BOJ'ANICAL GAZETTE. 



.00016 of an inch broad; paraphyses filiform, often longer than the 

 asci. 



Decaying wood. Vermont. C. G. Fringk. 



This fungus is easily overlooked by reason of its small size and 

 scattered mode of growth. The marginal teeth are sometimes obso- 

 lete and then the plant looks like a Triblidium. 



Srici'is FULVA. — Receptacle erumpent, slightly margined, thin, 

 orbicular or ublong-elliptical, about ©ne line long, pale tawny or sub- 

 ochraceous; asci subcylindrical; spores nearly colorless, oblong-ellip- 

 tical, .0006-.0008 of an inch long, .00025-. 0003 of an inch brnad, 

 sometimes containing one or two nuclei; paraphyses filiform 



Decaying wood. Vermont. C. G. Fringk. 



This fungus belongs to ihe subgenus Propolis as indicated by its 

 dus y-appearing hymenium. It is very closely related to 6". versicolor. 



DiATRVPE ANGULARE. — Stroma small, scarcely one line broad, 

 erumpent, externally black or blackish-brown, within slightly reddish- 

 brown; perithecia large, few, one to six; ostiola very prominent, an- 

 gular, compressed or pyramidal, asci cylindrical; spores large, unis- 

 enate, uniseptate, colored, oblong or elliptical, obtuse, very variable 

 in length, .0011-0022 of an inch long, .0006-0007 of an inch 

 broad. 



Bark of bass wood, Tilia Americana. Vermont May. C. G. 

 Fringle. 



The stroma does not penetrate to the wood. The very prominent 

 angular ostiola are often arranged in such a manner as to give a 

 radiate-sulcate appearance to the upper part of the stroma. The 

 spores are black in the mass and the longest ones are sometimes slight- 

 ly narrowed in the middle. 



Sph^ria altipeta. — Perithecia minute, subglobose, immersed, 

 black; ostiola emergent, subconical or cylindrical, nearly as long as 

 the perithecia; asci cylindrical; sports uniseriate, oblong, col- 

 ored, .00065 of ^1"* >"ch long, about .0002 of an inch broad, hya- 

 line at one end, uniseptate near the other. 



Decaying wood. Mt. Washing' on. C. G. Pringle. 



The perithecia sometimes occur in long lines. When young the 

 spores are colorless, but they soon become colored, except at one end, 

 and contain two nuclei. Finally a septum is formed near the colored 

 end of the spore. The species should be referred to the Ceraloso- 

 mse. 



Sph^:ria LiCHENALis. — Perithecia scattered, minute, .oo8-.oiiof 

 an inch broad, subhemispherical, erumpent, black; ostiola papilliform; 

 asci oblong elliptical; spores crowded, oblong, nniltiseptate, fenes- 

 trate, greenish-yellow, .0014-0016 of an inch long, .0004-0005 of 

 an inch broad. 



Bark of Birch trees. Vermont. C. G. Fringle. 



The perithecia occupy a discolored spot which gives a lichenose as- 

 pect to the fungus. Sometimes two or three are seriately crowded or 

 confluent, in «hich case they present a hysteriiform appearance to the 

 naked eye. The species, though peculiar in its habitat, may be re- 

 ferred to the section Pleospora. 



