1018 Melf^ncoiiiacefp, Ph{¥ospor?e, Melaiioonium. 



miclem leniter elevautibus; conidiis anguste elliptico-cylindraceis, 

 rectis v. curvulis, hyalinis, continuis, grosse guttatis, 25-35 v 5-6, 

 apice basiquo setis suboctonis 20-30 u. longis ornatis. 



Hdb. in truncis Gossypii berbacei, Auburn, Alabama 

 Amer. bor. 



N/EMOSPORA Pers. — Syll. III, p. 746, X, p. 507. 



1. Naemospora Alni AUesch. Hedw. 1895, p. 279. — Pustulis conicis, ^o-iO 

 minutis, gregariis, vertice rima transversali perforatis; nucleis 

 subrotundis v. oblongis. varie lobatis, atris; cirris filiformibus, 

 aureis; conidiis bacillaribus v. subfusiformibus, cuivulis, utrinque 

 obtusis, hyalinis, ca: 9-14 «ly, -2; basidiis dense fasciculatis, fili- 

 formibus, simplicibus, 20-20 w. longis, 1-1'/, v. crassis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in cortice Alni incana?, socio Melanconio apiocarpo et 

 ^felancone thelehola iramatura, in Bavaria. 



2. ? Naeinospora sclerotioides Allesch. Hedw. 1896, p. (33). — Stro- 4029 

 mate subcutaneo erumpente, epidermide irregulariter rupta cincto, 

 durissimo, subcorneo, pluricellulari, extus riibro-brunneo, intus ni- 

 gro V. cinereo, subrimoso; conidiis filiformibus- rectis v. leniter 

 curvulis, hyalinis, 10-20 « 1 ; basidiis furcatis, hyalinis, lG-25 « 1. 



Hah. in cortice Quercus pr. Beroiinum Germani?B Sydow). 

 — Vergit ad Libertellam. 



3. NsBmospora Strobi Aliesch. Hedw. 1895, p. 279. — Peritheciis 4080 

 nullis; acervulis epiclermide dein irregulariter fissa tectis, con- 

 vexis, sa!pe confluentibus, carneo-vel flavo-albis; conidiis numero- 

 sissimis, oblongis, utrinque obtusis, continuis, hyalinis, ca. 2-2'/^ 



« y ~1 ; basidiis dense fasciculatis, verticiilato-ramosis, hyalinis, 

 longitudine varia. 



Hab. in cortice ramulorum emortuorum Piui Strobi in Ba- 



varia australi. 



Sect 2. Ph*ospor«. 



MELANCONIUM Link — Syll. III, p. 749, X, p. 471, XI, p. 571. 



1. Meianconium crinlgerum Eli. et Ev. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1896, 403] 

 p. 43G. — Acervulis subcutaneis, convexis. ardesiacis, 2-3 mm. 

 diam. ; conidiis ovatis, ellipticis v. subglobosis, 25-40 « 22-30, laxe 

 fibrillosis, in cirros atros erumpe-ntibus. 



Hab. in cortice acerino, Ohio et New York, Amer. bor. 



2. f^elanconium Alni EIl. et Ev Proc. Acad. Philad. 1895, p, 436. 4032 



