203 



A. melas|»n'ma, (Cke.) 



I'silii.sftlun III iiiiiii\fii I Dill, Ckc. Ciiiv, VIII, p. llS. 

 ,\mf>hi.\phirriti miliispriinii, Sncc. rtyll. 374s. 



I']iiiin|i('iit. !it l<'iii!lli ('.\|Mis('(l. rciitlicciii jrl«>'"»s(', liliick, siimotli 

 ;iiiil sniiK'w litit sliiniiii:'. ()>li()liiiii tliitk niiil siili|)i'i)iniiii>iit. Asri 

 cvliiidi'ii'iil. Spoiiiliii (>lli|)li('-;M'iiiiiiii!it(', (hiik, iiiiclriitr. ;il h-iii:'lli iiiii- 

 s('|iliit<' iiikI iiciiilv Ithiclx iiinl o|iiik(', so tliiit llir si'|itiiiii is liiinllv visililc 



;;:. x i u n. 



(-)ri linked \v<»(«l. New Viirk ((Icniid). 

 A. OroiionisiN, (I*;. ^ K.) 



Sl>li,rtui (hiiiKifii'.n, }',. H. I'. Jimni Myoil. III. p 117, 



IV'i'itlicciii sciitltTcd, siiliciuliniiiifCdiis. Iihick, roii^iliisli, siilisii|t('r- 

 liciiil, tlic Ikisc (iiilv sliiilitlv sunk in the wood, siiiiill (ulioiit one sixtli 

 iiihi.). <i:l<»l»«)se or slijilitly depressed-jrloliose. Ostioliiiii |»ii)iilliroi'iii. 

 Asci liiienr, 7 ') x '> // (spore-liciirinu: piirt aliont .')() ti loii^). siirr(»iinded 

 with iilMiiuhiiit piiniphyses. Spoiidin niiiseriate,(»lth)iiti-elliptieid,liro\vii. 

 iiiiiseptiite hut not constrieled, (l-S x "1}, 3 it, eells etjiiid or the htwer 

 one a little narrower. 



On r(itteii wood, Oroiio, Maine (Harvey). 



Apparently near SpJnvrin Hdrdoa, |)e Not. 



A. Ixttulicsiiora, (Cke.) 



Spliirna hnliihrs/tiim. Ckc. Tcxns Fiiiif^i. No. 13,1. 

 AmphiiphiCtia h<itiili.spoia, Sacc Syll. ."719. 



Peritheciajire<j,iirioiis, seiniiininerse(l,sli,ulitly eoinpressed laterally, 

 altoiit i nun. diain. Ostiolnin papillilorin, iterlbrated. Asci saccate. 

 Sporidia straight or sliuhtly enrved. olituse at the ends, nniseptatc, the 

 upper cell l)eiii<r twice the lenutli of the lower, constricted at the sep- 

 tum, brownish, 70-80 x 12 ft. 



On old rails, Houston, Texas (Raveiiol). 



Specimens of this species in our [Ferli. Ironi I\avenel. are sterile 

 or at most afVord only a leu hyaline, oldonji'. 3-niieleate. stylosjiores 

 7-Sx2^//. 



A. phileiiia, (C. & F.) 



Sphirria pliileiira, C. & V. C'.rcv. V, p. 5.s, pi. Si, fig. 6. 

 Ampliiiphtn ill phileuia, Sacc. Syll. 2774, Cke. Syu. 3443. 



I'erithecia idinctil'orni. small, scattered, orliicular. de)>ressod, semi- 

 iiiiiiiersed, lilack. Ostiolum simjde, pierced. Asci davate. Sporidia 

 liiseriate, elliptical, brown, uiiisejttate and sii'rlitly constricted at the 

 septum, 22x10 /i. 



On bark of T ilia Aniericanu, New York State (Peck). 



