812 



SPH.t:RIMXA. Sacc. 



Michvlia I, p. .Vf). 



I'ciitlif'ciii as ill S/)/iii'icff<t. S|i(»i'itliii liviiliiic ii-or inorc-sciitntc. 



S. Hambiiciiia. I'k. .'txtli iicp. p. KKl. 



iV'ritlicciii iiiiiiiitc. imiiici'oiis, closely ^rcjriiiioiis, iiii(M|iial Hint' 

 in'('jj:iilar, »trlii<iilai', oltloiiii' or even llcxuous, covered liy the epideiinis. 

 then eniiiipeiil, opeiiiiii; liv a pore or a narrow chink, lihick. Asci 

 chivate or .-ulicylindrical, 7')-12')xl2 //, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia crowdeil or liiseriate, oldonu-chivate. .V7-seplate, constricted at 

 the niiddh' septum. col(»rless, '2.'{-;{(> x TJ-S'i /r. tiie I(»wer hall' narrower 

 than the upper. 



On dead liranohcs of Sattihiiciis ConadcvHiH. New York State 

 (IVck). 



Apparently related to S. httcrtitirta (H. A- \lv.]. lint dilVers in its 

 huiu'er as«'i and its sporidia. 



S. I'eckii, (S|m»s-) 



.S/>/iiri il/ii Pi'ckii, Spt'n ill Tluiiii. M. l'. x^tfi. 

 .\/,tii\f>lur>ia I'likii, Sncc. SyU. II, p. 17J. 

 Sjiltici iiliiia /hkii, Cke. Syii, No, 5791;. 



Peiitht'cia epiphyllons, !^re,u:arions, at first innate '. i the epidermis, 

 then protidieranl, spha'iuid-lenticidar, texture sulicailionaceous, pierceil 

 aliove, hiack, 1 00-1 '20 /i diam. A.sci cylindrical, attenuated hclow 

 into a .short, thick stijie, ratliei- acutely rounded at the apex, S-sjtorcd, 

 without ]»arapliys>es, 50-(iO x (i-Ti /'• Sporidia l>iseriate, hyaline. 

 Insoid ov suhcylindrical, obtusely acuminate at eacli end, mostly a 

 little curved, pr(»loplasm at liist, 2-paited and .spuriously .^jcptate, then 

 multiseptate hut never constricte^l, I0-I8 x .'{-;{ | //. 



On dry leaves oi' Amc fa uc/ih-r Ctniaifetmis, Alliany. N. V. 



S. (Iryopliila, (('ke. & Haik.) 



Sphccrella iliyofliiU, Cke. ft Hark. (".rev. IX, p. 86. 

 /.cploipliin ia (iiyofi/ii/ii, Sncc. SyU. ^Ojfi. 

 Splumilina dryophila, Cke. Syii. 5.S16. 



Epipliyllous. Spots orliicular, reddish-hrown. IVrithccia hrown. 

 sul)inunersed. Asci chivate, ,><essilo. Sporidia lancoolute, trisoptate, 

 pale brown, 20 x 3^-4 //. 



On leaves of Quereuft, California. 



S. inyiladea, (DC.) (Plate 27) 



Sp/nnia inyiiaitca, DC. Fl. I'r. VI. p. 14S. 

 Sphicitlla Hiyiiadea, Rali. in I*. Kiir. My. 

 Splmi\iliiui iiiy>itu//a, Sacc. .SyU. ,^524. 

 Exsicc. Rat). K. Hut. 149.— Tliuin. M. V. 2157.— Cke. !•. Brit, i.st Ser. 172.— id. 2d Ser. 269, 

 Rnv. !•'. Am. 156.— Kricgr. K. Sax. 279.— Sydow. M. March. 1931.— Rehiii Asc. 947, 



