Pezicula 333 



clavate-cylindric, reaching a length of 70 ^ and a diameter of 

 15 M. 8-spored; spores fasciculate, clavate-cylindric, containing 

 numerous oil-drops, finally becoming multiseptate, 3-4 X 50- 

 65 jj.; paraphyses filiform. 



On bleached bark of fir trees, Abies sp. 



Type locality: Newfoundland. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Two fine specimens of this species are in The New York 

 Botanical Garden both collected by Rev. A. C. Waghorne in 

 Newfoundland and both apparently a part of the t\pe specimen. 



Doubtful and Excluded Species 



Godronia rugosa Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 8: 70. 1902. This species was 

 described by Ellis from material collected at Tuskegee, Alabama, August, 1900 

 (G. \V. Carver 479). The spores are described as fusoid, arcuate, 45-55 X 

 3-3.5 tx. Examination of the Ellis material showed such spores but no trace 

 of asci. It is probably not an ascomycete. 



Godronia Jimiperi Rostr. Medd. Grdnl. 3: 611. 1891. Apothecia scat- 

 tered, sessile, hard, black, reaching a diameter 1-2 mm.; asci reaching a length 

 of 75-85 M and a diameter of 7-8 ^i; spores filiform, 2 X 35-40 m; paraphyses 

 filiform. On wood of Junipcrus. Known only from the type locality in 

 Greenland. 



Godronia rhabdospora (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 602. 1889; 

 Tympanis rhabdospora Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 4: 3. 1875. Spores 

 said to be filiform. Reported on Acer from New England. No material seen. 



Atropellis apiculata Lohman, Cash & Davidson, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 

 32: 297. 1942. Said to differ from other species on Pinus in that the apo- 

 thecia are chocolate brown rather than blue as in other specimens on Pinus. 

 No specimens have been seen. 



Atropellis arizonica Lohman & Cash, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 261. 

 1940. On stems of Pinus ponderosa. Said to differ from other species or 

 Pinus mainly in the size of the spores. 



Atropellis tingens Lohman & Cash, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 257. 1940. 

 On various species of Pinus. Said to be suggestive of Atropellis pinicola but 

 differing mainly in spore size. No material has been seen. 



9. PEZICULA Tul. Fung. Carp. 3: 182. 1865. 



Neofabraea Jackson, Oregon Agr. E.\p. Station, Bienn. Crop. Pest and Hort. 

 Rep. 1911-1912: 187. 1913. 



Conidial stage consisting of a basal fleshy stroma of the 

 Myxosporium type on the surface of which the conidia are pro- 

 duced, or with definite conical, or flask-shaped pycnidia of the 

 Sphaeronema form in which the conidia are produced; conidio- 

 phores variable in form and length, often very long; conidia 

 broad-ellipsoid, usually granular and hyaline; microconidia often 

 present. 



