4 EBYTHEA. 



has asci only 90/i long. Very common. Found also ob 

 Symphoricarpos vulgaris. 



Phoma viridis. On dead branches of Fraxinus viridis, 

 Jan. 2, 1895 (No. 1636) 



Perithecia evenly but thickly scattered or subaggregated, 

 subepidermal but finally more or less exposed by the falling 

 away of the epidermis, depressed-hemispherical, ^-^ mm. 

 diam., papillate. Sporules short-elliptical, smoky-hyaline, 

 obtuse, 4-5|x3|— 4//. 



Approaches Dothiorella. 



Phoma Bibis. On decorticated twigs of cultivated goose- 

 berry, Mch. 1, 1895 (No. 1668). 



Perithecia erumpent-superficial, scattered, globose or sub- 

 conic-globose, black, 110-135yM diam., with a papilliforra 

 ostiolum. Sporules minute, oblong-elliptical, 3-4x1^-1 |yu on 

 short (8-10x2-2|//) basidia often branched at the base. 

 Evidently the spermogonia of some Diaporthe. 



Differs from Phoma Ribesia, Sacc. and Phoma Grossu- 

 lariae, Schulz.,in its smaller perithecia and sporales. 



Aposphaeria Amaranti. On dead stems of Amarantus 

 retro flexus (No. 1730). 



Perithecia gregarious, superficial, globose or subovate- 

 globose, soon depressed above or partially collapsing, about 

 ^ mm. diam., covered at first with a thin, brown, granulose- 

 tomentose coat which soon disappears, leaving the perithe- 

 cium black. Ostiolum papilliform, soon perforated. Spor- 

 ules ovate-elliptical or subglobose, yellowish-hyaline, with a 

 single large nucleus nearly filling the cavity, 12-15x10//. 



(To be Concluded) 



