No. 26.] [December, 1874. 



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A QUAETEELT EECOED OF CEYPTOaAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITEEATUEE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

 By the Rev. M, J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



(Continued from Tpage 32.) 



526. Sporidesmium sarcinula. B. Sf C— Minutissimum puncti- 

 forme ; sporis quaternis nucleatis. 



On bleached wood of Liriodendron. Pennsylvania, Michener. 

 No. 6350. 



Punctiform, very minute ; spores consisting of four globose cells 

 forming a square, each of which has a large nucleus. 



527. Sporidesmium pallidum. B. ^- f.— Minutissimum puncti- 

 fonne ; sporis globosis e cellulis globosis compositis. 



On fir. New England, Russell. No. 5945. 

 Punctiform very minute ; spores pale, subglobose, composed of a 

 number of globular enucleate rather loosely compacted cells. 



528. Sporidesmium, aurantiacum. B. d; C. — Effusum aurantia- 

 cum ; sporis subglobosis pedicellatis e cellulis globosis compositis. 



On willow. Car. Inf. No. 1977. 



Effused, orange ; spores subglobose, seated on a hyaline, curved 

 pedicel, composed of globose cells. 



529. Sporidesmium acinosum. B. ^' C. — Tenue effusum nigrum ; 

 sporis globosis pedicellatis e cellulis globosis laxe compactis. 



On oak wood. 



Effused, black, punctiform under a lens ; spores globose, seated 

 on a hyaline pedicel, composed of loosely compacted globular cells, 

 which are much larger than in the last species. 



* Sporidesmium nigrum. B. — On oak rails. Car. Sup. Ravenel. 

 No. 1496. 



* Sporidesmium antiquum. Cd. — On pine logs. Car. Inf. 

 Ravenel. No. lo37. Car. Sup. No. 728, 888. No. 2458, on 

 pine, is a curious state of this species, with an incrassated hyahne 

 base, 



530. Sporidesmium epicoccoides. B. ^ C. — Effusum nigrum ; 

 sporis placentfeformibus basi floccis brevibus radiantibus suffultis. 



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