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Sph^eria subiculata Schw. 



Decaying wood. Catskill Mountains. July. 



Sphceria mutans scarcely differs from this species except in the color of 

 the tomentum, and sometimes in the larger size of the perithecia. It is 

 doubtful if the two ought to be kept separate. 



Sph^ria (Villosje) intricata n. sp. 



Perithecia scattered or crowded, more or less elongated, obtuse, subven- 

 tricose, generally narrowed at the base, blackish-brown, tomentose-hairy ; 

 asci slender, elongated ; spores crowded, elongated, linear, more or less 

 curved or flexuous, greenish-yellow, .001 6'-. 002' long. 



Decaying wood and leaves in damp places. Sandlake. 



This species partakes of the characters of several others, but is perhaps 

 most likely to be confounded with 8. hirsuta or S. strigosa. The perithecia, 

 though smaller, resemble in shape those of S. bombarda. The spores are 

 very similar to those of S. hirsuta and /S. ovina. From /S. strigosa it is 

 separated by its peculiar soft matted hairs or tomentum. 



Sph^ria (Villos^;) scopula C. &. P., r/. sp. 



Perithecia scattered or crowded, small, .006 -.008' broad, very black, sub- 

 globose, bristly with short, rigid black hairs ; asci lanceolate or subclavate ; 

 spores crowded or biseriate, linear or slightly narrowed toward each end, 

 multinucleate, obscurely multiseptate, greenish-yellow, .0025'-. 003' long, 

 .00016 broad. 



Decaying hemlock wood. Adirondack Mountains. Aug. 



The spores are often slightly curved 



Sphceria (Byssised^e) albidostoma n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, subcrowded, small, .014-.018' in diameter, subglo- 

 bose, seated upon or involved in a black or blackish-brown tomentum, the 

 ostiola naked, not prominent, whitish when moist, darker when dry ; asci 

 cylindrical; spores biseriate, oblong-fusiform, at first uniseptate, constricted 

 at the septum and containing two or three nuclei in each cell, then 3-5- 

 septate, colorless, .0015'-.0018 long, .0003'-.00035' broad. 



Dead branches of mountain maple, Acer spicatum. Catskill Mountains. 

 September. 



The whitish ostiola constitute a marked feature in this species. Its affinity 

 is apparently with 8. hidulans. 



SPHiERIA (BYSSISEDJE) CLAVARIlNA 71. Sp. 



Perithecia small, subovate, clothed with rigid blackish-brown hairs and 

 seated on a blackish-brown subiculum ; asci cylindrical ; spores uniseriate, 

 oblong-elliptical or subfusiform, containing one or two nuclei, at first color- 

 less, then brown, .0004-.0005' long, about half as broad. 



Stems and branches of Clavaria cristata. Sandlake. Aug. 

 The Clavaria, when attacked by this fungus, becomes distorted and dis- 

 colored. 



