3S3 



liy tilt' thin, I'loscly inllicrinji' o)»i(loi'iiiis, hlack. white within. Ostiohi 

 pciioriitetl. Asci i-'hiviiU'. oittusc 1 00-1 2") x 1(1-20 //. with iilinmhuit. 

 (•(tnulutiiiiitcd |»!ii'a|ih_vs('s. Sporidin crow(h'(l or liiscriate, ()l»hjn<r or 

 -:iil»l'iisoi(l, straight or sliiihtly cnrvcd, at first iiniscptatc. (piadri- 

 Miiclcatc, stroiifily constrictctl at tlio i^eptniii, liiially vi-scjttatc, hyalin(\ 

 ;;iM(>x 10-12 /i. 



On "h'iul liranchcs of Mijt'ivit Golc, iyinu- partly in water, New 

 York State. 



The epi(l(!rniis is so closely adlxMcnt that the peritheeia appear as 

 ii' saperlicial or merely innate at the liase. The nuclei of the sporidia 

 are iaru'c. Sporiilia with 3 septa were i-are. luit this may have heen 

 due to immaturity. 



M. stapliyliiia, (Pk.) 



S/>/i,rii,i, s/<i/>/n/iiiii. I'k. 26tli Rep. p. S6. 

 M>taspli(riia sUipliylhia, Sacc. SyU. ,VI47. 

 luidiifililaa slaphyliiui. Cke. Syii. .jifit, 



Peritliecia minute, hiack, covered liy the (•])idorinis which at 

 lenjfth ruptuics in u stellate; mannei- or ii-i'e^ularly. Asci? Sporidia 

 hisoriate, colorless, constrictc.'d in the middle, S-o-sojttate, 20-25 // 

 long, the two parts ibrnied liy the central septum une((ual in dianietei-. 



On dead twigs o{ Staph ylea trifolki, Ifelderhorg Mts., N. Y. 



M. leioste^a, (Kll.) 



.Sfi/uriia/i-iiis/ixa, KU. lUiU. Torr, Hot. Club, VIII, p. 91. 

 Mttasphiriia leioslfga, Sacc. SyU. 3.1.^2. 

 Kxsicc. Kll. N. A. F. 88S. 



Peritliecia gregarious, pustulilbrm, entirely covered l>y the cjii- 

 dermis wliich is usually not rui)tnred or Ulackoned over them, sul»- 

 pi'omineiit, of medium size. Asci cylindrical, 80-100 x 10-12 //, 

 abruptly narrowed below into a short, stipe-like base, not parajihysate. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, nearly hyaline, 3-septate, 12-18 x7-8 //. 



On various dead twigs, Garya, Rosa, Vaccmium &c., Newfiold, 

 N. .!., tand on Rlhes, London, Canada (Dearncss). 



This is certainly very near M. corficola, (Fckl.), but we have no 

 specc. of that species lor comparison. It is also closely allied to Lep- 

 tosphn'.riafusceUa, (B. «fe Br.), but that has olivaceous si)oridia (see p. 

 353). 



M. helicicola, (Desm.) 



Spliiriia lu'licicnla, Desm. i6. Not. 1849, p. 30. 



Ijptosphinia lielicicola, Dcsiii. Nicssl, Beitr. p. 25, tab. Ill, fig. iS. 

 MilaspJuciia hflicicohi, (I)e.sm.) Sacc. SyU. II, p. 169. 

 Exsicc. Desm. PI. Crypt. VA. I, 20S5, Kd. II, 1785. 



Ani])liigeiious. Peritliecia scattered, erumj)ent, at length partially 



