strictcd iiml 



207 



livstciiirorm, striate, opako. 1 ')()-! 80 // loiiti, SO it wide, itt'itbratcd 

 iiliovc. Asci fvliiKlrical, S-sjiurod. Sporidin elliptical, uiiiseptate, 

 liidwii. scarcely constricted, each cell tmiimcloate, 12-14x8 lu 

 On Ideached wooil (A' Se(/itoi(t, Calil'oi'nia. 



Myc Viii. S]KC. 



tiilelioiii. Pa. 



TUEMATOSPHERIA, Fokl. 



Syinl). p. i6i, emend, Sacc. S\ll. II. p. 115. 



I'ei'itliecia simple, carlionaceoiis, Inid, superlicial or sulisiipei- 

 licial, at Ieii,utli broadly iieiforated above, conical or globose, generally 

 lai'ge. Asci 8-spored. ."^jjoi'idia oblong (jr lii.-;oid, 3- or iiiore-sej)tate. 



Tlie genns as defined in Symb. Myc. indnded species with the 

 sporidia l-3-se)tt-ate {Aiiiphisjth(t'rli(, in pai't). 



Ti'. pei'tiisa, (I'eis.) (i'iafe 22) 



Sfi/iifn'a pritiisa, Pcrs. Syii. p. Sv 

 'J'lenuxlosfilnrria fifiliisti. Hckl. Syml). p. 162. 

 KxsicL-. Hckl. F. Rli. 931. 



Perithecia scattoi'ed, mostly only slightly .sunk in the matrix oi- 

 simply adnate, sjiherical-coiioid, Idack, hard, subrugose, rathei- less 

 tlian ^ mm. diam. Ostiolnm mostly conical and soon deciduous, leav- 

 ing tlie iteritliecium peifoi'ated. Asci elongated. 110-140 x 10-20 //. 

 with liiil'oi'm paraphyses. Sjioridia biseriate or obli(|uely unisei-iate, 

 elougated-lticonical. iinecpially unise])tate, finally r>-septate and more 

 or less constricted at the septa. Itrown, 24-32x8-', //. 



Sclnveinitz (Syn. N. Am. ]i. 214) says this species is connnon in 

 Carolina and I*ennsylvania. It is also mentioned l)y Peck, in 22d 

 Rep., as (bund in New York, ])ut we have never seen any American 

 specimens which we could refer to this sj)ecies. 



Ti'. iiucleaiia, (l)e Not.) 



Sfilunia nutleaiia, Ue Not. Micr. Ital. Dec. 9. p. 462, fig. IV. 

 Hypoxyhiii itiiiitrua, B. 6t C. Orcv. IV, p. 52. 

 SphiTiia caiyofylniaa, Schw. Syn, N. Am. No. 1594. 

 TrematosplKCiia niicleaiia, Sacc. Syll. 33aS. 

 Sphiciia Ciirli'sii, Berk, in Curtis Cat. p. 145. 



Perithccia superficial, with their bases slightly sunk in the matrix, 

 and connected by a thin, black, carbonaceous crust, heniisj)lierical. 

 loiigli. black, with a pa))illifbrni ostiolnm. Asci clavate-cylindrieal. 

 (!(>-70x7-S n (j». s|>.), with filiform parajthyses. Sporidia irregularly 

 biseriate, oblong, slightly curved, narrowed and rounded at the ends, 

 12-1^x4-5 /i, liiseptate, end cells subhyaline, middle cell with a 

 broad, black l>and across the center. 



On decaying hickory nuts, Pennsylvania (Everhart). 



