On some species of the genus Meliola. 
F. S. EARLE. 
Meliola tenuis B. & C. 
A fungus was distributed under the above name by Rave- 
nel’ on leaves of Arundinaria from Darien, Ga., but no de 
scription was given. It is mentioned by Cooke,? who merely 
remarks: ‘‘Scarcely different from Meliola amphitricha.’ It 
is mentioned by Saccardo* under the heading ‘‘Speczes mi 
minus note”, where he simply quotes Cooke’s remark as given 
above. It is next mentioned by Martin‘ as Ravenel’s no. 
0. He gives no description, but says: ‘This appears tobe 
M. amphitricha Fr. 
In the Supplementum Universale Saccardo® publishes a 4¢ 
scription for the first time. It is as follows: ‘‘Meliola temus 
B. & C., Ravenel, Fungi Amer. Exsic. no. 831 (without fd 
scription). —Epiphyllous, forming small, black, hairy, A 
orbicular spots; perithecia globose, covered with rigid, stralg Hs 
sharp-pointed sete; asci 2—4-spored, ellipsoid; sporidia ° ; 
long, 50x 18-20, 4-septate, slightly constricted, extreme 
rounded, fuliginous; pycnidia present, smaller than the per 
thecia; stylospores oblong, I-septate, multiguttulate, pe 
25~-26x6-7u.” This description would certainly justify’ 
remarks of Cooke and Martin, that it was near to oF ident! 
with M. amphitricha Fr. B 
Gaillard* in his admirable monograph places M. tenuls de 
C. among “‘species dubia.” After quoting Saccardes m- 
scription he makes the following remarks: ‘‘We have me 
ined authentic specimens from Ravenel’s no. 831. ee k 
the following characters: Spots pulverulent, of a deep a 
brown color. Mycelium formed of moniliform cells of a pe 
fuliginous brown, bearing occasionally little spherical a 
ings, from which globular, thin-walled, sterile conceptac 
eae, nn a a aan memiteaat 
* Cooke, Rayenels American Fungi Greviles— 49. D.1878. 
, se} . . 
* Martin, Syoopale of the fo cae. ico of Asterina, Dimerosport? 
er ome Jour. of Mycology 1: 148. D.1885. 
eine Ng Fungorum 9: 428. S. 1891. eee uf 
1892, : nre Meliola; Anatomie, Morphologie, Sys 
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