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(.'acli cud, rounded altovi', straiulit or ii little curved, 3-sej»tato, and 

 slightly coiistiictecl at the septa, Itrownish. 1(1-18 x 4-0 //. 



On dead limits and wood, Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vii'ginia, New 

 York, California andCanada. 



M. ciiiereiiiii, (Kai'st.) 



Sfilunia chii'ira, Karst. Myc. Fciin. II, p. yi. 

 Melannninia ciicieiim, Sacc. Syll. 3259. 



I'erithccia gre,i>arious (»r crowded, attached to the inner hark, 

 and ei'Uinj)ent throuiih the variously lacerated epidermis. { t length 

 hare and free, splueroid. smooth and sultshiiiing (at least when young). 

 Ijlack. 3!)()-400 // diam., with a sul)))aj)illate or umhilicate-impressed 

 ostiolum. Asci cylindi-ic-clavate. r2(>-14() n long. S-sjiored, with 

 abundant, Hlilbnn paraphyses. Sporidia snltuniseriate or itiseriate, 

 oljlong, obtuse, 3-sej)tate, the second cell generally somewhat enlarged, 

 slightly constrictcMl at the septa, greenish-hyaline, then j)ale yellow. 

 20-28x6-10//. 



On dead liml»s oi' Sah'x groenhuuJicd, Sukkertoj)pen, (Jieenland. 



M. parasiticiim, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Pa., July. 

 1890, p. 240. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, su])erficial,()vate-heinisph(!rical. 

 110-130 /i diam., roughish, black. Ostiolum papilliform, soon jier- 

 forated. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 40-50 x 8-10 //, sessile, without j)ar- 

 aphyses. Sporidia crowdcd-biseriate, oblong-lusoid, 3-septjito, and 

 finally slightly constricted at the septa, 10-12x3-4 /i, pale olivaceous. 

 Spfucria nigernma, Hlox. (Cke. Hndbk. No. 2012), which is parasitic 

 "on various species of Diafrypc,^^ has sporidia 12^-20 /i long and at 

 length multiseptate, and peiithecia ''sprinkled with short, stiff bi'istles.'' 



On old Diatrype stigiini, Newlield. N. .). 



M. Coinmonsii, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Pa., .July, 

 1890, p. 239. 



Perithecia gregarious, ovate-globose, rough, black, minutely to- 

 mentose-pubescent when young, 110-12.5 ji diam. Ostiolum papilli- 

 form. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 50-55x7-8 //, with almndant, filiform 

 paraphyses. Sporidia l>iseriate, I'usoid-oldong, 3-septatt', slightly con- 

 stricted at the septa, olive-lirown, 12-14x3-3^ /i. 



Parasitic on Hi/poxylo)) S(,sf<qfnts, Wilmington, Del. (Commons). 



