58 THE WEST \1KC,1XIA FLORA 



Perithccia very small, scattered. Sponiles curved, sharp 

 pointed, 18 to 25 x 2.5 to 3 fi. Setae + 100 x 10 /x. 



V. LILIACEARUM Wcst. 



On Asparagus officinalis, Vagnera racemosa, Clintonia uni- 

 heUidata and Iris cristata? Nov. i, 1893 (Niittall, 1241, 188). 



DOTHIORELLA Sacc. 



D. AsiMiNAE E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1:110 (1896). 



On Asimina triloba, Feb. 2, 1894 {Nuttall, 1392, 362}. 



Sporules 5 to 7 x 2 to 3 ;ii oval or oblong, some of them 



slightly curved. Perithecia suberumpent, seriate, .25 mm. 



diameter, white inside and out, ovoid, in series of 3 to 5, 



raising the epidermis into short ridges split along the top 



so as to expose the pallid white apices of the perithecia. 



Sporules oval or elliptical, hyaline, 5 to 7 x 2 to 3 ju.. 

 D. MINOR E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., i :iio (1896). 



Type habitat : On dead limbs Liriodcndron Tulipifera 



April II, 1895 {Niittall, discov. 1804, 691). 



Perithecia seriate-subconfluent, .5 to .75 mm. diameter, 



irregularly ruptured above, white inside, erumpent, splitting 



the epidermis into short (2 to 4 mm.) longitudinal cracks. 



Sporules elliptical, hyaline continuous, 5 to 7.5 x 3 to 3.5 ju. 



Dififers from D. Liriodendri, Cke. in its much smaller 



sporules. 

 D. GLANDULOSA (Cooke) Sacc ? 



On Ro'binia Psciidacacia, March 14, 1894 (Ntittall, 1423, 



395)- 



FUSICOCCUM Corda. 



F. Ilicinum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 359. 



Type habitat : On dying, transplanted. Ilex opaca 

 (transplanted Dec. 28, 1893), May 24, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 

 1521, 496). 



Stromata cortical, convex, about i or 1.5 mm. diameter, 

 multilocular, whitish inside, the tuberculiform apex pierced 

 with a single pore, rupturing the epidermis and slightly 

 raising it. Sporules fusoid, hyaline, nucleate 15 to 22 x 2.5 



to 3 fX. 



F. nervicolum E. & E, Bull Torr. Club, 25:509 (1898). 



Stromata mostly on the midrib and nerves of the leaf, 

 elliptical, 400-600 /x. long, subcutaneous, black, convex, the 

 subconoid apex erumpent : sporules narrow-elliptical, hy- 

 aline, subacute, 2-nucleate, 7-10 x 2.5-3 f^- 



On old fallen leaves of Magnolia Fraseri, Nuttallburg. 

 May, 1898 {Nuttall, g^o). 



