m 





I 1 



i iii 



208 



Tr. p(>niophoi>a, (Cke.) 



0»iiffi/i(r>ia /ir>iio/>/iiiiii,Cke. (Ircv. VIII, p. iig. 

 rii-inatosplKfiia piiiiophora. Sacc. Syll. 3292. 



IVritliOfin srattorctl. Miu-k, <'oin\'aI, flattened at the base, snioolli, 

 Asei ample, elavate. Siioridia iusiloi'iii, (•(tiistricted in tlie middle and 

 tlien faintly ;^-')-se|)t;ite, aeuminate at each end, brown, 100 x 14 //. 



(Jn bark, New York ((Jerard). 



The fiporidia remain for some time hyaline, with a ,<j;ranulai' eii- 

 dochiome and uniseptato, but at length become pale brown and faint- 

 ly 8-.') septate. 



Tr. sukollapsa. (E. & E.) 



lAiphimtmna subcollapium, V,. & K. Joiirii. Mj-col. II, p. loo, 



Perithecia eartilairino-mendn-anaceons, black, glolxw, ^-1 mm. in 

 (Iiam.,l)uried in the substance of the l>ark, the epidermis slightly eleva- 

 ted and blackened over thcm,an<l pierced by the ])ai»illiform ostiolnni. 

 Avhich finally collapses. Asci clavate-cylindrical. altout ir)0xl2 //. 

 with abundant paraphyses. Spoi'idia obliipiely uniseriale or more or 

 less distinctly ]»iseriat«' aliove. oblong-ellijitical, 20-20 x ()-!(► //. oi 

 regidarly elliptical, 20-22 x 12-1') ,«, hyaline at first, bec(»ming bi-owii 

 and r>-7-sej»tate, Itut not constricted at the septa. The sporidia aic 

 .-iometimes a little curved, or at least more prominent on one side. 

 The ostiolum is (piite incons]»icuous and only slightly ]»rominenl. 

 Sometimes one oi- two of the cells of the sporidia are divided l)y ;i 

 longitudinal sejitum 



(>n outer bark of living JYt/nsa iiniiti flora, Xewlield. N. .1. 



This evidently Itelongs moi'c ]troperly in Trondtosphivria. on 

 account of the inconspicuous, deciduous ostiolum. 



Ti'. iiiastoMlea. (Fr.) 



.Sphtriia maslnidea, Vr. S. M. II, p. 4fi,-?. 



Sphcrria re-cUila. H. it Br. Not. of Hrit. Fungi, No. 634, tab. 11, fix. iS. 

 SpluDia Opitii, Kckl. S\ ml), p. ii.s, tab. iii, fig. 24. 

 Afiliimastia, l-'iiesh. Nits, in Fckl. Sytnb. Nachtr. I, p. 18. 

 Trematosplunia iiuisloi(/ra, Winter Die I'ilze. p. 274. 

 E-xsicc. Fckl. F. Kh. 2322. — Rab. F. K. 1937 ? 



IVrithecia scattered or gregaiions, at first buried in the inatri.\. 

 with oidy the ostiolum projecting, finally erumpeiit and nearly, luil 

 not entii'cly. su])erlicial, s])lierical oi' sultspherical. with a distinct, 

 short-conical, perforated ostiolum, sUiOoth and Itare, J-1 mm, diaiii. 

 Asci cylindi'ical, stifiilate, 8-s|)ored, 1 30-1, ')0x 8-1) /i. with al undant 

 filiform paraphyses. Spoi'idia uniseriate. oblong, rounded at the ends. 

 2-septate, liyaline, l.W20x(»-8 /i. 



