112 



Sporidia unisei-iate, ovoid, 12-16 x4J-6 fi. The conidiophorous fungus 

 {Stilbum corynoides, E. & B.) lias the stem slender, gray, becoming 

 nearly black, \-\ cm. long, head globose, \-\ mm., .orange-yellow, 

 becoming fuscous. Conidia oblong-elliptical, hyaline, 5-6 xl| [jl. 



On Hibiscus, Garya, Melia and Platanus, Carolina (Curtis and 

 Ravenel), on Melia. Louisiana (Langlois). 



Sph. cinnabarina, Tul. 1. c. p. 103. 



Peritliecia growing at the base of the conidial stroma {Stilbum 

 cinnabarinum. Mont.), few, sessile, globose, scarcely papillate, very 

 smooth, orange-red, finallj' collapsing partially. Asci clavate-oblong, 

 80x13-16 /i. Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, 22-26x7 fi, pluri- 

 nucleate. Conidial stroma bacillary, clavate above, red, conidia ovoid, 

 small, 3|xlJ /x. 



On trunks of Carya, Morus and Rhus, Carolina, Louisiana and 

 Mexico. 



CALONECTRIA, De Not. 



Reel. Pir. Ital. in Comm. Soc. Ital. Critt. II, p. 477. 



Perithecia scattered or cespitose, superficial or erumpent, soft 

 (carnose-membranaceous), bright colored. Sporidia oblong or fusoid, 

 2- or more-septate, hyaline. 



C. erub^scens, (Desm.) 



Sphesria erubescent, Desm. xni, Not. 72. 

 Caloneciria erubescens, Sacc. Mich. I, p. 309. 



Scattered or gregarious, superficial, with white, woolly, radiating 

 hairs at base. Perithecia minute, pale red, globose, finally collapsing, 

 soft, glabrous, with a papilliform ostiolum. Asci clavate, 35-40 x 

 7-8 fi. Sporidia oblong-fusoid, straight or slightly curved, hyaline, 

 3-4-nucleate, becoming 1-3-septate, 10-16x2J-8/i (10x3 /i, Sacc), 

 ends subacute. 



On the under side of living leaves of Quercus laurifolid, Myrica 

 cerifera and Olea Americana, Florida (Martin and Calkins). Mostly 

 on mycelium of Meliola. 



Caloneciria leucorrhodina (Mont.), Sacc. Syll. II, p. 548, accord- 

 ing to So. American specimens from Spegazzinf, " scarcely differs from 

 this, except in its epiphyllous growth. 



C. Canadensis, (E.&E.) Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XI, p. 74, Journ. 



Mycol. II, p. 122. (Plate 13; 



Nectria Canadensis, K. & E. 1. c. 

 Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2547. 



