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deeply collapsing above, and its rather larger asci and sporidia. When 

 the peritheeia fall away, or, on removing them with the point of a 

 knife, a pale reddish spot is left on the bark where they stood. 



C. Peritheeia not collapsing ; sporidia hyaline, (Teichoxporella). 



Teich. inflata, (Ell,) 



Spkaria inflata, EH. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VI, p. 135, 

 Zignoella inflata, Sacc. Syll. 3633. 

 Exsicc. KH. N. A. F. No. 98. 



Peritheeia scattered, carbonaceo-coriaceous, erumpeiit, subglobose, 

 200-300 p. diam., clothed, especially below, with coarse, strigose- 

 spreading, grayish-brown hairs, finally collapsing above. Ostiolum 

 papilliform, finally irregularly perforated. Asci at first oblong, finally 

 obovate, 70-80x25-^30 p, nearly sessile, paraphysate. Sporidia S in 

 an ascus, irregularly arranged, elliptical, obtuse, 3-septate with a longi- 

 tudinal septum running through one or more of the cells, hyaline, 

 20-25 x 10 /. 



On wood of oak railroad ties, Newfield, N. J. 



The sporidia at first are simply 3-septate, but when mature they 

 are as described above. In the original description this fact and the 

 presence of the strigose hairs was overlooked. This differs from 

 Phamphoria in the absence of any beak on the peritheeia, 



Teich. phellogena, (B, & .) 



Sphczria phellogena, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 144. 

 Teichospora pliellogena, Sacc. Syll. 3921, Cke. Syn. 3521. 



" Peritheeia half immersed, subglobose, with an obtuse, papillifomi 

 ostiolum. Sporidia biseriate, shortly fusiform, fenestrate, 30-34 p 

 long, nearly hyaline.' 1 



On corky bark of oak, Carolina ? 



D. Peritheeia bristly, (Pleosphteria). 

 Teich. modesta, (Hark.) 



Pleosphxeria modesta, Hark. Bull. Cal. Acad., 1884, p. 46. 



Peritheeia superficial, orbicular, black, 135 p. diam., with stout, 

 black spines 40-50 p long, Asci 8-spored, ovate or broadly fusiform, 

 45-50 x 15-20 p. Paraphyses none. Sporidia elliptical, 3-4-septate, 

 with two longitudinal septa, pale olive-brown, 10 x 6 p. 



On decorticated rotting branches of Eucalyptus, California. 



Teich, chlorospora, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Peritheeia superficial, scattered, submembranaceous, minute ( 150- 

 200// diam.), clothed with spreading, black bristles 50-80 p long. 



