358 



L BrimelliP, E. & E. Proc. Aead. Nat. Sei. Phil. July, 18!)0, p. 237. 



Perithecia scattered, minute (200-250 //). covered by the epi- 

 dermis, which is only slig'htly raised, and barely pierced by the papil- 

 lilbrm ostiolurn. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 75-80 x 10-12 p, subsessile, 

 with filiform paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate. fusoid, slightly curved, 

 pale yellowish-brown, 3-septate, the next to the upper cell swollen. 

 22-30 x4 IJL. Differs from L. pyrenopezizoides, Sacc., in its perithecia 

 not collapsing, and from L. pur let a rice, Sacc., in its paler sporidia. 



On dead stems of Brundla vnlgaris, London, Canada (DearnesH. 



Accompanied by perithecia containing fasciculate, acicular stylos- 

 pnres (Rhabdospora) 40-55 x2-2| ju>. These perithecia are white 

 inside and rather larger. Other smaller perithecia contain spores 

 4x 1J JJL (Plwma). 



L. pyrenopezizoides, Sacc. & Speg. Mich. I, p. 394., F.'Ital. tab. 323 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent-superficial, sul)globose -depressed, 

 165 IJL diam., papillate, finally collapsing to cup-shaped, lilack. Texture 

 loosely parenchymatic, dark olive, more dense around the ostiolum 

 within a circular space about 10 IJL across, Asci cylindric-clavatc 

 70-75 x 8 JJL, very short nodulose-stipitate, subtruncate above, with a 

 contracted opening, 8-spored. Sporidia subbiseriate, fusoid, slightly 

 curved, 20-25 x 4 /i, 3-septate, the second cell slightly swollen, pale 

 yellow. 



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On dead herbaceous stems, Manhattan, Kansas. (See Journ, 

 Mycol. II. p. 3). 



L. vagabunda, Sacc. F. Yen. Ser. II, j). 318. 



Sphceriafuscella, Sacc. M. Veil. Spec. p. 97, tab. IX, figs. 37-46 (not B. & Br.) 



Perithecia nestling in bark, covered by the epidermis, scattered 

 or crowded globose, with a small and only slightly projecting ostio- 

 lum, black, 200-500 /i diam. Asci clavate-cylindrical, short-stipitate, 

 8-spored, with abundant paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, at first 

 hyaline and 4-guttulate, then uniseptate and constricted and finally 

 3-septate and brown, constricted at all the septa .and often with an oil 

 globule in each cell, 19-25 x 6-7 /JL. 



On dead stems of Hypericumpi'oUJicuin, Xcwlield, N. J., and on 

 dead limbs of Spiraea opuUfoTtu. London, Canada. 



Saccardo in Syll, II, p. 31 enumerates 25 different trees and 

 slii-ubs on which this species is found in Italy. Germany, France and 

 So. America. The spermogonial stage is Coniothyrium vagabundum. 

 Sacc. 



