No. 30.] [December, 1875. 



(Snjttillea^ 



A QUAETEELY EECOED OF CEYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITEEATUEE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

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



CContinued from Vol. III., Page 16.) 



814. Nectria aglaeothele. B. ^ C. — Pallida ; ostiolo papillje- 

 formi demum collabente ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis ellipticis uui- 

 septatis. 



On alder. Apparently growing on tlie remains of some Coccus, 

 New England, Sprague. No. 5878. 



Pale ; ostiolum distinct, papill^eform darker, then deeply sunk 

 by collapsion ; asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, uniseriate, slightly 

 attenuated at either end, "00057 inch long. Nectria crustulina, 

 JB. & Rav. Santee Canal. No. 1865, with cfespitose neat tan- 

 coloured perithecia is a stylosporous form, with obovate uniseptate 

 spores, •0006--0004 inch long. 



815. Nectria Russellii. B. Sf C— C^spitosa, rubra, ostiolo papil- 

 Iseformi dein collabente ; sporidiis cymbteformibus uniseptatis. 



On elm. New England, Russell. No. 5447. 



Csespitose, red, inclining to brown, ostiolum papillaform, at 

 length sank from collapsion, sporidia cymbiform, uniseptate, '0006- 

 •0008 inch long. No. 2154, on Morns, Car. Inf., scarcely differs. 



816. KTectria viticola. B. tfc C— Parva, nitide coccinea, mollis 

 lateraliter coUabens e strato albo tenui oriunda ; sporidiis uniseri- 

 alibus ellipticis uniseptatis. 



On branches of vine. Alabama, Peters. No. 5225. 

 Scattered, bright crimson, soft, collapsing laterally, seated on a 

 thin white mycelium ; sporidia uniseriate, elliptic, uniseptate. 



817. Nectria offuscata. B. <£- C. — Csespitosa brunneo-rubra, sub- 

 tiliter grannlata ostiolo collabente ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis biseri- 

 alibus oblongis angustis hyalinis. 



On Hibiscus syriacus. Car. Inf. No. 2865. 



Caespitose, dingy dark brown-red ; minutely granulated ; ostiolum 

 depressed ; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, oblong, about ;|th as 

 broad as long ; externally resembling N. Russellii. 



