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globose, covered, except the papillose-conical, black ostiolum, with a 

 dense, light yellow tomentum composed of branching, slightly rough- 

 ened hairs. Asci lanceolate, rounded and perforated at the apex, 

 190-130 X 15 //. Sporidia 12-16 in an ascus, at first vermiform and 

 greenish-yellow, finally almond-shaped and opake, 14-16x7-8 /jl, with 

 a cylindrical, curved appendage, 30-35x4 ji, attached to its base and 

 a short, slender appendage, about 15 x 2 //, at the apex. The asci are 

 very evanescent. The yellow coat also turns black at maturity. A 

 closely allied species, with sporidia 22-25 x 12-15 //, has been met 

 with on dead herbaceous stems, but we have not sufficient material to ' 

 give a full description. 



On rotten wood {Acer and Kalmia), in swampy woods, Newfield, 

 N. J., November, 1879, and August, 1887. 



The perithecia are represented in the drawing (fig. 2) as attenu- 

 ated above into a distinct, beak-like neck. This is exceptional. Usu- 

 ally there is only the globose-conical, black ostiolum without any 

 distinct neck. The apical appendage is often only rudimentary or 

 wanting. 



Ph. canina, (Pk.) 



Sphccria canina, Pk. 28th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 78. 

 Philocopra canina, Sacc. Syll. 911. 



" Perithecia minute, scattered or crowded, free, subglobose, red- 

 dish-brown or dark amber color, then blackish. Asci bi'oad-oblong or 

 oblanceolate. Sporidia numerous, elliptical, slightly colored, 6J-8 // 



long."' 



On dung of dogs, Bethlehem, N. Y. (Peck). 



Ph. nmltifera, (B. & Rav.) 



Sphccria multifera, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 143. 

 Philocopra, multifera, Sacc. Syll. 913. 



" Minute, black, subglobose. Asci short, oblong, blunt, filled 

 with numerous, subglobose, brown sporidia 6-7 ,u diani.'' 

 On cow dung, Pennsylvania. 



HYPOOOPRA, Pr. 



Summa Veg. Scand. p. 397, Winter Die Pilze, p. 177. (ilon Fuckel)' 



Stroma present. Perithecia moi-e or less sunk in the stroma. 

 Sporidia one-celled, brown or black, without appendages, but surrounded 

 by a gelatinous zone. Paraphyses present, filiform. Distinguished 

 from the species of Sordaria with gelatinous-zoned sporidia, by the 

 presence of a stroma. 



