12G Sph£Briacese, PliieoJidyniie, Rliynchomeliola. 



Hah. in ligno eraortuo Aceris niac rophy 1 li, Klikitat Aui. 

 bor, — Affine R. minuto. 



NEOPECKIA Sacc. in Peck Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p. 127 (Etyin. a neo^ 

 novus et a cl. Peck). — Perithecia carbonacea, subfragilia, super- 

 ficialia, sed subiculo copioso, efi^uso se:niiraniersa, globosa, papillata, 

 (lenique latiuscule pertusa. Asci octospori , elongati, copiose pa- 

 raphysati. Sporidia didyma fuliginea. — ■ A genere Amphisphccria 

 subiculi copiosi praesentia diff^ert, ab Enchnosphojria et Eriosphce- 

 ria sporidiis perfecte didymis, fuligineis recedit. — Genus claris- 

 simo mycologo C. H. Peck speciei typicfe illustratori jure merito- 

 que dicatuni. 



1. Neopeckia Coulteri (Peck) Sacc. in Torr. bot. Club. 1883, p. 127, g621 

 Sphcvria Coulleri Peck in Hayden's U. S. Geol. Survey, 1872, 

 p. 792, Enchnosphoiria {?) Coulteri Sacc. Syll. 11, p. 207, Lasio- 

 sphcuria acicola Cooke in Grevillea 1880, pag. 87. Atnphisphce- 

 ria (?) acicola Sacc. Syll. vol. I, p. 727. — Peritheciis 0,5 mm. 

 diam., demum papilhi amis.sa, perforatis; ascis 130-140:^14-15, 

 p. sp., paraphysibus copiosis, filiformibus; sporidiis utrinque obtu- 

 siusculis, 20-28 ::; 9-10, intense fuliginois. 



Jlah. \\\ foliis Pini in montibus llocky Amer. bor. — llabitu 

 externo EnchnospJuvricv Pinetorum peraffinis, sed fructificatio 

 prorsus aliena. 



RHYNCHOMELIOLA Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. 1, p. 283 (Etym. rA.yn- 

 chos rostrum et Meliola, ob perithecia eximie rostrata). — Peritho- 

 cia atra, parvula, globulosa, sursum in ostiolum cylinilraceum, prae- 

 longum, obtusum producta, subiculo concolori, tomentosulo, coni- 

 diifero, phyllogeno insidentia; asci cylindraceo-clavati, aparaphy- 

 sati, 8-spoii; sporidia elliptica, didyma, chlorino-olivacea. — Go- 

 nus DimerospO)'io affine, ostioii pra)sentia recedens, ad Capno- 

 ifium pluribus characteribus vergens; ab utroque vero satis di- 

 stinctuin est, ot moiius sub Spluo-iaceis militare videtur. 



1. Rhynchomeliola pulchella Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. 1, n. 224. — ,,,,.,., 

 Mycelio hypophyllo, cum tomento foliorum intertexto, fusco v. oli- 

 vasconti-atro, maculas j^lus minusve elatas, 1-15 mni. diam., inde- 

 terminatas, ssepe confluenti-evaiiescehtes, irregulares efficiente, ex 

 hyphis sterilibus, repentibus, deiise intricatis, fuligineis, parce se- 

 ptatis, subcrassiusculis, 4-6 u. crass., hinc inde Iiyphis fertilibus, 

 conidiiferis, eroctis ornatis composito; perithociis in mycelio nidu- 



