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Sporidia inordinate, clavate, uniseptate in the middle, not constricted, 

 hyaline, 8x2//. Paraphyses wanting. 



On leaves of cultivated strawberries, Illinois. Differs from S. 

 Fragariaz, Tul. especially in its small asci and sporidia. 



S. xanthicola, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 9. 



Perithecia punctiform, subprominent, black, crowded in elliptical 

 vspots, at first covered by the thin epidermis. Asci obclavate, sessile, 

 8-spored. Sporidia elliptical, uniseptate, scarcely constricted, rounded 

 at the ends, hyaline, 12-15 x 5-6 //. 



On stems of Xanthium, California. 



S. Campanula, E. & K. Am. Nat. 1883, p. 1166. 



Exsicc. E)lls & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1673. 



Perithecia minute (\ mm.), scattered, covered by the epidermis 

 which is pierced by the papilliform ostiolum. Asci subcylindrical, 

 35-40 x 5-7 /*. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, ovate-oblong, uniseptate 

 and constricted, 10-13 x 3-3 J //, ends subacute. 



On dead stems of Campa7iula Americana, Ohio (Kellerman). 



S. sicyicola, E. & E. Journ. My col. Ill, p. 45. 



Spots amphigenous, small (1-2 mm.), dirty white, suborbicular or 

 partly limited by the veinlets of the leaf, thin and transparent in the 

 center. Perithecia few, 1-3, often only one in the center of a spot, 

 epiphyllous, black and subsuming, about 100 fi diam., sublenticular, 

 with a rather broad perforation above, structure coarsely cellular. 

 Asci cylindric-oblong, 40-50 x 6-7 fi, sessile. Sporidia biseriate, 

 ovate-oblong, hyaline, uniseptate and somewhat constricted, 8-11 x3- 

 3 1 /i, ends rounded or subacute. 



On living leaves of Sicyos angulata, Missouri (Galloway). 



S. solidaginea, E. & K. Journ. Mycol. Ill, p. 127. 



Perithecia erumpent-superficial, 80-100 jx diam., subglobose, of 

 rather coarse, cellular structure, pierced above, scattered or collected 

 in groups. Asci 35x9-10 /*. Sporidia biseriate, clavate-oblong, 

 nucleate, slightly constricted near the middle, 20 x 3 J p., hyaline. 



On dead leaves of Solidago Canadensis, Kansas (Kellerman). 



S. Desmodii, Winter, Journ. Mycol. I, p. 121. 



Epiphyllous on large and very irregular spots, which become of a 

 dirty gray color, with the margin more obscure but well defined, flex- 

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