ir. 



) ( 



miiiioroiis. vcllowisli-wliilv, ai'iiniiiiiitc .<|iiii('.-- (iftrn I-H liiiics Ihiiik-ImmI. 

 2(K>-30()x IS-J2 /i, vory tliick wiillod niiil cncldsiiiu a (("iiliiil ciiiuil 

 lillcd with (»il-iil(»l)iil('s. Asci S-s|inn'i|. cyfiiKliitJil. sli(»rt-sti|»iliit<'. 

 AOxl'J//: |)!ii'ii|tli_vscs liliroi'iii. S|iuriiliii iiiiisi'riiilc nviifc-clIiitticsiN 

 'J-rclU'd. 1>.\4 11. ii|)|M'i- cell ji-',' tlic ii'iiulli of tlic s|i(»ri(liiiiii. olive- 

 lirowii. with a hii-yf imi-h-iis. h»\v«'r cell (•(diical. iiyalinc. 



On •h'cayiiiL'' \n\vk of Eiicnlypfus.^nw Fra?icis<'(i. ("al. (Ilaikiicssi. 



'I'his rios is aiioiiialoiis in tiiis uvniis on account of the "olive- 

 hrown"' i. cell of the sixtridia, l>nl if lliese are really two-celled, 



it cannot i.clonji in liosrlllnin. which includes only species with one- 

 celled spoiidia. TIk' luanchinu' spines are also unusual. We have 

 seen no specimens, and take the dia<i'n(»sis IVoui the pultlication cited. 



HERPOTRUHIA. HVkl. 



Symholii; Mycol. |). i.\(y 



I'eritliecia superlicial. sjdierical or snlispliei'ical. mostly ol lirni 

 t<'.\ture. c(»riaceous to suiicarlionaceous. hairy or liald. Sporidia Insi- 

 lorni or ol))onu-, 12- or more-celliMl, hyaline or lirown. 



Winter in Hie I'il/e makes rnsiform sporidia (/. r. thicker in the 

 middle and narrowcil towards eficli end) the distinctive character Ic- 

 tween llcrpotrifJiin and Laslosjt/Kcrln. Some of the species with 

 iniiseptate sporidia lieie ini'lmh'il in Ilvrpotrirhia, have the sporidia 

 oltlonu' and ol»tuse. 



A. Spoi'hJhi fiuiscptutv, hroiiiii. 

 H. Rlieiiaiia, Fckl. Symh. j.. Ht;, tal.. ill. liu. 7. 



(Plate I JO 



IVrithecia scattered or i^re^arious. nearly free, rathei- large, nlo- 

 bose, rugulose, densely clothed with long, Krown, decundienl. creeping 

 hairs, flattened above, with nnnnte, truncate ostiola. Asci olilont;, 



loOx IG «, 8-siiored. parapliv.sate 



sporidia ovate-ohlong. sometime 



curved, roniuled at the ends, constricted in the ndddle, iiyaline, at first 

 2-t'elled, later 4-celled. i»rownisIi, 21-28 x S //. 



On decaying culms of grasses. Not yet reported as found here. 

 I)ut given a.s a typical species to illustrate the genus. 



H. paiietalis, (B. & ('.) 



.S/)/iiri III fill! if/ii/i\, II, iSi C. Orev. IV, )>. 107. 

 l!yssosf>hitiui pai irlalis,CV.v. (Irtv, .XV, p. 12,^. 

 EnchiiOif>li,ri ia />an,liilis. Sat-c, Syll, yhni. 



Perithecia cup-sliape(|. seated on a scanty liy.ssiis (suWiculiim). 

 Asci clavate. .'Sporidia Itiseriate. oliloiiii'.. slightly attenuated at each 



