151 



appendage at the apex and a longer, curved, cylindrical appendage 

 40-60 x 3 [i at the base, almost exactly like the sporidia of Bombardia 

 fasciculata. 



On rotten wood, Newfield, N. J. 



The general aspect is much like that of L. hirsuta. 



Doubtful species. 

 L. biformis, (Pers.) 



Sphcerta biformis, Pers. Syn. p. 59. 

 Lasiosphczria biformis, Sacc. Syll. 3585. 



Perithecia scattered or crowded, globose or ovate, brown when 

 young, becoming black, clothed with tolerably long, rigid, scattering 

 hairs, with a more or less elongated, thick ostiolum. Asci and sporidia 

 unknown. 



Credited to America by Fries, and reported from California by 

 Harkness. 



TRICHOSPHilRIA, Fckl. 



Symbolae Mycologicae, p. 144. 



Perithecia small, superficial, membranaceous or sometimes of 

 firmer, subcarbonaceous texture, spherical or ovate, hairy or bristly. 

 Asci oblong or cylindrical, 8-spored, par aphy sale. Sporidia oblong, 

 ovate or cylindrical, continuous, hyaline. 



T. pilosa, (Pers.) (Plate 19) 



Sphczria pilosa, Pers. Syn. p. 73. 

 Trichosphczria pilosa, Fckl. Symb. p. 145. 

 Fxsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 946. 



Perithecia small (about 200 [i diam.), generally crowded in broadly 

 effused patcnes, but sometimes scattered, superficial, of firm, almost 

 woody texture, black, globose-ovate, hairy, with a short, thick, promi- 

 nent ostiolum. Asci cylindrical or subventricose, contracted into a 

 stipe-like base, 50-60x4-5 //, with numerous filiform paraphyses. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, or subbiseriate, elliptical, hyaline, one-celled, 5-8 

 x 3-4 a. 



Under the shingles of a roof, and on pine wood, South Carolina 

 (Ravenel). 



Tr. pulchriseta, (Pk.) 



Spha-ria pulchriseta, Pk. 31st Rep. p. 50. 

 Acanthostigma pulcln isetum, Sacc. Syll. 3605. 



Perithecia superficial, globose, membranaceous, black, 751 10 // 

 diam., gregarious, clothed with short (35-40 ti), rigid, straight, black 



