NEW SPECIES OF KANSAS FUNGI. 81 



Perithecia circinate on the surface of the inner bark. Os- 

 tiola convergent and erumpent together in a small, black disc 

 pierced by a single pore. Sporules allantoid, 5-6x1^;/, 

 slightly curved. 



Spliaeropsis Robiniae. On dead branches of Rohinia 

 pseiidacacia. Stockton, Kan., Nov. 29, 1895 (No. 1990). 



Perithecia scattered, sunk in the surface of the inner bark, 

 190-230/^ diam., raising the epidermis into fiattish pustules 

 which are pierced in the centre by the minute papilliform 

 ostiolum, but not ruptured. Sporules oblong-elliptical, 

 brown, 15-21x8-9 /^. 



Sphaeropsis Triacanthi. On dead limbs of Gleditschia 

 triacanthos. Rooks Co., Kan., Dec. 9, 1895 (No. 1993). 



Perithecia scattered, subcuticular, becoming superficial, 

 hemispherical or conic-hemispherical, 400-600/^ diam. and 

 when uncovered, black and shining. Sporules elliptical, 

 brown, 15-22x9-llyM. 



This differs from Spliaeropsis Gleditschiaecola, Cke., Grev. 

 VII, p. 33, in its scattered perithecia and smaller sporules. 

 Kansas specimens of this last named species, on limbs of 

 Gleditschia, have the minute perithecia 3-10 in a hemi- 

 spherical, erumpent stroma, 1-1^ mm. diam. with oblong 

 sporules 12-16x6-8 yu. 



Haplosporella longipes. Oq dead branches of Moms 

 alba. Eooks Co., Kan., Dec. 9, 1895 (No. 1992). 



Stromata depressed-globose, f-1 mm. diam., semi-erum- 

 pent, black, often collapsing above. Perithecia small, 6-10 

 in a stroma. Sporules oblong or oblong-elliptical, brown, 

 12-20x5-6/^, often slightly curved. Basidia slender, 75-90/i 

 long, resembling paraphyses. 



H. moricola, Berl., has sporules 20-23x10// on stout and 

 shorter basidia. 



Haplosporella Negundinis. On fallen limbs of Nerjun- 

 do aceroides. Rooks Co., Kan., Feb. 26, 1896 (No. 2051). 



