103 



X. i:iiibdluIjiri.T Plow. & Hark. Trans. Cal. Acad. Sci. 1S84, ]>. 20. 



Pentliocia siipoilicial, scattored, 200-230 n diaiii., ji'loiKK^c, siili- 

 livaliiic, with a tiii<i'(^ of llesli-color, besot oxtcrnally with a low hyaline, 

 niycolial throadr<. Ostiohi olitnsc. Asci clavato, 50x 10-1.') //. Sjxt- 

 I'idia hyaline, ovate. unisoj)tat<', 10-12 xo-(S fi. 



On Ciiihelhihn'id, Caliloniia (Ifarkness). 



X.vulpiiia, (ke. (Jrov. XII, p. 83. 



Kxsicc. l";il. N. \. V. 774. 



IN'rithecia iire^-arious or scattorod, light yollow, about J mm. diam.. 

 globose at first, suld'url'uraeeous, and thinly elothod with short, erect. 

 snl)glan(lular hairs, finally collapsing so as to bo easily mistaken for a 

 Pczlza. Asci clavato-cylindrical, 3.')-45 x 0-7 //, 8-sporod. Sporidia 

 (>itlier ])iseriate, 8-11 x 3-3i it or ol)li(|uely nniseriate, 8-12x4-4^ //. 

 elli])tical or olilong-elliptical, 2-4-nucleate, with some sporidia in old 

 specimens, becoming nniseptate. 



On rotten wood of various (h'ciduous trees, not uncommon. 



X, (lispei'sa, ('. & E. Grev. V, p. 33. 



Perithecia widely scattered, ovate, papillate, light rod, about I mm. 

 high, sparingly chjthed with ]iale, weak, glandular hairs. Asci cylin- 

 drical, 70-80 X 10-12 //. Sporidia subhisoriate or obli(piely nniseriate. 

 oblong-elliptical or almond-sha])ed, often more ])rominent on one side. 

 18-22x7-10 /i, ends suliacute while lying in the asci, rounded when 

 lire, 2-4-nucleato, l»ocoming nniseptate. Cooke finds trisei)tate, curved 

 c<jnidia oO // long. We have not soon them. 



On (jtine)? Inrk, !Maino (Hcv. Josei)h JJlake). 



N. viticola, B. & C. (Jrev. IV, p. 45. 



"Scattered, bright crimson, soft, colla])sing laterally, seated on a 

 thin, white mycelium. Sporidia. nniseriate, elliptical, nniseptate.'' In 

 Grev. XII, ]>. 82, Cooko gives the measurements of the sjioridia as 

 10x4,«. 



On 1)ranchcs of vino, Alabama (Peters). 



N. Eucalypti, €ke. & Hark. Grev. XII, p. 82. 



Scattoi-ed, superficial, pale. Perithecia globose, at length sub- 

 depressed (2 mm.), at first l>eset with pa])illosc, hyaline hairs, finally 

 bare. Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, nniseptate, not 

 constricted, hyaline, 16-18x4 /i. 



On bark o^ Eucalyptus branches, California (Harkness). 



