108 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Sporidia elliptic, brown, -0004. This is quite distinct from 

 Sphceria hispida. 



* Sphaeria pilosa. P.— Car. Inf. No. 1183. Under the shingles 

 of a roof. On pine. Car. Inf. No. 2165, 2524. 



* Sphaeria cladosporiosa. Sc7i7vein.~On Agaricus salignus. 

 Sartwell. No. 3076. 



Not a true Sphceria, though it has much the appearance of one. 

 « Sphaeria vermiculazia. Nees. — Car. Inf. No. 1219. 



897. Sphaeria orthotricha. B. Sf C— Peritheciis gregariis pilis 

 longis rectis vestitis ; sporidiis linearibus fuscis 6-septatis. 



On decaj-ed Ni/ssa. Car. Inf. No. 4927. 



Perithecia gregarious, but scarcely crowded, clothed with long, 

 straight, acute hairs ; sporidia linear, with 6-septa, dark, -002- 

 '0>j25 long, sometimes slightly curved. 



898. Sphaeria lanuginosa. ^B. Sf C. — Peritheciis globosis sursum 

 leviter applanatis ; basi lanuginosis ; sporidiis miiseriatis sub- 

 biconicis. 



OnRobinia. Car. Inf. No. 2618. 



Perithecia globose, slightly flattened above, lanuginous at the 

 base ; sporidia oblong, uniseptate, cui'ved, sometimes pointed at 

 either extremity, so as to be biconical. 



899. Sphaeria ootheca. B. Sf C. — Congregata globosa glabi'escens 

 nitida in maculam nigram insidens ; ascis obovatis farctis. 



On oak. No. 2110. 



Perithecia crowded into little groups, globose, seated pn a dark 

 spot ; asci obovate, stuffed with numerous sausage-shaped minute 

 sporidia. 



This is Sphceria mucida /3. rostellata, Schwein, on Rhus, in 

 whose specimen the asci are '001 long. In No. 2110 they are 

 rather larger. 



900. Sphaeria Berenice. B. Sf C. — Minima undique villosa ; ascis 

 lanceolatis ; sporidiis hyalinis oblongis utrinque leviter attenuatis. 



On the under side of leaves of Magnolia macrophylla. 



Minute, ovate, clothed all over with radiant flocci ; asci lanceo- 

 late ; sporidia hyaline, oblong, slightly attenuated at either end, 

 or subcymbiform. 



901. Sphaeria flavido-compta. B. Sf C. — Peritheciis ovatis pilis 

 rigidis flavis ornatis ; sporidiis oblongo-ellipticis triseptatis. 



On CyriUa. Car. Inf. No. 5021. 



Perithecia ovate, black, clothed with rigid yellow hairs ; sporidia 

 oblong, elliptic, triseptate, -OOOS-'OOl long. 



902. Sphaeria cerea. B. Sf C. — Minuta parasitica fulvella ; ascis 

 lanceolatis ; sporidiis fusiformibus plurinucleatis. 



Parasitic, on Sphceria stigma. Car. Inf. No. 2315. 

 Minute, globose, tawny ; asci lanceolate ; sporidia fusiform, with 

 many nuclei, probably not mature. 



