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FAMILY 5. SPUMAEIACEJ;. 



Genus 15. Diachcea Fr. 

 71. Diachcea leucopoda (Bull.). 



Trichia leucopoda Bull, t. 502, f. 2. 



Diachcea elegans Fr., Stirp., 84. Rav., Ex. i, 80. 



Diachcea leucostyla Schw., Am. Bor., No. 2312. 



Car. (Schw., Curt.) ; Penn. (Schw.) ; N. Eng. (Sprague) ; N. York (Peck). 



Genus 16. Spumaria Pers. 



72. Spumaria alba (Bull.). 



Spumaria mucilago Pers., Disp., t. i, f. a, b, c. Schw., Am. Bor., 2363. 

 Didymium sjmmarioides ~Fr., Sys. Myc, iii, pp. 121. 

 Car. (Schw.) ; N. York (Peck). 



73. Spumaria Micheneri Berk. In Grevillea, N. A. Fungi, No. 311. 



Spores globose, -025 — -03 mm . 

 On very rotten wood. Penn. (Michr.). 



Order III. Amaurochetese. 

 Family G. STEMONITACE M. 

 Genus 17. Stemonitis Gled. 

 74. Stemonitis fusca Roth., Mag. Bot. ; Lea, Cine, p. 69. 

 Stemonitis fascicidata Pers., Syn., 187. Schw., Am. Bor., 2344. 

 Spores -0066— -009 mm . 

 On wood, leaves, etc. Car. (Schw., Curt.) ; Boston (Farlow) ; Ohio 

 (Lea) ; N. York (Peck). 



75. Stemonitis ferruginea Ehr., Syl. Ber., f. vi. Curt., Cat., p. 112. 



Rav., Fun. Car., ii, 75. 

 Stemonitis decipiens Nees, Leop. Car., XVI, 95. 

 Stemonitis herbatica Peck, N. Y. Reports. 



Spores globose, -0053— •0075 mm . 

 On carious wood, plants, etc. Car. (Curt.) ; Boston (Farlow). 



INCERT^J SEDIS. 

 76. Stemonitis porphyra B. and Curt. 

 In Grevillea, N. A. Fungi, No. 374, not Rav., Exs., ii, 77. 

 On pine wood. Car. (Curt.). 



77. Stemonitis tubulina Schw., Am. Bor., 2345. 

 Car. (Schw.); Penn. (Schw.). 



