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Fod. Brassicae. (Klofzscli). 



Spliietia Hraisicae, Klotzsch in Smith's KiirI. l-'lora V, p. 216. 

 .Sphirnii liiin4f;iiiosa. Prriiss in I.iiiii. 1S.S3, XXVI, p. 714. 

 Aniium /iiiiufcinosum, Nits, in I'ckl. Syml). Naclitr. I, p. jK. 

 Siiidaiiii I'ufn-yi, Awd. in Niessl neitnig. p 42. 

 Siiidaria /iiHu^inosu. Sacc. Syll. Ssg. 

 /lutiisfiin a /iiayumi; Wintt-r Pilze 29S5. 



Pciitlicciii trloltoso-conit'iil, ol'trii curve*!, sulitninciifc nl)ov«' <lii'(v 

 <ri'iiy-toiiiciit(»9<'. iilMMit 1 iiiiii. hifrli iiiid | iiiin. thick, siipcrticial. Asci 

 cvliiidriciil. p. Hp. I ")0-l(»0 x 2r)-2(! //, slipitntc. Spoiidia oliliipicly 

 nniscriiito, (ivaU'-('llipticiil,40-')().\ 24 //.daik bitiwii. with a dccidiKuis. 

 hyaliiic iijipciidajic at <'ach end. or .•Joinctinics only Itclow, 



[)r. Ilarkiicss rcjioitpi this as joiiiid in Calil'oi'nia on (h'ad l»rancli('s 

 of Lu/)iuiix (ii'horcuK. Wc iiavc not seen the specimens and take the 

 diaiiiiosis IVoni Saccardo's Syihi^e. The synonymy is from Winter's 

 Pilze. where the asci are ^iven as 2i)()-.'K)().\ 34-40 // for the spore- 

 l)earinL>' j)art. iiisteiid of I "t()-l()()x 2.')-2() // as stat<'d in SyMojic 



F»(l. Califoiiiica, (IMowiJ 



Si'ii/iuici C'lih/m iiica. Plowr. C'.rev. VII, p. 72, tab. 12'), fig. 2. 



Perithecia ovate, clothed with a dusky Itrown, felt-like coat.al)out 

 lialf sunk in the matrix. 1 mm. liiiih, hy aliout 3 mm. liroad, the j»r(»- 

 jectinu' ajtex more or less distinctly ridii'ed. with the inteiveninji' fur- 

 rows more distinct and coarser than in J*ihI. sfridfu, K. & K. Asci 

 subcylindrical. 3( )()-."}.">( L\ 10-20 tt. with tilil'orm paraphyses. Sj)oiidia 

 In'seriate. ol>lont>-elli)(tical, 30-1')") .\ lo-lS //. sui)truiicate at liase. with 

 a hyaline, curved ajtpeudaifc ahont as lon^' as the .^jtoridium. 



On cow dun^i-, (Jalili)rnia (Ilarkness). 



Our specimen from Dv. Hai'kness has the perithecia immature, the 

 sporidia Ueinii' as yet hyaline, and consistinu' of a nai'row-elliplical head 

 2 ") X 12 //. with a loii"' cvlindrical tail hehtw. 



FHILOCOPRA, Spe^r. 



Nov.T Sy.st. Carp. Class, in I'. JKtk- I'liR. i, S.icc. Syll. I, p. 249. 



Perithecia semi-immersed, uloliose-conical. ii'laliroiis or liairv. 

 meniliranaceous. tnrninsi' Idack. Asci very lar,<i<'. polvsporous. S|io- 

 ridia polystichoiis. ovoid, hrown. mostly with a hyaline appendau'c at 

 one or iiotli ends. 



Fh. liitea, (K. & K.) (Plate IS)* 



.^iidiiiiii /iiti'it. !•;. iS: Iv JouiM. .Mycdl, III, p. iiS. 



Perithecia u'reua lions. ,^-1 mm. diani., memliranaccoiis. conic- 

 "In explanation of PI. is, in.stciid ol I*i)<l(}s/)(>ra liiten read 



