45 

 M. Smilacis, De Not. Micr. Dec. IV, p. 22. 



Myiocopron Smilacis, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 660. 

 Exsicc. Rabh. Herb. Myc. 65t.— Rehm. Ascom. 447.— Thum. M. U. 1448— Ell, N. A. F. 

 600, 



Perithecia superficial, flat, orbicular, \-% mm. diam., often con- 

 fluent, forming a continuous, rough, black crust. Asci oblong or ovate, 

 50-60x18-20// (10x6 /z, Sacc.) Sporidia biseriate, ovate-elliptical, 

 1-celled, hyaline, 12-18 x 8-10 fi. 



On dead stems of Smilax, common. 



M. inicroscopicum, Desm. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. II, XV, p. 138. 



Sacc. Fungi Italici, tab. 562. 

 Exsicc. Rab. F. E. 967, 1963, 2943. 



Perithecia flattened, brown, about 150 /x diam., pierced in the 

 center, margin subfimbriate. Asci clavate-oblong, sessile, 8-spored, 

 25-30 X 7-9 [JL. Sporidia biseriate or irregularly crowded, elongated- 

 ovate, subinequilateral, hyaline, and when mature, with a septum near 

 the lower end, 8-10 x 3-3 J fi. 



On dead dry leaves of Azalea and Myrica, New Jersey. Prob- 

 ably common in other sections and on other leaves. 



M. Pinastri, Fckl. and M. litigiosum, Sacc. should also be found 

 in this country as their spermogonial stage is often met with. 



MELiOLA, Fr. 



Elench. Fung. II, p. 109. 



Perithecia globose, astomous, membranaceous, surrounded by 

 stout, bristle-like, simple or branched appendages, and seated on orbic- 

 ular patches of radiately-branched, or subcrustaceous mycelium. Asci 

 mostly short and thick, 2-8-spored ; paraphyses none. Sporidia ob- 

 long, 2-5-septate, dark, exceptionally hyaline, continuous or fenestrate. 

 A. Sporidia 4rseptate. 



M. amphitricha, Pr. Elench. Fung. II, p. 109. 



See also Grev. XI, p. 37.— Mont. Cuba, p. 326.— Revue Mycol. 18S8, p. 134.— Journ. 



Mycol. I, p. 146. 

 Syn. SphiEria amphitricha, Fr, S. M. II, p. 513. 

 Meliola tenuis, B. & C. (sec. Cooke, Grev. VII. p. 49). 

 Rav. F. Am. 83.— Ell. N. A. F. 1296. 



Spots black, crustaceous, orbicular, often confluent, amphigenous, 

 but mostly hyppphyllous, mycelium brown-black, remotely septate, 

 radiating, with short, pyriform, uniseptate, alternate branches (hypho- 

 podia). Perithecia black, globose, then depressed and at length col- 

 lapsing, rugulose, 200-300 [i diam., surrounded by black, opake, rigid, 

 erect, entire setse 300-500x9-12 //. Asci oval, 2-spored, evanescent. 

 Sporidia oblong, dusky, 3-septate, constricted at the septa, 50-60 x 16 

 -24//. 



