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Oil iiii old lir<»iiii, Alltiiiiv, N. V. (I'eck). 



Tliis s)K't'ics is clitHC'ly nllicd to 67/. vhitiim. luit iiiiicli sniiillcr jiimI 

 iM'iitcr. It is wholly liliic'k iiiid witlioiit tlic liiiroiis liiisc o\' C/i. chitiitn. 

 Tlic liiiii's ni'i' more drliciitc iiiid not iiiilf the diiiiiictci', iiiid the s])oi-idiii 

 arc scjiifi'ly iiiorc tliiiii li;ilfiis loiiji' and Itroad. 



Ch. iiiHioloides, (".«& P. 27tli Hep. N. V. Stntc Mas. p. KMl. 



Pcritlicciii scattered, iiiiiiiitc. Iirowii. uloliosc. arisiii_ IVoiii a 

 liiiiiicliiiiii'. septate, iiiyceliiiiii. IJristles iilaek. roiii>li, two or tliree 

 times dieliotoiiioiisly IiimiicIkmI aliove. the liraiiches spreadiiiii'. Sporidia 

 ovoid or siiliLilol'ose. pale lirowii. 4-')xl>-;-5i //. 



On callus oT Zea Mays. New Via'k. New .Jersey and [iOiiisiaiia. 



DilTers Irom Cli. fnn''"^""' principally in its more liranchiiiii- 

 haii's which cover the perithecia alioat iiiiitiirmly aliove and lielow. 



FAMILY. SOKUARIE/K. 



Perithecia either sii]ierlicial or sank in the matri.s. with their upper 

 part more or less j)rojectin.u' ca' sometimes erampeiit, without (or more 

 .seldom) with a stroma, in which, when present, they are in iiiersed : 

 of soft, watery siilistaiice, ia'owii or idack. ol'teii traiisliiceni. with a 

 decided r<aind ostiolnm. Asci uciierally wiih the apical memlaane 

 stroiiiily ihickeneil : paraphyses preseiil. Spuriilia dark colored, o.ie 

 or more-celled. 



Mostly co|aopliiloiis: short lived in coin|iari>oii with the It'oscl- 

 liiiids wvA other similar !'oriiis Irom which they are also distiiijiiiisht'd 

 liy their memhranaceous or coriaci o-niemliranaceons perithecia. 



S(>Hi)AI{IA, (Vs. & \W Not. 



.^L eaia ' '."!.: ■iif. d. Sferiacci, j). sr. 



Withtait stroll., ,"' i ilhi > i... immersed, ol'ten linally eruin}ieiit 

 Slid free, or siipi-rlicial I'rtaii the lirst. memliraiiaceous, solt. Idack. 

 Sporidia <iiie-celled, brown or Iilack. witlaaif appendau'cs tint sar- 

 roiinded witli a uidatinoiis envelope. 



S. Iiiiiiiana, iFckl.) U'late 17) 



H\po:i>fini liKiihUht. l''ckl. Syiiil). i>. 241. 

 Sintliiiiii liitiiiiiihi, Wiiitrrnie IkiitsclKii Sordarifii p. 2\ 

 Kxsicc. I-'ckl. I'". Rlieii. isoi 



I'eritliecia thickly ureuarioiis, lairied. iilohose, with a short. c\l- 

 indrical. to]i-siia]ie(|, hare, shiniim' neck, lilack. iilalnoiis. alioiit j, mm. 

 diam. AmI cylindrical, short stipitate, with an ohtiise or llaftencd 

 ape.\ which is stronuiy thi(d<eiied, ali<Mit 1 ."JO \ 1 .'> /< : paraphyses veil- 



