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nucleate, constricted at septum when mature ; straight, one- 

 sided, or curved (Nuttall, 1744). 



L. VAGABUNDA SaCC. 



On dead stems Hydrangea arbor esc ens, Nov. 21, 1894. 

 Asci 125 to 150 x 7.5 fji total length (Nuttall, 1745). 

 L. OGILVIENSIS (B. & Br.) Ces. & DeNot. 



On Cimicifuga racemosa, July 4, 1894 (Nuttall, 1586). 

 L. CLAVIGERA (C & E.) Sacc. 



On old stems Phytolacca decandra, Nov. 14, 1894 (Nutt- 

 all, 1741). Spores + 43 x 6 J*. 



L. ORTHOGRAMMA (B. & C.) 



On Zea Mays, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1832, 722). 



MELANOMMA Nits & Fckl. 

 M. PULVIS-PYRIUS (Pers.) Fckl. 



On decorticated Magnolia Fraseri, alt. 1,800 ft., Short 

 Creek, Sept. 10, 1893. Spores 15 x 3.5 //, (Nuttall, 1200). 



TREMATOSPHAERIA Fckl. 

 T. VITIGENA E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1:142 (1896). 



TYPE HABITAT : On old, decaying wood of Vitis rupestris, 

 April, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 454). 



Perithecia gregarious, sunk in the wood all except the 

 obtuse, convex apex, .5 to .75 mm. diameter, depressed- 

 globose, the buried part rather thin-walled, the erumpent. 

 convex apex thick, solid, like the stromatic shield of Clype- 

 osphaena. Ostiolum papilliform, soon perforated. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, paraphysate, 8-spored, 86 to 100 x 10 

 to 12 p.. Sporidia sub-biseriate, fusoid-oblong, 3-septate, 

 and constricted, subacute, pale-brown, 20 to 25 x 6 to 7 /u. 



PSEUDOVALSA Ces. & DeNot. 



P. SIGMOIDEA (C. & E.) 



On dead limbs Quercus Prinus. Spores 50 to 88 x 5 to 

 7 IJL (Nuttall, 1828, 717). 



LASIOSPHAERIA Ces. & DeNot 

 L. OVINA (Pers.) Ces. & DeNot. 



On Juglans cinerea, and parasitic on Hypoxylon, Short 

 Creek, alt. 1,800 ft, Dec. 16, 1893. Spores 50 to 60 x 6 

 to 7.5 /JL. Asci 135 x 12.5 fj. (Nuttall, 1322). 



ACANTHOSTIGMA DeNot. 



A. DECASTYLUM (Cooke) Sacc. 



On dead log, June 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 1018). 



