22') 



Differs from L. f/u(i<jfhn(rleattifn, Kai'fjt., in its sinnller sporidia 

 rdiisti'ictotl at tlic st'ptn. 



Vai'. phn'/Kcpfiifimt, E. A- K.. on dccorticatod maple linil)s, Lyn- 

 tloiivillc. N. Y. (Fairman. 184) lias asfi ()». s}).) 7<l-7') x 10-12 // 

 Siioriilia invuularly liiscriato or oltli(|U(', oUlonu' or clavatc-oljlonji'. 

 ^j-scptatc and constricted at the sejjta. olttnse. lirown, 1 ")-2() x 'j-G /i. 

 In well developed specimens, one oi' liotli tlie terminal ccdls art' anain 

 divided liy a sejttnm. makina- tlie sporidia 3-')-sejttate. 



Tlie s]iec. ol' SpJifvrld siirrcctd. Cke.. on poplar lioai'd in onr 

 llei'li. is certainly the same as //. iriscptatinn. I'k.. sec. sjiecc. I'r«»ni 

 Peek. The ostiola are narrow and at first ol'ten not at all comjiressed. 

 'i'lie sjioridia are a little liirjicr. lo-'JO x T-S // (2') x S //, Cke.). otten 

 ii little narrower helow, clavate-oMonu', sometimes consti'icted at all 

 tlic septa (tornlose). lint nn»re distinctly so at the middle se])t»im. 

 //. fi-ific/tfof 11/11. Pk.. should ))i'olial)ly lie referred to L. <jtt(i<h'itni<'Jf- 

 afin/i. Karst.as a sniall-s)io)'ed vai'. 



L IMiini, E. & E. donrn. Mycol. IV. ]i. 04. an<l Trans. Hoch. Acad. 

 Sci. 1. ].. 4!». (Plate 25) 



I'erithecia trr(\uai'ions, snnk in the wood, .|-J mm. diani, Ostiola 

 eiinnjient thi'<Mi;ih the l»ai'k and stronu'ly compressed. Asci clavate- 

 cylindrical, 80-91 X S-!) //, Avitli almndant jiaraphyses. Sjioridiii nin- 

 seriate. mostly 4 in an ascus. ol)lon,u'. ronnded at the ends, brown. 

 ;^-septate and constricted at the sejda. a little narrower at the lo\v(>r 

 one, lS-22 x (t-8 ft. This can haidly he L. arfrvafn/n, Karst . which 

 has the jierithecia erumi)ent in small clustei's (ca?spites minutos) and 

 spuridia scarcely ccmstricted. 



On I^)'ton/s serofhia, liyinlonville, X. V. (Fairman). 

 L. iliiKopliilum. (B. & C.) 



Sfihtrria rhizophila, n. & C. Orcv. IV, p. 14,^. 

 I.ophiostoma rhizophilum, Sacc. SyU. 5465, 



•I'erithecia seattei-ed, ovate. Ostiolnni short, transverse, linear. 

 Asci davate. S))oridia shortly fnsifoi-m, curved, pointed, 15 // lonjr. 

 Iriseptate, at Icnfith brown.'' 



On (>xj(osed roots, Pennsylvania (Michener). 



Ii. pseudomacrostomiim, Sace. Mich. 1. ;^).'}!). — IJerlese icon. tab. 7. 

 iiji-. 1.— id. F. Moricoli, fa.^^c H. No. 0. 



I'.xsicc. KU. & Kvrht. N. A. F. 1629, 



Poritl 



iccia siTejrarious. sniinnmci-sed, u'IoIkw. h 



lack. 



mm. (liam. 



n-tiolum compi'e.^sod, emerjient. rather broad. Asci cylindric-clavatc, 



2y 



