84 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



over the under surface without any spot ; perithecia punctiform ; 

 spores oblong, more or less curved, '0008 long. 



395. Cryptosporium noveboracense. B. & C. — Peritheciis de- 

 planatis fuscis sporophoris brevibus, sporis lunatis. 



On bark of Abies. Mountains of New York. No. 4502. Form- 

 ing little flat pustules, sporophores scarcely half so long as the 

 crescent-shaped spores, *001 long. 



396. Cryptosporium Pini. B. $ C— Peritheciis papillasformibus 

 nigris ; sporophoris triplo sporis angustis curvatis uniseptatis 

 brevioribus. 



On smooth pine bark. New England. Sprague. No. 5270. 

 Perithecia papillaaform, black, at length rupturing the cuticle ; 

 sporophores about -\ as long as the narrow crescent-shaped at length 

 uniseptate spores attenuated at either end, '003 long. 



397. Cryptosporium filicinum. B.& C. — Nitidum hysteriiforme ; 

 sporophoris duplo sporis curvatis filiformibus brevioribus. 



On dead ferns. Alabama. Peters. No. 4008. On Osmunda 

 cinnamomea. Penns. Michener. No. 4884. Shining hysterii- 

 form ; sporophores half as long as the thread-like curved spores, 

 which are variable in length. 



In appearance it approaches Leptostroma, but differs in the more 

 highly developed spores. 



* Sphaeronema rufum. i^V.— On Magnolia glauca. Car. Inf. 

 No. 4923. 



398. Sphaeronema echinatum. B. <$• C. — Perithechiis globosis ; 

 collo longo processibus echiniformibus subverticillatis ornatum ; 

 sporis filiformibus curvalis. 



On twigs of Rhododendron. Mountains of New York. No. 

 4464. Perithecia minute, globose, with a long neck clothed in a 

 verticillate manner with stiff spines ; spores filiform slightly curved. 



399. Sphseronema penicillatum. B. $ C— Peritheciis elongatis 

 ventricosis e basi orbiculari oriundis, collo longo penicillato. 



Car. Inf. On dead wood. No. 2134. Perithecia springing from 

 an orbicular base, above which it is first contracted, then ven- 

 tricose, ending in a long neck which is clothed with loose hairs. 



400. Sphaeronema metulaeforme. i?.— Peritheciis fuscis metulaB- 

 formibus, collo breviore apice penicellato albo. 



On Cornus fiorida with Perichcena popidina, Fr. Car. Inf. No. 

 2515. Perithecia ninepin-shaped, brown, base contracted, neck 

 about two-thirds as long, white, with a pencil of articulated threads. 



401. Sphaeronema epiglaeum. B. $ C— Peritheciis globosis, 

 collo cylindrico. 



On some Tremella, which runs up the sides of the neck and 

 upper portion of the perithecium, which is globose, gradually 

 passing into the cylindrical neck. . q* 



