128 



eui r< 



. 'P.\ 



mm 





-I 



18-20 x S-12 //, witliniif iiiiv ilIl|K•ll(li^.u;<'^i liiit siiiToundod l»y ii j>;elati- 

 iioiis zoiii', ends suhiicntc. 



On lioiso diiiiii'. Iowa and Now Jcrsov, and on ral>l»it's dunj?, Can- 

 ada (Dcanicssj, on dt'caviiij:' potato. Lvndoiivillt', X. Y. (Fairnian). 



Winter in Hie Tilzc makes the spore-lH'aiinii,' ])art of the asci 

 120-140 \ 17-1!». The liani on potatit has asci (p. sp.) 120-134 x 12- 

 1 .") ft. lint in the liniiculons speciniens. the asci are shorter. The hreadtli 

 ol'lhf spdiidia as uiven in .I<»nin. Mycol. is too small. 



S. homlmrdioiilcs, (Awd.) in liteiis. 



//\/>ii,i>/»ii hiinihiitdiDiites. S.icc. Syll. h^-. 

 Kxsicc. Kill) F. i:. IJJ7 — Keliin. Asc. 23,1. 



I'critlii'ria snpciliLial. siattcn-d or rollccterl in small, crowded 

 clnslei's or heaps, verv hn <;e ( ^ to If, mm. Iiiirli). ovate-olijonji' or ven- 

 tri('<»se-p\ lilorm. mostly somewhat contracted Itelow. hi'oadly rounded 

 aliove and snlmmliilicatc. with a small papilla, ol'a tolerably lirni, waxy- 

 cai-no.se texinre. cliestnnt-iirown. .\sci davate-cylindrical, 140-170 x 

 l(i-18 // I p. sp. i: paraphyses slender, lililorni, Jointed. Sporidia 8. oh- 

 liipiely. nniseriatc. (n- lyinii' irrei^idarly. ellijitical, j>-enerally snltineipii- 

 lateral, dark lirown. with a trelatinmis env(dope, 22-20 x 12-14//. 



On horse diui<>', !Mt. Shasta, ('aliloinia (llarkness). 



S. spliifi't'tspora, E. «S: K. lin llcrli.) 



Pei'ithccia densely liieuarioiis, ovate-^loiiose, 2")0-3OO //.covered, 

 hut raising' the snrliice ol' the matrix into little hcmisj)herical promi- 

 nences, from the apices of which project the tul»ercnlar-papillifonn. 

 olitnse, routi'h. Mack, Itare ostiola. Asci cylindri<'al. sultsessile, 150- 

 1(10x18-20//, villi very ol(.<cure parajiliy.^es, Sporidia nniseriatc, 

 oliovat<'-,iiloiiose, hyaline at first with a Inoad, ucdatinoiis margin, linally 

 ojtake and almost hlack. 20-22x18-20 //. 



On dunji' of doiis, Ne\vlield, N. .1 



Outwardly \v^v\\\\<i\v< PotlnspoiK inpioitlulti. (Fr.), I>nl spcu'idia 

 not appcndicniatc and more nearly ;;iol>ose. 



I»01m'»SIM>R.A. (lesati. 



kahh. Herb Mycol. No. 259 .iiiil in HcdwiKin I. p ro,?. 



Without stroma. I'erithccia at lirst more or less sunk in the 

 matrix, hccomini:' linally more or less fre<'. nicnilu-anaccons. soft, Itlack 

 Ol' dark lu'own. Sporidia 1 -celled. Itlack or hrown, with one oi" more 

 a])pendaji'es, mostly without any u'elatinons envelope. 



