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  Twenty-eighth 
  Keport 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  name 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  growth. 
  This 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Byssisedce. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  hirtissima 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  scattered 
  or 
  crowded, 
  superficial, 
  ovate 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   globose, 
  black, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  rather 
  short 
  rigid 
  

   black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  asci 
  linear 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  broadly 
  ellipti- 
  

   cal 
  or 
  subglobose, 
  colored, 
  .0005' 
  long. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  pine 
  wood. 
  Center. 
  November. 
  

  

  The 
  perithecia 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  Mrsuta. 
  

   The 
  asci 
  are 
  quite 
  fugacious. 
  The 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   Villosce. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  eximia 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  free, 
  ovate 
  or 
  subcorneal, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  

   hairs, 
  black 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  smooth, 
  papilliform 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded, 
  

   elliptical, 
  colored, 
  . 
  001'-. 
  0012' 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  fine 
  

   hyaline 
  appendage 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  one 
  attached 
  to 
  

   a 
  firm 
  tapering 
  point 
  or 
  process 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spore. 
  

  

  Dung 
  of 
  hares 
  in 
  wet 
  places. 
  Kasoag, 
  Oswego 
  county. 
  

   July. 
  (Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  14-17.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  extremely 
  long, 
  slender 
  

   appendages 
  which 
  are 
  several 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  spore. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  valsoides 
  n. 
  sp, 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  matrix, 
  scattered, 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  rigid 
  bristle-like 
  processes 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  asci 
  subclavate 
  ; 
  

   spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  oblong-elliptical, 
  at 
  first 
  green- 
  

   ish, 
  then 
  brown, 
  .OOll'-.OOlS' 
  long, 
  generally 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  

   nucleus 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  stem-like 
  colorless 
  appendage 
  at 
  the 
  

   base. 
  

  

  Cow 
  dung. 
  Sageville. 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  caudate 
  appendage 
  is 
  usually 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  spore. 
  The 
  erect 
  processes 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  peritliecia 
  

   are 
  suggestive 
  of 
  a 
  minute 
  species 
  of 
  Yalsa, 
  whence 
  the 
  

   specific 
  name. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  minima 
  Awd. 
  

  

  Dung 
  of 
  hares. 
  Providence. 
  Also 
  on 
  horse 
  dung. 
  Beth 
  

   lehem. 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  

  

  Sphjeria 
  canina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  minute, 
  scattered 
  or 
  crowded, 
  free, 
  subglobose, 
  

  

  