70 /i, Jii(»stl\ S-sjiorcd. S|i(»ri(lin luoslly l>isofiiitf\ ('lli)iticiil. .lO-dO x 

 28-30 //. (lark iirowii, with a loiiu', cyliiKlm'al. often nirvcil ai)p('ii(lag<' 

 <»(' ('('Ihilosc iiicnihraiiarcous stnirtiiic liclow, and at tlic end of this 

 a|>|»('n(hi,u<', and also at the apex of the sporidinni. with a gclatinons 

 ap|KMida.<>c of vaiions form. Paiajihyscs lililiinn. s('j)tat(', lonjior than 

 the asei. 



On cow dnnu', New York Stiilc (Tcc'k). 



I'od. striata. (E. & E.) 



Simlaiia itiiiht. I',, it Iv Joiirii. Mycol. IV, p. 74. 



(Jicfra lions. Pcrithccia ovat<'-conical. I mm. hi<i-h an<l I mm. 

 Itioail, Itlack. tul)ci'cular-ron,uh(Mi( d. tlic tnlici-clcs seriate al>ove so as 

 to cause the conical ostiola to ajipear striate. The tnlieicles are at 

 lirst cai>iied with a few li«>ht colored jiianules, like urains of white 

 su<>ar, hut these at len«>th disappear. Asci lineardanceolnte, contracted 

 towards (>ach end and perli)rated altove, 200 // lonu' and over, (in- 

 eludinti- the liliforiu i»ase) and 12-1;") // wide, with almndant jiar- 

 apliyses. Sporidia hiseriate, elliptical. Itrown, 14-1() x ^<-U^ //. the 

 upper end acute or with a short hyaline ajtpendau'e 8-12 // long, the 

 lower end prolontred into a ycdlowish-hyaline, cylindrical, curved 

 appendau'e 3')-40 x "> //. 



On deciiyinn' stems of some laruc weed, St. Martinsville. lia. 

 ( Langlois). 



Pod. peiiicillata, (E. & E.) 



Siiniai m t>iiiuitUila, Iv it K. Joiirn. Mycol. IV, p. 78. 



Perithecia <>reujirious, ovate, i-i lum. diain., at lirst entirely Itiiri- 

 cd exce))t the protrudinti' ostioluni. at leniith with the upper half emer- 

 gent; ostiolum short-cylindrical or olitnsely conical and surrounded l>y 

 a tuft (tf straight, erect, tdosely crowded, ]tale lu'own. continuous hairs 

 \-\ nnn. long. Asci oldong-cylindiical, ahont !;",() \ 20-2') ii. 4-s]t(ned. 

 with indistinct paraphyses. S|)oridia snldiyaline and clavate-cylindri- 

 cal at lirst. then oiiviic<'ons with a single large nucleus, linally elliptical 

 and opake. 2.')-oO x lS-20//. with a cylindrical, nearly straight, hyaline 

 ai»[iendage 12-1.) .\ 4-;") // at the lower end, and the ujtper end olttusely 

 pointed or sulttrnncute. 



On an old decaying Chines<( mat.. St. Martinsville, F^a. ( lianglois). 



The measnrouients of the perithecia given in Journ. Mycol. foi' 

 this and Phllovopra hitca were too small. 



