148 



On decaying, decorticated limbs of Quercus coccinea or perhaps 

 Q. rubra, lying on the ground, Newficld, N. J. 



The specc. on pine wood, in N. A. F. 90, are Kalmusia parallela, 

 (Ft.), which differs in its buried perithecia and absence of the yellow 

 mycelium. 



L. Vermicularia, (Nees.) 



Sphceria Vermicularia, Nees. Syst. p. 311, fig. 347. 

 TrichosphcEria Vermicularia, Fckl. Symb. p. 145. 

 Eriosphceria Vermicularia, Sacc. Syll. 2328. 

 Lasiosphceria Vermicularia, Cke. Syn. 2713. 



Perithecia crowded, ovate, subdepressed, astomous, black, very 

 small, covered all over with erect, black bristles. Asci oblong, stipi- 

 tate, 8-spored, 56x7 /i. Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, uniseptate, 

 hyaline, 8x 3 /i. 



On rotten pine wood, Carolina. 



L. xestothele, (B. & C.) 



Sphceria xestothele, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 107, 

 Lasiosphceria xestothele, Sacc. Syll. 3548. 



Perithecia crowded, connected with brown, woolly matter. Osti- 

 olum naked, perforated, tinged with rufous. Sporidia biseriate, fusi- 

 form, uniseptate, hyaline, 20 fx long. 



On branches of Cornus Jlorida, South Carolina (Ravenel), New 

 York (Peck). 



L. canescens, (Pers.) 



Sphceria canescens, Pers. Syn. p. 72, Fr. S. M. II, p. 448. 

 Lasiosphceria canescens, Karst. Mycol. Fennica II, p. 162. 



Perithecia gregarious, sometimes connected by a stromatic crust, 

 ovoid, about \ mm. diam., densely clothed with rigid, spreading, 

 coarse, light brown, continuous hairs 100-150x10-12 ll thick near 

 the base. Asci clavate-cylindrical, stipitate 80-100x10-12 /j. (p. sp.). 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, nearly straight, ends obtuse, 

 with two large nuclei at first, finally uniseptate, hyaline, becoming 

 brownish, 20-30x4-5 fi. 



On rotten wood, Carolina to Canada and California. 



Distinguished from its allied species by its coarse, brown hairs 

 and shorter sporidia. 



C. Sporidia continuous. 



L. spermoides, (Hoffm.) 



Sphceria spermoides, Hoffm. Veg. Crypt. II", p. 12. 

 Hypoxylon miliaccum, Bull. Champ, tab. 444. fig. 3. 

 Sphceria globularis, Batsch Flench. I, fig. 1S0. 

 Lasiosphceria spermoides, Ces. & De Not. Schema p. 55. 

 f.cfitospo/a spermoides, Fckl. Symb. p. 143. 

 Fxsicc. Rab. Herb. Mycol. 47, 651. id. F. Fur. 2430. Rehm Asc. 587. Thum. M. U 

 1546. I y in. Fungi. Hung. 274. 





