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NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



908. Sphsexia txames. B. 4' C. — Peritheciis seriatis globosis siib- 

 tiliter tomentosis ; ascia clavatis ; sporidiis cymbfeformibus hyalinis. 



<d'L\ Acer. Car. Inf. No. 2787, 



Peritbecia arranged in lines, tbree inches or more long, globose, 

 minute, obscurely tomentose ; asci clavate ; spovidia hyaline, cym- 

 baeform, resembling those of Splioeria quercuum and its close allies. 



* Sphaexia mammaefoirmis. P. — On oak and beech. Car. Sup, 

 No. 918, 945. 



909. Sphaexia pxinicola. B. S' C. — Erumpens subglobosa ; peri- 

 theciis subtiliter granulatis perforatis ; a^cis linearibus ; sporidiis 

 oblongis fiiscis. 



On Prinvs verticeUata. Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 4239. 



Peritbecia erumpent, rather large, subglobose, very minutely 

 granulated, very obtuse, pierced at the apex ; asci linear ; sporidia 

 uniseriate, oblong, subcymbiform, '0005 long. 



910. Sphaexia obtusissima. B. §' C. — Peritheciis ovatis ; ostiolo 

 papillaiformi ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis ellipticis obtusissimis 

 fuscis. 



On bleached rotten wood. Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 4198, 

 Peritbecia ovate, with a papilljeform orifice half buried amongst 



the fibres ; asci linear ; sporidia in a single row, brown, elliptic, 



very obtuse, •0005--00057. 



911. Sphaexia disseminata. B. ^' C. — Minuta sparsa ovata semi- 

 imersa ; apice attenuata ; sporidiis biserialibus breviter fusiformibus 

 triseptatis apud septa constrictis, quandoque verticaliler divisis. 



On bleached wood of Liqnidamhar. Car. Inf. No. 2149. Car. 

 Sup. On oak posts. No. 837. 



Minute, scattered, half immersed, when free ovate, attenuated 

 above ; sporidia biseriate, shortly fusiform, triseptate, constricted at 

 the septa, sometimes divided vertically. 



912. Sphaexia poxothelia. B. Sf C. — Peritheciis minutis sparsis in 

 foveolo sitis; sporidiis uniserialibus oblongo-fusiformibus tri- 

 septatis. 



On the hymenium of some Stereitm. Car. Inf. No. 2379, 

 Peritbecia minute, scattered, each seated in a little facette ; 



sporidia uniseriate, shortly oblongo-fnsiform, rather obtuse at either 



end, triseptate, 



* Sphaexia obducens. Fr. — Mountains of New York. On 

 Sassafras. No. 4420. On aider. No. 4444. 



* Sphaexia pulvis pyxius. P. — On pear. Car. Inf. Rav, No. 

 1249, No, 3296, Virginian Mountains, on chesnut, is a small 

 form. 



* Sphaexia millegxana. Schweln. — On Liriodendron. Car. Sup. 

 No. 770, 797. Car. Inf. No. 397, 1118, 1878. Ravenel. On 

 Gossypium, oak, and plane. No. 616, 1670,1806. Pennsylvania, 

 Michener. No. 6012, 6018. 



Sporidia broadly elliptic, dark, -OOOe'-OOOd. 



