346 



7-septate, with usually partial longitudinal septa, golden-brown, 55-65, 

 x 26-30 p. 



On Carex scirpoidea, C. supina, Luzula arctica, L. confus<t, 

 and Aira alpina, Greenland. 



PL Frangulse, Fckl. Symb. p. 133. 



Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 1767. Thum. F. Austr. 482? 



Perithecia gregarious on bleached spots, about as large as those 

 of PL herbarum, covered by the epidermis, black, globose, wrinkled 

 when old, the conical, minutely perforated ostiolum erumpent. Asci 

 cylindrical, short-stipitate, 8-spored, 120-125x24-26//. Sporidia 

 biseriate, oblong, narrowed at the ends, constricted in the middle, gen- 

 erally 7-8-septate, with an imperfect, longitudinal septum, yellow- 

 brown, 35-39 x 10-12 jut. 



On twigs of Mhamnus Califomica, California (Harkness). 



PL Salsolse, Fckl. Symb. p. 131. 



Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 814. 



Perithecia scattered, at first covered, finally free, globose, black, 

 floccose below, bare above, crowned with a broad papilla, 300-320 p. 

 diam. Asci oblong, sessile or short-stipitate, 8-spored, 100-115x26 ft. 

 Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, broadest above the middle, 7-sep- 

 tate, constricted at the septa, more strongly so at the middle one, with 

 1-2 (generally imperfect) longitudinal septa, golden yellow, 28-30 x 



11-12,7. 



On Salicomia herbacea, California (Harkness). 



PYREN0PH0RA, Fr. 



Sunnna Veg\ Scand. p. 397, Emend. Sacc. Syll. II, p. 277. 



Perithecia subcuticular-erumpent, globulose, black, bristly or 

 hairy, sclerotoid or coriaceo-membranaceous, otherwise as in Pleos- 

 pora. 



Pyr. fenestrate, Pk. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, XI, p. 28. 



Perithecia 280-370 tx diam., depressed, at first covered by the 

 epidermis, finally erumpent and free, clothed with a few straight, 

 divergent, black setas. Asci fugacious. Sporidia oblong, fenestrate, 

 deeply colored, black in the mass, 40-50 x 18-22 //, about 7-septate, 

 generally constricted in the middle. 



On dead stems of herbs, Utah. 



