globose, covered, except the papillose-conical, black ostiolum, with a 

 dense, light yellow tomentum composed of branching, slightly rough- 

 ened hairs. Asci lanceolate, rounded and perforated at the apex, 

 190-130 x 15 //. Sporidia 12-1(5 in an ascus, at first irermiform and 

 greenish-yellow, finally almond-shaped and opake, 14-16x7-8 '/. with 

 a cylindrical, curved appendage, 30-35x4 //. attached to its base and 

 a short, slender appendage, about 15 x 2 //. at the apex. The asci are 

 xvvy evanescent. The yellow cent also turns black al maturity. A 

 closely allied species, with sporidia 22-25x12-15 u. has been met 

 with on dead herbaceous stems, but we have not sufficient material to 

 give a full description. 



On rotten wood (Acer and ITcdmia), in swampy woods, Newfield, 

 N. J., November. 1879, and August, 1887. 



The perithecia are represented in the drawing (fig. 2) as attenu- 

 ated above into a distinct, beak-like neck. This is exceptional. Usu- 

 ally there is only the globose-conical, black ostiolum without any 

 distinct neck. The apical appendage is often only rudimentary <V 

 wanting. 



Ph. canina, (Pk.) 



Sphceria canina, Pk. 28th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 78. 

 Philocopta canina, Sacc. Syll. 911. 



''Perithecia minute, scattered or crowded, \\-n\ subglobose, red- 

 dish-brown or dark amber color, then blackish. Asci broad-oblong or 

 oblanceolate. Sporidia numerous, elliptical, slightly colored, 6j 

 long.' 5 



On dung- of dogs, Bethlehem, N. V. (Peck). 



Ph. nmltifera, (B. & Rav.) 



Sphceria miiUifera, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 143. 

 Philocopra multi/era, Sacc. Syll. 913. 



"Minute, black, subglobose, Asci short, oblong, blunt, tilled 

 with numerous, subglobose, brown sporidia (1-7 // diam." 

 On cow dung, Pennsylvania. 



HYPOCOPRA. Fr. 



Summa Veg. Scand. p. 397, Winter Die Pilze. p. 177. fnon I'm k 



Stroma present. Perithecia more or less sunk in the stroma. 

 Sporidia one-celled, brown or black, without appendages, but surrounded 

 by a gelatinous /one. Paraphyses present, filiform. Distinguished 

 from the species of Sordaria with gelatinous-zoned sporidia, by the 

 presence of a stroma. 



