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K. ;;raiiiiiiis, IK'. Kloiv Fninr. VI, p. KXI. 



Aiii|iliiii<'in>iH, hUcii <'|ii|ilivlloiis. Mvcf'liiiiii ilciisc. ffll-lilvc. ptT- 

 sistt'iit. white or niiiy. soiiictiincs tintnl Ihowii. rciilln'rin inimciscil 

 ill tilt' iiixcciiiiiii. li'W mid sciittcrnl or iiiiiiiy iiml rrowdt'd. driiicsscd. 

 Iiirui'. iilioiil !!'_'■*» n (I.'(>-2').'» /<): ii|i|i('iidiiii'<'s iiiiincroiis. nillii-r sliorf. 

 siiii|il(' or orciisioiiiillv lirjiiirlifd. riuid, liiit viirionsly nirNcd iiiid iiit<'r- 

 woM'ii willi the myci'liiiin. liyaliiK' or liiili'd. Asci l(l-l2.'), oldoiiu- to 

 ovid. |M'dic('lliitt'. Sporidiii s, or rarely 4. iimtiirin^- lute, ol'tcn only on 

 olil idiiiit.-' ill the spriiiu'. 



Hli lirilindiiniii iriicirf'ornils. J*<nil<iiiii siiiiiftii/iu/c. Atirostis 

 ixiiiiitii. I'ifi tniuiJolid.J*. jniilcnxls. (ih/<i'rlo iinnihi. (i. iiifiintifii, 

 Uroiinis iiiiinloldcs, J[oi'<lciliiijiihiifinii. I'JI i/iii>is ntiHlciisdtiiH, Tt'it- 

 /film ri//i/iiri'. 



Coiiiiiioii. Miiss!icliiis«'tt-< to Ciilirorniii, mostly oliscrvcd in tlic 

 coiiidiiil >ti\l<' {()/ih'i/iii imnillloiilrs. Link) in slindy plnccs, IN'rillicriii 

 iisimlly lorniinu' only Intc in siininicr or iintnnin. and sporidia ninch 

 liiti'r. In Montana. Iiowcvcr, llic I'oriiK'r have Immmi colltctrd in .Inly, 

 and ripe sporidiji Dmnd in NovcinlM-r, or even earlier (Anderson). In 

 ('alilornia it lias lieen <lestrneiive to wheat (llarkness). Anderson 

 says there are sometimes as many as -<► sporidia in an ascns, — a vari- 

 ation not reported elsewhero. 



rxnxiL.A. U\. 



Ann. Sci. N;it. Sir. Ill, Tonic XV. 



Peiitliecium eonfainin.n' several asci. Appi'nda^es {'vvi-' IVom the 

 myceliniii. reeni'ved or coiled at the tip. 



\. (iiiifonii, IVi'k, Trans. Albany Inst. VII. p. 210, 25tli Uej.. 

 N. V. Stat(! Mas. j.. 1()(). ' 



Amj)hi<ien(nis. Mycelinni thin, rather persistent. Perithooia scat- 

 tered, 1)0-120 /i, lirm, nearly Mack; ap]'<'nda,ucs l")-30, 1-1^ times 

 diameter of |teritliecinin in len;rtli, hyalim,' or nearly so. unciiiate- 

 coiled at the tip. Asci 4-6, oval, very short-ltoakcd. Sp(»i-idia 4-8. 

 mostly 18-21 /i haij?, comjdetely iilling' the ascus. 



On Til ill AiiiericKNfi, not very common. Apparently often 

 escajiin^- ohservaticai. Reported from New York (Peek), Wisconsin 

 (Davis), low-a (I'animel), and Illinois. 



U. uecatoi', (Scliw.) 



JCrysi/>lit' nccalor, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 2495. 



Uiiciiiula spiialis, Herk. Crypt. Hot. p. 26S, fig. 64. 



t'lichmla .Impe/ofisidh, Peck, Tmns. AUjany In.st. VII, p. 216. 



I'nciiiiila Aniryiiana, Howe, Hn-,sipli. V . S. Journ. Hot. 1S72. 



I'liciniila snhfusca, H. & C. (Ircv. IV, p. 160. 



I'm inula itini/oi, Burrill (this publication). 



