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name is given in allusion to the place of growth. This and 
the two preceding species belong to the Byssisede. 
SPHARIA HIRTISSIMA 2. SP. 
Perithecia scattered or crowded, superficial, ovate or sub- 
globose, black, densely clothed with rather short rigid 
black hairs; asci linear; spores uniseriate, broadly ellipti- 
cal or subglobose, colored, .0005’ long. 
Decaying pine wood. Center. November. 
The perithecia are a little smaller than those of S. hirsuta. 
The asci are quite fugacious. The species belongs to the 
Villose. . 
SPH ARIA EXIMIA 7. Sp. 
Perithecia free, ovate or subconical, clothed with short 
hairs, black ; ostiola smooth, papilliform ; spores crowded, 
elliptical, colored, .001’-.0012’ long, with a very long fine 
hyaline appendage at each end, the base of one attached to 
a firm tapering point or process at one end of the spore. . 
Dung of hares in wet places. Kasoag, Oswego county. 
July. (Plate 2, figs. 14-17.) 
This species is remarkable for the extremely long, slender 
appendages which are several times the length of the spore. 
SPH ARIA VALSOIDES 7. Sp. 
Perithecia sunk in the matrix, scattered, black, with a 
few rigid bristle-like processes at the apex ; asci subclavate ; 
spores crowded or biseriate, oblong-elliptical, at first green- 
ish, then brown, .0011’-.0013’ long, generally with a single 
nucleus and a short stem-like colorless appendage at the 
base. 
Cow dung. Sageville. August. | 
The caudate appendage is usually about half as long as 
the spore. The erect processes at the apex of the perithecia 
are suggestive of a minute species of Valsa, whence the 
specific name. 
SPHARIA MINIMA A2od. 
Dung of hares. Providence. Also on horse dung. Beth 
lehem. August and September. 
SPH ARIA CANINA 2. SD. 
Perithecia minute, scattered or crowded, free, subglobose, 
