S-s)((ir('<l. Sporidiii clliptic-cyliinlrical, olttusc at ciicli ciid. Iiviilinc. 

 Xx'llfi." Our siHrinu'iis Iroiii I)r. Hiiikncss Imvo tlic asci alK)iit 

 40 xT)//. Sporidia mostly hiscriatc. 3-4-iiucI('at(', liccoiniii^' unisop- 

 tati', 7-10x2^-3 /i. 



On stijH's of ticc fern, California (IIarkiie(*s). 



N. F«ziz«', iTo(Ie). 



Sphtfiia re~i:a. Tode I'liiig. Meckl. II, p. 46 

 Sphieria miniafa, Hoff. Hlor. Germ. Ill, tab. 12, fig. I. 

 t'e.:i:ii hydiofiliora, Bull. Champ, p, 243. 

 .\'ei/>ia I'i:i~.ir, Fr, Summ. Vcg. Sc. p. jSS. 

 Kxsicc. Thum. V. Aiistr. 1362.— id. M. I' 654. 



Poritlii'cia urc^ariuus. superficial, splR'rical, lioooiiiiii^' coiiciivc l»y 

 coUapsiiiii', sultpapillatc, rcddisli-oi-aiiiic. lading at length, snltj»ilose at 

 liasc. sol't, al)0iit \ mm. diam. Asci veiy shortly podii'cllato, cylin- 

 drical or clavatc-cylindrical, 8()-!K)x 8-10 //, when young, siibcristatc 

 at the ai»ex, iS-s]M»red. Sporidia sui)l)isei'iate, ellijttical, ohtuse at 

 each end, iiniseptate, hut not c(tnstricted, each cell nucleate, hyaline. 

 10-14xr)-() //. 



On decaying wood and hark. So. Cundina (Ravenel), Massachu- 

 setts (Murray). See Grov. lA', p. Hi. 



X. siilpliiirea, Ell. & Calkins. .loum. Mycol. W , p. 57. 



Scattered on a thin farinose-toinentose, yellow suhiculum extend- 

 ing for a contiineter or more. Perithecia ovate-conical, pruinose, yellow 

 (nearly sulphur yellow), with a ])apillose ostioluni, 1 25-1 65 /;« diam. 

 In tlie specimens thus far seen, the asci had disappeared, hut there 

 was an ahundance of ohlong oi- clavate-ohhmg, hyaline, uniseptate. 

 7-12 (mostly 8-9)x2|-3J // s|)oridia. distinctly constricted at the sop- 

 tuin. ends rounded or ohtusely jtointed. 



Parasitic on old i^tvrenut nniosmn. near Jacksonville, Fla. (Calk- 

 ins). 



X. sulpliurata, E. & E. Proc. Phil. Acad. July, 18!)0, p. 248. 



Pei'ithecia gregarious, niiinite (200 it), suhglohose with a slightly 

 contracted hase. covered with a sulphui'-y<dlow, granulose-pruinose 

 coat which finally disapj)ears and leaves the j)eiithecia l)lack; col- 

 lapsed ahove when dry and more or less distinctly radiate-sulcate. 

 Asci suhcylindrical, (15-70 X 0-7 ft. S])oridia suhliiseriate, allantoid, 

 hyaline, with a small nucleus neai- each end, slightly curved, 7-12x2 n. 

 Difl'ers from N. atirca, S. tV S., in its smaller sporidia. 



On dead wood of PopnhiH tirmuloides, Sand Coulee, Montana 

 (Anders(m). 

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