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M. Mitchells, Cke. Grev. VI, p. 143. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 88. Ell. N. A. F. 1294. 



Spots black, thin, mostly epiphyllous, often covering the entire 

 surface, mycelium dark brown, branching, intricate. Hyphopodia 

 short, ovate, alternate, uniseptate. Erect hyphae, simple, dark brown, 

 setaceous, apices entire, 250 x 6 p. Conidia light brown, obovate or 

 clavate, 3-septate, 27-30 x 4 //, borne on erect, light brown, subhyaline 

 hyphae. Perithecia black, globose, smooth, 100-125 ft diam. Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 39 x 9 pt. Sporidia oblong-elliptical, brown, 4-sep* 

 tate, 35 x 1 5 p.. 



On leaves of Mitchella repens, Florida. 



M. nidulans, (Sehw.) 



Sphceria nidulans, Schw. Syn. Car. 185, Fr. S. M. II, p. 443. 

 Chcztosphcsria nidulans, Relim Ascom. 287. 

 Meliola nidulans, Cke. Grev. XI, p. 37. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 192. Rabh-Winter F. Eur. 3544. Rav. Fung. Car. I, 50. 



Perithecia gregarious, globose, rough, collapsing, black, seated on 

 a subiculum of black, erect, simple, rigid, bristle-like hairs which form 

 at first small, orbicular patches, soon confluent and often surrounding 

 the limb and extending continuously for 2-4 inches. Asci elliptic- 

 oblong, 2-4-spored, 70-80 x 25-30 p.. Paraphyses stout, branching. 

 Sporidia oblong, obtuse, 3-septate, (4-septate, Cke.), slightly constricted, 



35-50x14-16//, brown. 



On living branches of Vaccinium corymbosum, New Jersey to 



Florida. 



M. Heteromeles, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Meliolopsis Heteromeles, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 21. 

 Meliola Heteromeles, Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6243. 



Effused, black. Mycelium subcrustaceous, moniliform, branched, 

 interwoven, mixed with Gapnodium. Perithecia globose, 200 /i diam., 

 membranaceous, free. Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate. 

 3- 5 -septate, hyaline, 40 x 8 //. 



On leaves of Heteromeles, mixed with Gapnodium Heteromeles. 

 California. 



C. Sporidia muriform, yellowish or brown; mycelium scanty or 



obsolete. 



M. fenestrate, C. & E. Grev. V, p. 95, Journ. Mycol. I, p. 147. 



Perithecia subgregarious, subglobose, black, smooth or clothed 

 with a few spreading hairs, about 150 jx diam., with a fringe of brown, 

 spreading, septate hyphae and a circle of short, spreading, mostly in- 

 curved, black, bristle-like, 40-60 x3 // appendages (entire at the tip) 

 around the base. Asci evanescent and not seen. Sporidia rather 



