaigua, X. Y. (Edgar Brown). 



B. snbmoriformis, (Plowr.) 



subntoriformis, Plowr. Grev. V. p. 74. 

 /'/// la sithnwi ifoi mi*. Sacc. Syll. 2272. 



Perithecia irregular. rugose, bursting through the cuticle, vari- 

 able in size. Sporidia biseriate, hyaline. sini]le. curved. 20-24x3 it. 

 uniseptate. This has iniieh the ap[)earance of B. iiHtrifurmtx. but 

 differs in habit and in the sporidia lining little over hall' as larg< 1 as in 

 that species. 



( )n dead bark. ( 'alifornia. 



The foregoing is from (Irevillea. 1. c. Specimens on a dead 

 (beech) ? limb, from West Chester. PH.. determined ly Cooke as this 

 species (Grev. V. p. 74). have the perithecia subovate, more or los 



rough. ?, mm. diam.. or riithcr less, erumpent through the cuticle in 

 loose clusters of 2 (i together, or sometimes <ingly. Asci ~i~) S0\12- 

 1.") it. with abundant filiform paraphy-es. Spoi-idia biserinte. broad- 

 fusoid. hyaline, uniscplate. 1 ."> - ] S x .'>-4 //. not cui-ved. 



MELAN()MMA. Fckl. 



Syinlxila 1 Mj'col. p. 159. 



Perithecia gregarious or scattered, typically supC'Hieial. but some- 

 times erumpent-siiperficial. carbonaceous, mostly bare and black. 

 sphei-ical or ovate. Asci cylindrical or clavate. 8-spored. Sporidia 

 oblong or fusoid. 2-or more-ecllc(l. brown. 



M. piilvis-pyrius. <lVrs.) 



Sphceria pulvis-pyrius, Pers. Syn. p. 86. 



Melanoiiinia piiii'is-pyi ius. Fckl. Symb. p. 160. 



Sph<?>ria mvn'ocaipa, Ft. (in Berk. N. Am. Fungi firev. IV. p. 143. sec. Sacc. in 



Syll. II, p. 98.) 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 937. Rab. Herb. Mycol. 650. 



Perithecia o-enerallv crowded, often formiiiLi 1 a continuous layer of 



O . 



considerable extent, but sometimes scattered, superficial, irregularly 

 spherical or ovate, wrinkled or otherwise roughened, either silicate or 

 smooth above, hard, black, 400 IJL diam.. with a small papilliform ostio- 

 liim. Asci cylindrical or subclavate, stipitate. 8-spoi-ed, 80-] 00 x 6-1) n. 

 with filiform paraphyses. S]>oridia uniseriate. oblong, narrowed toward- 



