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coccophila Desm., while the perithecia are, as suggested by 
Ravenel, identical with the species referred by Berkeley to 
Nectria muscivora B. and Br. It may be noted that in Grevillea 
Iv (1875), p. 47, Berkeley referred Ravenel 1843 to Sphaerostilbe 
flammea Tul., and, apparently, though the record is not clear, 
Nos. 976 and 1433, on Parmelia and Frullama virginica, to a 
“very distinct species on Moquolia glauca, Car. Inf. No. 5005 
(Atractium pallidum B. and C.) which may possibly be the 
conidiiferous form of Nectria muscivora.” 
Berkeley sent specimens of Atvactium flammeum to the 
Tulasnes, who described them as Stilbum flammeum in Acta 
hebdom. Acad. Sci. par., XLU, p. 704, and in Ann. Sci. Nat., 
Ser. IV, vol. v (1856), p. 114. They recorded the perithecial 
stage, but did not give the dimensions of the ascospore. In 
Selecta Carp. Fung. 1, p. 130 (1861), they referred to it as 
Sphaerostilbe flammea (name only), while in vol. 11, p. 104 of 
the same work (1865), they repeated their former description 
under the latter name. In the explanation of their plate, the 
Tulasnes stated that the description and figures were derived 
from an American specimen sent by Berkeley, though the 
fungus figured is said to be on “‘Saligni corticis frustrum,”’ which 
is the supposed habitat of the European species. Their figure 
is not a good one, either of the perithecia or the conidial stage. 
It is curious that the Tulasnes did not note that Atractium 
fiammeum was identical with Microcera coccophila Desm. They 
did however state that Microcera did not differ from Atractium 
(Selecta Carp. Fung. 1, p. 130). Specimens collected subse- 
quently near Penzance were referred to Microcera coccophila by 
Broome, and later specimens from Ravenel bear the latter 
name. 
Seaver’s description of Sphaerostilbe coccophila (see p. 110) 
evidently refers to Sphaerostilbe flammea, and, of the specimens 
cited by him, Ellis, North American Fungi, No. 1333, and 
Ravenel, Fung. Car. Exsicc., No. 57, are Sphaerostilbe flammea. 
I have not seen Hume, Florida, No. 39. : 
Ellis and Everhart, North American Pyrenomycetes, p. III, 
describe Sphaerostilbe flammea as having globose, bright red, 
nearly smooth perithecia crowded on or near the conidiophorous 
stroma; asci obovate oblong, eight-spored, sporidia ovate, 
obtuse, uniseptate, hyaline, slightly constricted, 12-16 x 5-6 p; 
conidia 80-100 x 6:5, 6-9 septate. They cite the conidial 
fungus, Ravenel, Fung. Car. v. 86, which was issued as Atvactium 
flammeum var. minor, and give the localities “‘on maple bark, 
Carolina (Ravenel),” and ‘‘on Salix, Louisiana, Langlois.” 
Seaver states that the ascospores of Sphaerostilbe flammea are 
elliptic to subfusoid, 15 x 6-7. He cites the specimens Ellis 
