56 



Saccardo in Sylloge I, p. 55, gives tlie following measurements 

 from specimens on different hosts, viz. On bark of dead limbs, asci 

 35-40x17-19 pt, stipe 7-8 fi long, sporidia 28 x 5 ^; on decaying 

 paper, asci 80-100 x 18 //, stipe 20-30 /x long, spor. 26 x 7-8 //; on 

 sheep dung, asci either short-stipitatc, 45 x 15-17 /z, stipe 10 jjl long, 

 spor. 25 X 5^-6 /x, or asci 170-190 x 20 [i, stipe 70-100 /j. long, spor. 

 35 x 6|-7 jJL. 



The species seems to be common in Europe but, as far as we know, 

 has not yet been found in this country. 



The species figured on plate 7 (P. funiculatum, Preuss.) is from 

 specimens in Kriegers Saxon Fungi 426, on straw of an old thatched 

 bee-hive. 



P. flm^ti, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 157. 



iMinute, scattered. Asci elliptical. Sporidia oblong or short- 

 elliptical, numerous, brown. 



On rabbits' dung, South Carolina. 



"Sporidia brown, 4-celled, rod-shaped, pointed at the ends, not 

 constricted at the septa, 12^-15 x 2|-3 n" (Farlow in Uteris.) 



P. Z^ae, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 157. 



Perithecia seriate, forming short, black lines, and surrounded by 

 short "villose" hairs. Asci lanceolate. Sporidia short-fusiform, tri- 

 septate, slightly constricted at the septa. 



On Zea Mays, South Carolina. 



Dr. Farlow gives the following notes ii'om spccc. in Herb. Curtis: 



'■ Asci slightly clavate, averaging 60 x 8-9 //. Sporidia distichous, 

 4-celled, brown, acute at the ends, somewhat swollen in the middle, 

 14-1 6 X 5-6 n" He adds that the specimens of " Perisporium Zem, 

 Desm.," in Rav. Fungi Car. Ill, No. 65, show nothing like Perispo- 

 rium, and do not resemble P. Zece, B. & C. at all. 



P. Wrightii, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 157. 



Perithecia carbonaceo-membranaceous, thickly gregarious, in or- 

 bicular patches 1 cm, or more in diam., rough, seated on a scanty, 

 inconspicuous, colorless mycelium. Ostiola papilliform, smooth. Asci 

 ovate or subglobose, 35x40 fi, or 40-50 x 30 ji, 8-spored and without 

 para]3hyses. Sporidia crowded, yellowish, oblong, obtuse, 3-septate, 

 with a longitudinal septum running through one or more cells, 18-22 

 x 8-10 ji, slightly curved. 



On stems of Opuntia Macrorrhiza, Texas, (Wright). 



Described from specc. in the Curtis Collection (com. Farlow). 



P. Caladii, (Scliw.) Syn. Car. 316. 



This is Sderotium Caladii, Fr. S. M. II, p. 261. 



