GODRONIA 327 



concave, pale-yellowish; asci cylindric, reaching a length of 65- 

 70 M and a diameter of 10-12 n, 8-spored; spores filiform, about 

 3 X 65-70 M, hyaline, becoming 5-7-septate; paraphyses filiform 

 slender. 



On Cephalanthus occidentalis. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Distribution: New York and New Hampshire to South 

 Carolina. 



ExsiCCATi: Reliq. Farlow. 103, 144. 



The description is drawn from material identified by C. H. 

 Peck and W. G. Farlow. Specimens in the Schweinitz collection 

 are immature and the spore characters therefore uncertain. 



18. Godronia viburnicola Seaver, Mycologia 37: 349. 1945. 



Apothecia erumpent in cespitose clusters of two to ten each, 

 the individual apothecia black, reaching a diameter of 1 mm., 

 tapering below into a stem-like base; hymenium slightly concave, 

 or nearly plane, similar in color to the outside of the apothecium; 

 asci cylindric-clavate, reaching a length of 110 ^ and a diameter 

 of 10-12 (1, 8-spored; spores filiform, 3-4 X 85-100 ix; paraphy- 

 ses slender, branched, slightly enlarged above, and brownish. 



On Viburnum cassinoides and Viburnum dentatum. 



Type locality: New Hampshire. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



ExsiCCATi: Reliq. Farlow. 154a, l54b. 



19. Godronia parasitica Seaver, Mycologia 24: 354. 1932. 

 (Plate 138.) 



Apothecia scattered on the under side of the living leaf, 

 especially along the midrib, erumpent, at first globose, becoming 

 expanded but with the mouth constricted, black, reaching a 

 diameter of .3-.5 mm. ; hymenium dingy, more or less concealed ; 

 asci clavate, reaching a length of 250-300 n and a diameter of 

 27 /Lt; spores filiform, nearly as long as the ascus and about 4 /x 

 thick, many-septate, the number of the septa difficult to deter- 

 mine but more than 50 have been counted, reaching a length of 

 250 n; paraphyses slender and rather freely branched. 



On leaves of Tetrazygia longicollis. 



Type locality: Marmelade, Republic of Hayti. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 24: pi. 9, 



