ii. Mi)iit:iiiii 



^('ptiitP Jiiid with one or t\V(» i>\' the iiitriincdinlc cell.-' divided liy it 

 loii^iiliidiiial M'ptiiiii, 1 .V'JA x S- 1 "J ft. (^iijte ol'len nsci nre necMi in 

 wliicli llie s|i(»ridia are smaller. Iiiack and shriveled as if struck with 

 Idi^lit lielore maturity. (Mosely allied lo T. /)ttfi'l/(tr/'of<h'.H,^i\rr,, \t\i\ 

 dilTers in its larirer, t!'lol)(»se-lieuiis|ilierical perithecia without any liin^je 

 of hyplae at the hase. and in its ')-7-septate sporidia unisei'iate in 

 ii!irr(»wer asci. 



On decorticated weather-lieaten limlis or*SW/>, Helena, Montana 

 (Ki'lsey). on wood iA' Pnotiis V/'r(/i/iHiii<i. Mt»ntana (Anderson). 



Teicli. pyf^tiLVa, E. & K. .lonrn. Mycoi. W . p. (;.{. 



I^M•ithecia scattered, erunipentsuperticial, depres.-<e(l-t;loliose, 

 lilack, '2{H)-'22') ii diani., witli a papillilbrm osti(diini, (inaliy perl'orateil. 

 ,\sci clavate. TO-HO x I '(-IS //, siilisessile, S-sporod, indistinctly par- 

 apliysate. .*^poridia irre<.nilarly liiseriate, ovate-elliptical, mostly 3-se| 

 tate (ex<'eptionally r)-(i-septate|. with one (»r two cells dividefl l»y a 

 lotitritudinal septum, l')-2()x()-S //, pale yellowish-hrown. Seems 

 nearly allied to T. prunifonniH. Nyl., Itut smaller in all its parts and 

 1,'icks the acute, conical ostiolum. 



On hark of cottonwo(Ml trees. Kansas (com. Dr. ,]. W. Kckfeldt). 



Tficli. ta])lii'iiia. (Fr.) 



Sphcriia taphiina, I'r. S. M. II, \t. .|ti.s. 

 ri-iihospina taphtinti. I'ckl. Siiiyb. N.iclitr. I, \i. Tf>^. 



Perithecia scattered, iilack, immersed, then emeru'ent, siihcom- 

 pressed-elliptical, olttiise. with a simple, perforated ostiolum. Asci 

 cylindrical, sulistipitate. S-spored. 88 x 12 // (p. sp.). Sporidia olili(|uely 

 nniseriiite. ovate or olilonii' ovate, sometimes curved, ends ohtnse, 

 licnerally irreuidarly 3-septate and miirilorm. .sliifhtly constricted at 

 the septa, lii'own. 14x7-10 //. Paraphyses riliform. almndant. 



Found on old wood. I>ethlelieni, Pa. Scliw.). 



rntortunately. we can not lind in die Schweinitzian lieritaiium 

 any specimen of this species (U' of T. xciiiiiUKhi. (I'ors.). 



Tcicli. vilis. (Fi.) 



Sp/icci ill vilh, V'r. S. M. II. p. 466. 



MfliDiomiiia : ilf, Fckl. Synib. p. iCo. 



Slyickfna Ti'/is, Winter, Die I'ilzc. 3204, Cke. Syii. ,u6S. 



Peritliocia almost microscopical, ]»uiu'tiforni, much scattered, 

 smooth, li'lalirous. opako, emeri>;in<x from the ideached lil)cr.s of the 

 wood, and tluMi almost superlicial. Ostiolum very minute, deciduous. 



