77s Pyrenomycetse, Hypocreacese, Hyalosporae, Sphaerostilbella 



Sect. I. AllaotosponB. 



ALLANTONECTRIA Earle — Syll. XVI p. 1140. 



1. Allantonectria Yuccae Earle Plantae Bakerianae, fasc. II, Fungi p. 12. 2709 



— Poritheciis 12-20 in stromato congestis; 'Tiista stromatica erum- 

 pente sparsa v. subconfluente, circ. 1 mm. lata; peritheciis rnbris, 

 lucentibus, levibus vel leniter rugosulis. collabentibus, 100-125 a. 

 diam; ascis octosporis, clavatis, minutis, aparaphysatis ?, 20-30 v 

 3-4; sporidiis distichis v. irregulariter dispositis, 4-5 » 0,8-1, hya- 

 linis, allantoideis. 



IFab. in foliis emortuis Yuccae spec, Hermosa, South Colorado 

 Amer. bor. 



Sect. 2. Uvalosporfe. 



NECTRIELLA Sacc. - Syll. II p. 448, IX p. 941, XI p. 354, XIV 

 p. 621, XVI p. 559. 



1. Nectriella Cacti Ell. et Ev. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, p. 06. — 2710 

 Peritheciis gregariis pallide sanguineo-rubris molliusculis, ovatis 

 200 « 110 ;j.. ; ascis sublancoolatis 45-55 « 4; paraphysibus non bene 

 distinctis; sporidiis distichis, oblongis, continuis, 5-6 * 1,5. 



Hdb. in Opuntia Ficu-indica, Alabama, Amer. — A Ne- 

 ctria sanguinea et N. Opuntiai, cui forsan affinis, differt notis datis. 



SPH/EROSTILBELLA P. Henn. in Engl. bot. Jahrb. 1901, p. 40 (Etym 

 Spluerostilbe, cujus est aualogum). — Stromata conidiophora elon- 

 gata, capitata, conidiis subglobosis. Perithecia ascophora illis con- 

 nexa, globosa v. hemisphicrica l.-rte colorata, nectriacea. Asci octo- 

 spori. Sporidia ellipsoideo-oblonga, continua, hyalina. — Est genus 

 parallelum Sphcerostilbes, sed amerosporum. In Tab. comp. (vol. 

 XIV, p. 22) occupabit n. 42 bis inter Hypocreaceas. 



1. Sphaerostilbella lutea P. Benn.in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1901, p. 40. — 2711 

 Peritheciis gregariis interdum confluentibus, in villo byssino albido 

 nidulantibus, navo-ochraceis, farinaceis, hemisphaericis, dein colla- 

 bentibus, obscurius papillatis, ca. 200 ;).. diam.; contextu cellulis 

 pseudoparenchymaticis, rotundato-angulatis, fiavo-brunneolis ; ascis 

 sublinearibus, vertice obtusis, basi paullo attenuatis, octospoi 



