468 MELANCONIEI. 



1389. Stilbospora ovata. Pers. " Ovate Stilbospora." 



Stroma scarcely any ; spores ovate, triseptate, septa some- 

 times obsolete. — Pers. Ohs. i. t. 2,f. 2. Eng. Fl. v. p. 357. Grev. 

 t. 212,/. 2. Fr. S.M. ui.p. 485. >S'. pyriformis, Iloffm. F. G. ii. t. 

 13,/" 2. Fries, exs. no. 2U. Corda.iii.f.Gl. Bisch.f. 3S90. 



On dead twigs. [United States.] 



1390. Stilbospora angustata. P. " Narrow Stilbospora." 



Stroma scarcely any ; spores cylindrical, 4-5 septate. — Fr. 

 S.3I. iii. p. 485. Berk. Mag. Zool. 9- Bot. no. 36. 



On Cornus sanguinea. [United States.] 



{Fig. 180.) 



1391. Stilbospora macrosperma. P. " Large- spored 



Stilbospora." 



Stroma scarcely any , spores oval-oblong, quadriseptate. — Pers. 



Disp. t. 3./ 13. Nees. f. 17. FcJd. exs. no. 82. Sjwridesmium, 



Corda. Sturm, t. 21. Bisch.f.SSlQ. Schnzl 1. 12, f. 16-18. Fres. 



i. 7,/ 46-52. Hook.Journ.l8Dl,m.t.d,f.9. Pay.f.2b4t. Rabh. 



F.E. no. 180. 



On oak branches, &c. [Mid. Carolina.] 



The stylosporoTis fruit of SjjfuBria ( Massaria) inqui/ians. 



Gen. 143. ASTEROSPORIUM, Kunze. 



Spores stellate, septate, oozing out 

 in a black mass. — Berk. Outl.p. 324. 



(i^/^.181.) 



1392. Asterosporium HofFmanni. 



M. S' ^' " Star-spored Fungus." 



Stroma floccose or grumous ; spores 



stellate, septate, brownish, or slightly 



coloured — Moug. exs. no. 669. Fres. t. 



Fig. 181. 5^/. 10-13. Curr. Mkr. Jour. iv. t. 11,/ 



1-9. Stilbospora asterosperma, Pers. Syn.p.96. Hoffm. F.G.n. 



t. 13,/ 3. Fr. S.M. in. p. 484. Eng. FL Y.p. 356. Cooke exs. no. 



211. Fckl. exs.no. 81. 



On twigs of beech. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Easily known by the stellate spores. (Fig. 181.) 



