Ill 



(irmllv (IccidiHiiis. Color Iti'owii. liccoiiiiiiir Miiclx.dciMisli wlicn younjr)? 

 Oil tlcctiviiif.^ limits. Cnroliini iiiul Pniiisvlvtiiiiii (Scliwoinit/.). 

 Nutliiiig (U'liiiitf is known of iliis sjiccics. 



SPH *:ROSTfLBK, Till. 



Scl. Ciirp. Ill, )). ifi. 



Pcritlicci;! iis in yrvtrin. j^Ifdiosc, soil. Ini^ilit coloicd, jrrowinjf 

 at the Itasc ol" oi in conipiiny with their coiiidin (Stilhiini, Atrartium, 

 Aftrroret'ii), Asci clonjiatcfl. S-sportMJ. S|tori«iia ohionjr or ovoid, 

 hyaliiK'. nniseptatc. i*ara|ihysi>s none oi* spnrious. 



Sph. fliUiiniea. Till. I. <-. p. I04. 



I'crithccia f^lohosc, Itriirht red, nearly smooth, crowded on or near 

 the ronidiophorus stroma {Afnirtiiftti ^ffintifitcum, B. iV Rav.) Asci 

 oliovate-oldoiiji', S-spored. Sporidia ovate, ol>tn,<e, nniseptiite, hyaline, 

 slijrhtly constricted. ri-Ki x ')-('»«. The eonidial liinjrns, as r('pr«',<entod 

 in Uav. Fnnui ('ar. V. SCi, has the stroniata at lirst narrow-conical, lio- 

 comin^' tinally llattened altove ai <l sid>spe/,i/<»id : the coiddia linear- 

 janceolati . very larire (S()-10().\ (1^ //). a little curved, ((-D-sejitate. hya- 

 line with a tinjic of rose (!o!or. On maple i»ark, Caroliini (Haveiiel), 

 on Solt'x, liouisiana, (Lan^lois). 



Herkeley, in (Jrev. IN', p. 47. adds. — ''Therf is a very distinct 

 species on .)/a(//iof/'n (jhiuni, Vaw. lid'., No. oOOo (Atfrdvtituii jkiIU- 

 iliini, H. it C), with short, riisilorni sj)ores l;^ // long, \>ith the endo- 

 chrome retracted to either end.'' 



Sph. (>oi'(M>plilla, Till. I. c. p. U)'). 



I*erithecia numeroiis, on and near the eonidial stroinata. very small, 

 irlohose, olttiise, minntely papillate, very smooth, lirijiht re<l, ol'teii 4—5 

 tojrother, collapsing when old. Asci line !■ (10-80 x (J^ /,«. Spoiidia 

 oldiciue. uniseriate, ovate. 10x4 n, unisejitate, sultliyalinc, slightly 

 constricted. 



On Ahnt.H scrniltifa, Pennsylvania (Michener). 



The eonidial stage ( Micnjcent rocrophflit, Dcsin.), which has l»een 

 sent from Florida l»y Dr. Martin and collected in Carolina by Ravenel 

 (F. Am. 28(1), has the stroma arising from various sjiecies of dead 

 luirk lice. It is reil, ohtuse and al»ont 2 mm. high, Th(^ conidiu are 

 linear-lanceolate, iVT-septate and .'id-Gy x fj-C) //, nearly hyaline. 



Sph. giai'ilipes. Till. I. c p. 10"). (Plate 12) 



Uxsicc. kav. F. Am. 2S5. — Kll. it Kvrht. N. A. V. 2131. 



Perithecia collected at the base of the eonidial stroma, small, 

 (J mm.), red, light pruinose, fading out. Asci cylindric-davate. 



