16 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



On pine. Car. Inf. No. 2606. 



Perithecia brown, scattered over a continuous white mycelium 

 like thin parchment. 



* Hypomyces ochxaceus. Tvl., 1. c. p. 41. — On decayed Agarics. 

 Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 3606. 



* Hypomyces rosellus. A. ^ <S.— Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 

 4383. 



* Hypomyces asterophoxus. Tul., Carp, iii., p. 54. — Car. Inf. 

 Ravenel. No. 1497. 



* Nectria episphaexia. i^'r.— On UstuUna. Car. Inf. No. 2952. 



* Nectxia Peziza. i^n— Car. Inf. No. 1907, 2508, 2711, 3855. 

 Boston, Murray. No. 6236. 



* Nectxia muscivoxa. -B.— " Cooke Handb.," p. 786, Car. 

 Inf. No. 1003. 



* Nectxia ochxoleuca. Schrvein. — On Moms midticaulis. Car. 

 Sup. No 144. 



* Nectxia dematiosa. Schivein. On Morus rubra. Car. Sup. 

 No. 289, 838. 



Sporidia oblong, slightly curved, uniseptate, •00085--00057 inch 

 long, from an authentic specimen. 



* Nectxia cucuxbitula. Fr.—Ca.r. Inf. On Melia. No. 1400. 

 On Prunus. No. 1418. Ravenel. On Ficas. No. 1810. On 

 Acer. New England,. Sprague. No. 5836. 



Sporidia sausage-shaped, innumerable, '000125 inch long. 



In No, 4688 I find the minute sporidia within several long linear 

 bodies, and endowed with molecular motion. This is the only speci- 

 men in which I have observed such a structure ; in all the others 

 the sporidia are free. 



* Nectxia sanguinea. Fr. — Car. Inf. No. 2445. Ravenel. 

 No. 1570. Virginian Mountains, on Juglans. No. 3321. 



Ravenel's specimens are accompanied by Atractium flammeum. 



* Nectxia coccinea. Fr, — Car. Inf. No. 840. On Monts 

 multicaulis. No. 1085. On Melia. No. 1879. On Pimnus. No. 

 1416. On Magnolia glauca. No. 2691. Ravenel. On Acer 

 and Querais. No. 1557, 1398. Car Sup. On Liriodenclron. No. 

 889. B. j)arasitica. No. 843. New England, Sprague. No. 5816. 



813. Nectxia peponum. B. Sf C. — Minima sparsa coccinea ; spo- 

 ridiis oblongis uniseptatis. 



On dead gourds. Car. Inf. No, 2230, 2384, On tomato. No. 

 2124. Santee Canal. Ravenel. No. 1786. 



Very small, scarlet, scattered ; sporidia oblong, uniseptate. It 

 looks at first sight as if it were seated on a smooth white myce- 

 lium, but it is only the external coat of the gourd. 



Var. auxelia. Sporidia simple. Car. Inf. No. 1393, It is 

 possible that this may be merely the same thing in a younger state. 



