411 



Perithecia gregarious, covered by the blackened cuticle which is 

 slightly raised, but not fissured. Asci cylindrical, 75 x 5 ft. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, brown, 3-septate, 12-16 x 4 4 J // (18 x 4 fi 

 Cke.) 



On dead canes of black and red raspberry, and on dead limbs of 

 Sassafras, Newfield, N. J. 



LINOSPORA, Fckk 



Symbv p. 123^ 



Perithecia appearing late in the season, buried in the shield- 

 shaped, black, phyllogenous pseudostroma (which is sometimes want- 

 ing), generally solitary, beak subprominent, black, more or less elon- 

 gated. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Sporidia filiform, lying parallel 

 in the asci, hyaline or yellowish-hyaline. 



L. conflicta, (Cke>) 



Sphceria conflicta, Cke. Gfetf. VII, p. 13, 

 Linospor a conflicta, Sacc. SylL. 4095, Cke. Syti. 5842. 

 ^xsice. Rab. F. K. 3759. 



Spots amphigenous, pale reddish*brown, definitely limited by a 

 narrow, darker border, suborbicular, 2-4 mm. diarn., or often larger 

 (1-2 cm.), with an irregular, subsinuous outline. Perithecia buried in 

 the parenchyma of the leaf, globose, about 160 a diarn., with a papilli- 

 lorm ostiolum,the apex slightly erumpent and rupturing the epidermis 

 in an operculoid manner, Asci oblong-cylindrical, sessile. 8-spored, 

 aparaphysate, 7585 x 12 /*. Sporidia subfascieulate. lour above and 

 four below, clavate-cylindrical, 40-45 x2|-3 /x, (60 //. long. Cke.). 

 3-6-septate, yellowish-hyaline. 



On leaves of Quercus densiflom, Tamalpais. California (Hark 

 i less). 



The description is drawn from specc. sent by \)\\ Harkn< 



L. f'erruginea, E. & M. Aim Nat Dec. 1884, p. 69, 



Spots light yellowish-brown, border darker, narrow and slightly 

 raised, l|-2 mm. diam. Perithecia blacks subglobose, 150 ft diani.. 

 immersed and covered by the blackened cuticle which is perforated 

 by the scarcely prominent ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, 75-80x7 /i. 

 sessile or nearly so. with abundant filiform paraphyses, 8-spored. 

 Sporidia vermiform, yellowish, faintly nucleate, acute at each end, 

 35-45 x 1 \ fi. 



On leaves of And romedafer rug 'men. Florida (Dr. Martin). 



