alii! 



Found ill New York State (sec. Peek in 22il Uq]).) and on inaplf 

 in Soutli Carolina (Berk, in (J rev. IV, p. Hfi). 



('. ciri'hosa. (Pers.) 



Shlueiia iiDlima, I'ers. Syn. p. sy- 

 Ci'ialoslomit cinhiisHiii, Fckl. Symb, p. 127. 

 Cenitoilomella ciiihoia, Sacc. Syll. i,S47. 



Teritlieeia seatteird or .sometimes erowded, at first I)nriod, finally 

 seniierumjtent, <>lolM)se, with Itrowii, eree])in«>', niyeclioid hairs, which 

 penetrate the surrounding wood, the projectinji; pait heconn'njr liald, 

 black and smooth, aliout 400 // or over, broad, with a long, mostly 

 curved and tubercular, Itald ostiolum. Asei subcylindrical, sessile. 

 S-sjmred. ()0-7ox7-9 /i. Sjioridia iuiis<'riato, ol)lon<«;-ellii)tieal, with 

 two nuclei, hyaline, 1)-12.\3| /i. 



On rotten wood, Cai'olina. 



€. capillai'is, (Ell.) 



Ceialnsloma ai/>i//,u,\ I'M. BuU. Torr. Hot. Cliih, IX, p. 20. 

 Cemloilomella cafiillaris, Sacc. SyU, 5996. 



Perithecia cajiillaiy, nodulose, ch)thed below with short, .spread- 

 ing, hyaline hairs which are s<;arcely eidarged at the base. Asci ellij)- 

 tical, 30-35x9 /i. Sporidia 8 in an ascus. crowded, lusiforni, nearly 

 hyaline, indistinctly nucleate, straight oi- slightly (turved, 1 t-14x 3-3| jt. 



On decaying catkins of AInus serrulatci, N(!wfield, N. J. 



RHYNCOSTOMA, Karst. 



Myc. Fetiu. II, p. 7. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, immersed or ei'umpent, spha;- 

 roid, with a beak-like ostiolum eiiualingoi- exceeding in length the 

 diameter of the carbonaceous, black, glabrous perithecium. Asci cylin- 

 drical or clavate, 8-spored, genei-ally paraphysate. Sporidia ellij)soid, 

 fuscous, unise])tatc. 



Rli. eoiiiigernm, Karst. Myc. Fenn. II, p. 57. 



Perithecia somewhat scattered, immersed, finally half emer- 

 gent, ovate-globose, lather more than J mm. diam., Idack, surrounded 

 below with long, concolorous filaments. Ostiolum stout, rough, mostly 

 a little curved, conic-cylindrical, 3-() nun. long, generally a little con- 

 tracted just l)eIow the tip. Sporidia ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 

 uniseptate and mostly a litth; consti-icted at the septum, brown, 8-10 x 

 3-4 /i. 



Yav. Americana, ¥1. S: E.,on I'otten wcjod, Ohio (Morgan, 260) and 



