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used by Kalchbrenner and Cooke for another Sphaerostilhe (vide 

 supra). The differences between iS'. intermedia and S. Henningsii are 

 to be found especially on the following points. 



S. Henningsii nobis. S. intermedia sp. n. 



1 — 2 mm. diam Stroma 2—6 mm. diam. 



150 — 180 // diam Gapit. conidiophori . . . 400 — 600 « diam. 



Cylindr.-clavat., 65 — 75 fi Asci linearo-cylindr. 70 — 85 



long., p. sp. 50 — 60/^ . /J. long., subsessiles. 



leves Sporae subtiliter granulatae. 



8 — 10 /i X 4 — 5 u Conidia 4—8 fx X '^ fi. 



St. Jan: Caroline 5. 3. 06 (nr. 3105); West End 14. 2. 06 (nr. 3121). 



St. Thomas: Grown 1905 (nr. 1697); Levenlund 17.12.05 (nr. 

 3074, nr. 3078). 



The fungus grew in all localities together with Stilhum Kar- 

 ste?iii Sacc. 



Sphaeriaceae. 



Daldinia Eschscholzii (Ehrenb.) Rehm, Ann. Myc. 1904. 



Our Westindian Daldinia-ma.lena.\ belongs to this species, originally 

 regarded as a Daldinia concentrica-var'ieij. The species Eschscholzii is 

 characteristic by a copper-coloured pruina and a more spongious interior; 

 the spores are also somewhat smaller. Rehm states the spores to be 

 10 — 12 ^x 5 fi. Such constancy in spore-breadth did not occur in our 

 rather rich material; we found the length always being about 12/^, while 

 the breadth was between 5^/2— 6'Y4^. 



As Rehm about the asci only states: "ascis cylindraceis, subevanidis" 

 and as in a single case (nr. 3079) we found many good asci, we are 

 giving a diagnose of them as follows: 



Ascis cylindraceis, 70 — 75 /ji x 7^2 — 10 /i p. sp., in pedicellum 

 tenuissimum, flexilem, 20 — 25 ^i long, attenuatis, sporidia octona, superne 

 subtransverse, inferne subrecte monosticha foventibus. 



The length of the spore-bearing portion of the ascus is very constant 

 and not so great as by D. concentrica. 



St. Croix; Jolly Hill 12. 1.06 (nr. 1711a); South-west 8. 1.06 

 (nr. 1726). 



St. Jan: America Hill 17.3.06 (nr. 1784); Caroline 12.3.06 (nr. 

 1730); Coral Bay 4.3.06 (nr. 1691), 5.3.06 (nr. 1746); Cruz Bay 17. 

 2.06 (nr. 1758). 



St. Thomas: Crown Dec. 1905 (nr. 3079); Lovenlund 6. 11. 05 

 (nr. 1698 b), 2.12.05 (nr. 1727), 14.12.05 (nr. 1696), 17.12.05 

 (nr. 1705). 



