308 Sphajriacoaj, IMiaeosporie, Aiithostoraa. 



conico, obtiiso, perforato coronatis, nigris, opacis; ascis sessilibus, 

 oblongis, i;;Si;20: ^iioridiis 8, submonosticliis, ovatis, iitrinque bre- 

 viter .•ipiculatis et irregulariter niucosis, paruin ciirvatis, siniitlici- 

 bus. uniguttulatis, atro-fuscis, 30^:14. 



llab. iii ranii.s siccis Fagi sylvatica), rarius, prope CEstricIi 

 (KhenoijoYia). 



50. Anthostoma Ellisii Sacc. Dm/rf/pe microspora Ellis, nec Karst. ii46 

 (Anili.) in Dull. Torrey. Cl. 1881, p. 74. — Stroinate tuberculi- 

 forini 5-6 mill. diam., olivascenti-nigro; peritheciis 15-20, stro- 

 mate subiinmersis, oblongis, subcoriaceis, stipatis; ostiolis papilla- 

 tis, promiiiulis; ascis linearibus, angustis, teiuiistipitatis, 35-45;; 5; 

 sporidiis monostichis, obliquis, oblongis, obtusis, pallide fuligineis, 

 1-nucleatis, 4-5 s 1,7-2. 



Ifah. iii ramis Alni, Wells, Amer. bereali (Blake). 



51. Aiithostoma amygdaiinum (Cooke) Sacc. Melanconis amijgclalina ii47 

 Cooke in Grev. V, p. 55, t. 81, fig. 4. — Laxe circumscriptum, stro- 

 mate pallido; peritheciis circinantibus, globosis; ostiolis conver- 

 gentibus in disco fusco, prominulis; a.scis cylindraceis; sporidiis 

 amygdalaeformibus, fuligineis, 22-25 ^ 12, appendicula tenui hyalina 

 filiformi utrinque auctis. 



Hab. in cortice Liquidarabaris, Carolina iufer. (I^avenel). 

 — Appeudicula? 20-30 y.. long. 



52. Anthostoma denigrans (Curr.) Sacc. Biatnjpe denigrans Curr. ii4<? 

 Linn. Trans. XXII, n. 74, fig. 78, Cooke Handb. n. 2450. — Pe- 

 ritheciis conicis vel depressis, ligno penitus immersis, lignum in 

 pustulas minutas nigras elevantibus, lineaque nigra circumscri- 

 bentibus; ostiolis longis corticem penetrantibus; ascis teretibus, 

 breve stipitatis, Ssporis; sporidiis monostichis, ellipsoideis, 12-13 



a. longis, stipatis, 2-plurinucleatis, vel enucleatis, olivaceo-fu- 

 ligineis. 



Ilal, \\\ raniis in "Britanuia. 



53. Anthostoma dryophilum (Curr.) Sacc. Diatrjpe drijopliila Curr. n^r, 

 Linn. Trans. XXII, p. 279, fig. 75, Cooke Ilandb. p. 2440. — Pe- 

 ritheciis immersis ovoideis vel subglobosis, stroraate fusco-viridi 

 excejitis, pustulas compactas sparsas formantibus; ostiolis loiigis, 

 convergentibus, corticem perforantibus; ascis linearibus, breve sti- 

 pitatis, 8-sporis; sporidiis monostichis, oblongis, angustis, 2-nu- 

 cleatis. olivaceo-nigricantibus, 10-15-3-4. 



Hab. in ramis jiutrescentibus Quercus in Britanuia. 



