No. 19.] [January, 1874. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

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



{Continued from page 84.) 



*451. Cocculaxia stictica. B — Peritheciis punctiformibusnigris; 

 sporis breviter ellipticis. On dead bark. Car. Inf. No. 2235. 

 On Platanus. Ravenel. No. 1532. 



Perithelia punctiform, black; spores shortly elliptic, nearly as 

 broad as long, with a distinct nucleus '0003 long. Sometimes two 

 perithecia become confluent. 



*Excipula strigosa. Fr.—On Sambucus pubens. Mountains of 

 Car. Sup. No. 4492. 



Spores -0008 long. 



452. Excipula exumpens. B.— Congesta erumpens glabra ; 

 sporis curvulis breviter apiculatis. On stems of Phytolacca. Penns., 

 Michener. No. 3601. 



Erumpent smooth ; spores slightly curved, shortly apiculate, 

 with from 2 to 4 nuclei, -0006 long. 



453. Excipula punctifoimis. B.— Punctiformis hispida ; sporis 

 curvis fortiter apiculatis latiusculis. On an old corn broom. Car. 

 Inf. No. 1752. 



Punctiform superficial hispid ; spores curved enucleate, strongly 

 apiculate, rather broad. 



454. Dinemasporium Pezizula. Lev.— Pezizasforme hirtum ; 

 sporis curvatis angustis, 5 nucleatis. On Sambucus pubens, moun- 

 tains of Car. Sup., No. 4492. 



Regular, pezizseform, hairy, spores curved. 



* Astexoma poxnigena. Sckwein!— On apples. New England. 

 Sprague, No. 5410. 



* Astexoma Rosae. Libert.- On rose leaves. Car. Inf., No. 

 3676. 



455. Astexoma puxictifoime. B.— Punctiforme ; floccis radian- 

 tibus tenerrimis : sporis simplicibus cymbelormibus 3-4 nucleatis. 

 On rose leaves, No. 5946. 



Minute, punctiform, with extremely delicate radiating threads ; 



* The manuscript of the intervening numbers having been lost in transmission, 

 they must be replaced at a future time. 



