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inotrio No. 18) also have the uniseptate, brown, 12-15 x 8-10 p. conidia, 

 and agree with specimens of Ch. fusca, Fckl., in Saccardo's Myco- 

 tlieca Veneta. but all these can hardly be anything more than forms 

 of Ch. pkceostroma. 



Ch. pannicola, (B. & C.) (Plate 19) 



Sphceria pannicola, B. & C. Grew IV, p. 107. 

 Chcztosphczria holophcza, B. & C. Grev. XV, p. 82. 

 Chcztosphczria pannicola, Sacc. Syll. 3210. 



"Perithecia globose, seated on a rather thick, brown, pilose stra- 

 tum consisting of straight, acute threads. Sporidia oblong, obtuse at 

 each end, arcuate, 3-septate, 20 /jl long. 



On roots of birch, New Jersey." 



We have not seen the original specimens described by Berkeley, 

 but specimens sent by Mr. Stevenson from Pennsylvania, and by Mr. 

 Commons from Delaware, and which seem undoubtedly to belong here, 

 have the perithecia densely gregarious, more or less pilose, with pale 

 brown, spreading hairs, seated on a dense, brown, pilose subiculum. 

 Asci clavate-cylindrical, p. sp. 70-75x12-15 /i, with abundant par- 

 6 aphyses. Sporidia oblong-cylindrical, hyaline at first, becoming brown 

 and 3-septate, curved, 18-20 x6-7 //, ends obtuse. 



Ch. innumera, (B. & Br.) 



Sphczria innumera, B. & Br. Berk. Outl. p. 395. 



Chcztosphczria innumera, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 253, tab. 33. figs. 7-9. 



Perithecia small (100-200 p), thickly scattered among the hairs 

 of the subiculum, and some of them, at least when young, sparingly 

 clothed with similar hairs, finally black and subshining, globose, scarcely 

 papillate, the ostiolum being so small as to be easily overlooked. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, 8-spored, briefly stipitate, paraphysate, 80x6|,u. 

 Sporidia subbiseriate, oblong-fusoid, rather obtuse at each end, nearly 

 straight, 2-3-nucleolate, finally 2-septate, pale, 13 x4 //. 



On decaying wood of Quercus, California (Harkness). 



The conidia (sec. Tul.) are borne in heads or spikes, at the tips of 

 the hairs of the subiculum, and are of three kinds; ovate, pale brown, 

 6| x3 ft, others linear-cylindrical, 12 fi long, and still others subfusoid. 

 25-30 x 3 //, 6-8-septate, olive-brown. 



Ch. leonina, (C. & P.) 



Sphczria leonina, C. & P. 29th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 60 

 Chcztosphceria leonina, Sacc. Syll. 3205. 



Perithecia subconfluent or rarely scattered, dark brown, oval, cov- 

 ered with a short, thick, tawny tomentum, the papillate apex naked. 

 Asci clavate or cylindrical. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, uniseptate 

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