101 



On cxitostMl routs of Clmitn, soaltoard of South Ciiroliiia (Ravoiiol). 

 (^lusters 1 mm. in dinm. IVritliccia 1(55 /iJ' The siKJcimens in Kav. 

 F. Am. (U"), sliow only the (Icpressod-tiiUorculilbrm, llesli-colorod 

 sti'oma and conidia. 



N. (lipliM'Arpa, E. & E. Proc I'liil. Acad. July, 18!)(), ]>. 244. 



Pci'itliocia li'rojiarious or sulicosj)itoso (2-3 connate), sujicrlicial, 

 ovate, altont \ mm. diiuu., clotiied with white, se))tate, spai'injily 

 l)i'anched, sul»stri,u<)se liair?;, eollajisinji' more or less distinctly aliovo. 

 deep llesli-color, ostiolnm |ia|iilliloi'm, iaru'e and distinct, snutoth. Asci 

 clavate, 40-r)(L\ S-12 /i, lilh'd witli leddisli •^•ranular matter at first, 

 tlien containin.u' 4 o1ih)n,ii-elii))tical, hyaline s])oridia, 8-12x4—5 //, uni- 

 sejttate and more or less constricted at the sejitum, ends I'onnded and 

 olttnse, lyinii' iri'eu'nlarly in the asci. Parai)hyscs apparently i)resent 

 l)ut ol)scnre as are also the asci which ai'c soon dissolved. To.uethei' 

 with the sporitlia already dcscrilted are otheis much larger, 30-45 x IS 

 -25 ti. u'rannlar, hyaline, nniseptate and strongly (,'onstricted at the 

 septum, ol'long-elliptical in shape with the ends olttuse and rounded. 



On thalliis of some foliaceons HcIkmi {P((rinelia}'i ow trunk of a 

 tree, Farmington, N. Y. (Kdgar IJrown). 



In examining our Fxsiccati we find that S])ecimens collected in 

 Missoui'i liy l)emi'tri(» on thallus of /^//'///e/A^ and issued l)y J)r. Wintej' 

 in his llaiienli<»rst-Wintei' Fungi, No. 3252 .as Necti'lii h'oniodes. 

 Kahh., are the sam<' as this. The desci'iption, however, of iV^. leraiindex 

 does not a])ply to this, that sjx'cies having s])oi'idia only 9-1 1 x3-4 n.. 

 and in fact the specimens of A'^ lerditodcs- in l)e Thmnen's Mycotheca. 

 174() and Fungi (Jallici (i(!5 (both collected I»y Madame Li'iert) as 

 well as those in liehm's Ascomvcetcs No. 38 and Ph wriuht's Splucr. 

 P>ritannici 212. have the spoiidia 8-12 x 3-4 //. The New York and 

 Missouri specimens also differ from those just cited in their ItrighttM' 

 rotl color and distinctly hairy perithecia and come neaier to N. eryth- 

 I'liieJhi, Nyl.. which again has the ])ei'ithecia oidy ])artially emergent 

 and sporidia 1 S-25 x G-S /<. much lai'ger than in N. levdiiodcH it is true, 

 l>ut still far too small. Possihiy this varial»ility in the size of the spo- 

 ridia is only accidental, liut fVom its occuri-ence in specimens from such 

 widely se|iarat<'d localities there is reason U) consider it normal and if 

 so, characteristic of a si)ecics not heretofore descrihcd. 



J). Pei'lthx'Qia Hcattered or (jre(i(irloun. 



N. treiiielloides, E. & E. .louin. Mycol. II, j). 121. 



Perithecia gregarious, ovate, 300 // diam., coarsely furiuraceous 

 and subtulicrculose-roughened, ]iale orange, with a distinctly j)apillose- 

 conical ostioluni. Asci about .50x7-8 /i, cylindric-clavato, sessile, im- 



