38.*) 



f ill flic 



oIlloilM', 



ill tlic 



/I, <'ii(l,- 



V. 



l*('iitli('('iii sciiHcrcil, stili('niin)i('iit, <l('|»r('ss(Ml-Ii('uiis]ili('i'i('al. .^-f 



ihi'i. iliiiin., iiiciiiliriiiiiU'coiis, hliick, ustioliiiii not itioiiiiiiciit. Asci 



(ililoi ^' 01 oviilt'-ol>l<»ii<r, sessile, mostly sultatteiuinted itiiove. I»iit olitnse. 



TO 7().\ ir)-'20//. I'iii'ii|ili_vses not aluiiMliiiit. Sjioiidia mostly l»iseii- 



iilc or irreuuliiily crowded, oliloii^-liisoid, l-3-se])tiite. Iiyidiiie. 22-2') 



\ (I -8 //. 



On dead liiidis ui' Pimiti ngiila. Newlield, X. .1. 



M. cavei'iiosa, (K. & E,) 



Sfiluriia {Afftaspluciia) cairnio.sit, U. it Iv Joiirii. Mycol. I, p. n. 

 .^fe/aspluri ia cavcniosa. Sacc. Syll. 7030. 



Peritliecia coriaeeo-caihoiiaceoiis, l»lack. latlier tliiii-Wiilled. },-^ 



mm. diam., sometimes 2-3 united, at lirst covered. l»y tlic filters of tlie 



liark. tlie iijijier Iialf at len<»tli projeetinji' and neai'ly hare. Ostiolum 



<Ml)tulierculilorni, ohtuse, lii'oad. Asci elavate-eylindrical. 80-11'). \ 



12 1") /<, with lililbrm jiaiapliyses. Spoiidia uniseiiate or jtartly lii- 



-criate aliove, rather acutely elliptical, endochrome, 3-times divideil, 



hyaline. 18-22 x 7-l> //. The upp<'r jtart ol" the peiithecium at leufrth 



Tails away, leavinu' the hlack, cuji-shaped, liemispherieal liase hedded 



in tli<' liark. Closely allied to M. fehsfe(/<i, KlI.. which is scarcely 



distinct irom J/, corf/coht. Fckl. it dilVers howevei' in its denuded 



peiitliecia, lonucr and lnoader asci. and rathei- lonuci' spoiidia. The 



spoiidia oi' J/. Iciosfcf/d. are mostly 14-18x7-8 //.. very few reachinji' 



20 //. lon<r. 



On hark oi' T'aji'odiiuii (Ustivhiiin. Darien. (Ja. (If. W. Ravenel, 



7(»3). ^ _ • ^ 



^''^' Sporidia o- or more-septate. 



M. bii'iiiiiea, (Cke.) 



/'//•oi/iDitt bi 14)1111(1. Cke. in Rav. V. Am. 684, and Syn, soi,-,, 

 Mtlaxfihteiiii hiidineu. Sacc. Syll. ,'vt27, Cke. Syii. 4459. 



Perithecia covered hy the epidermis, densely and widely tiiTua- 

 rious, so as to blacken the stem, fiiohose-depiessed, small. 120-180 // 

 diam., papillulate, tinally collapsinii'. Asci cylindric-clavate. i)0-100x 

 10 /i, spariiiiily parajtliysate, very short-stipitate. 8-spored. Sporidia 

 biseriate or oiiliquely uniseiiate. ohlonu-fusoid. at first l»road(!r and 

 surrounded with a hyaline envelope, fi-niicleate, l)ecomin<i' ')-septate. 

 the third cell thicker, constricted in the middle. 28-3()x fi.l-7.\ //, ire- 

 i|uently curved. 



On dead stems oi' Fa'nicidniit, Aiken, South Carolina. 



M. aiilica, (C. & E.) 



Sphceria aulita, C. & E. Grev. VI, p. 95. 

 Mdasphicria aiilica, (C. & E.) Sacc. Syll. II. p. 16.S, 

 lindopbUra aiiliia, Cke. Syll. 4164. 



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