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M. MitcheUse, Cke. Grev. VI, p. 143. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 88.— EU. N. A. F. 1294. 



Spots black, thin, mostly epiphyllous, often covering the entire 

 surface, mycelium dark brown, branching, intricate. Hyphopodia 

 short, ovate, alternate, uniseptate. Erect hyphse, simple, dark brown, 

 setaceous, apices entire, 250 x 6 ;U. Conidia light brown, obovate or 

 clavate, 3-septate, 27-30x4 /i, borne on erect, light brown, subhyaline 

 hyphffi. Perithecia black, globose, smooth, 100-125 fi diam. Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 39 x 9 fi. Sporidia oblong-elliptical, brown, 4-sep- 

 tate, 35 X 1 5 //. 



On leaves of Mitchella repens, Florida. 



M. nidulans, (Schw.) 



Splueria nidulans, Schw. Syn. Car. 185, Fr. S. M. II, p. 443. 

 Ch(StospkeEria nidulans, Rehm Ascom. 287. 

 Meliola nidulans, Cke. Grev. XI, p. 37. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. iq2.— Rabh-Winter F. Eur. 3544. — Rav. Fung. Car. I, 50. 



Perithecia gregarious, globose, rough, collapsing, black, seated on 

 a subiculum of black, erect, simple, rigid, bristle-like hairs which form 

 at first small, orbicular patches, soon confluent and often surrounding 

 the limb and extending continuously for 2-4 inches. Asci elliptic- 

 oblong, 2-4-spored, 70-80x25-30 (i. Paraphyses stout, branching. 

 Sporidia oblong, obtuse, 3-septate, (4-septate, Cke.), slightly constricted, 

 35-50 X 14-16 yu, brown. 



On living branches of Vaccinium corymbosum, New Jersey to 

 Florida. 



M. Heter6meles, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Meliolopsis Heleromeles, Cke. & Hark. Grev. xni, p. 21. 

 Meliola Heleromeles, Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6243. 



Effused, black. Mycelium subcrustaceous, moniliform, branched, 

 interwoven, mixed with Gapnodium. Perithecia globose, 200 /z diam., 

 membranaceous, free. Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, 

 3-5-septate, hyaline, 40 x 8 //. 



On leaves oi Heteromeles, mixed with Capnodium Heteromeles, 

 California. 



C. Sporidia muriform, yellowish or brown; mycelium scanty or 



obsolete. 



M. fenestrita, C. & E. Grev. V, p. 95, Journ. Mycol. I, p. 147. 



Perithecia subgregarious, subglobose, black, smooth or clothed 

 with a few spreading hairs, about 150 fi diam., with a fringe of brown, 

 spreading, septate hj'phae and a circle of short, spreading, mostly in- 

 curved, black, bristle-like, 40-60 x2> [i appendages (entire at the tip) 

 around the base. Asci evanescent and not seen. Sporidia rather 



