78 NORTH AMERICAN SORDARIACEAE 
The sporidia are developed from cylindrical bodies, as in ۰ ‘copro- 
phila. 
The above is a copy of Plowright’s original description to 
which but little can be added. Dr. Plowright has had the kind- 
ness to send me a portion of his type, which is in a good state of 
preservation for these species, but from it little can be added to 
the original description and figures. An examination of the type, 
however, has led to the conviction that this is distinct from all 
Pleurage Cali eg nica after 07 I, substratum slightly magnified ; 
2-4, موس‎ ascus an 
other American species and that the spores are tipped at the upper 
end as well as at the lower end of the primary appendage by long 
lash-like gelatinous hyaline. secondary appendages, whose exact 
character cannot be determined from the dry specimens. Cultures 
of California material will doubtless yield specimens of this species. 
But until cultures are made, nothing can be added to our knowl- 
edge of the species, although the type is extant. 
18. PLEURAGE STRIATA (E. & E.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 3': 
504-505. 1898 
Sordaria striata E. & E., Jour. Mycol. 4: 79. 1888. 
Podospora striata (E. & E.) N. Am. Pyren. 131. 1892. 
. Gregarious. Perithecia ovate, conical, Gs mm. high and .5 
mm. broad, black tubercular-roughened, the tubercles seriate above 
so as to cause the conical ostiola to appear striate: the tubercles 
are at first capped with a few light-colored granules, like grains o 
