148 



On decaying, decorticated limbs of Quercus coccinea or perhapg; 

 Q. rubra, lying on the ground, Newfield, N. J. 



The space, on pine wood, in N. A. F. 90, are Kalmusia parallela, 

 (Fr.), which differs in its buried perithecia and absence of the yellow 

 mycelium. 



L. Vermicularia, (Nees.) 



Sphtzria Vermic-ularia. Nees. Syst. p. 311, fig. 347. 

 Trichospharia Vermicularia, FckL.Syrab. p. 145. 

 Erio&phiuria Vermicularia, Sacc. Syll. 2328. 

 LasiosphiEria Vermicularia, Cke. Syn. 2713. 



Perithecia crowded, ovate, subdepressed, astomous, black, very 

 small, covered all over with erect, black bristles. Asci oblong, stipi- 

 tate, 8-spored, 56x7 fi. Sporidia biseriate, ovate-oblong, uniseptat«, 

 hyaline, 8x3^. 



On rotten pine wood, Carolina. 



L. xestothele, (B. & C.) 



Sphi^ia xeslothele, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 107. 

 LasiosphiPria xestothele, Sacc. Syll. 3548- 



Perithecia crowded, connected with brown, woolly matter. Osti- 

 olum naked, perforated, tinged with rufons. Sporidia biseriate, fusi- 

 form, uniseptate, hyaline, 20 n long. 



On branches of Cornus florida, South Carolina (Ravenel), New 

 York (Peck). 



L. can^scensj (.Pers.) 



SphtEria canescens, Pers. Syn. p. 72, Fr. S. M. II, p. 448. 

 Lasiosphizria canescens, Karst. Mycol. Fennica II, p. 162. 



Perithecia gregarious, sometimes connected by a stromatic crust, 

 ovoid, about | mm. diam., densely clothed with rigid, spreading, 

 coarse, light brown, continuous hairs 100-150x10-12 ji thick near 

 the base. Asci clavate-cylindrical, stipitate 80-100x10-12 ii (p. sp.). 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, nearly straight, ends obtuse, 

 with two large nuclei at first, finally uniseptate, hyaline, becoming 

 brownish. 20-30 x4-5 M. 



On rotten wood, Carolina to Canada and California. 



Distinguished from its allied species by its coarse, brown hairs 

 and shorter sporidia. 



C. Sporidia continuous. 



L spermoides, (HoiFm.) 



Sphceria spermoides, Hofifin. Veg. Crypt. II, p. 12. 

 Hypoxylon mtliaceum, Bull. Champ, tab. 444. fig. 3. 

 Spharia globular is, Batsch blench. I, fig. 180. 

 LasiospheEv la spermoides, Ces. & De Not. Schema p. 55, 

 Leptospora spermoides, Fckl. Symb. p. i4.'i. 

 Kxsicc. Rab. Herb, Mycol. 47, 651.— id. F. Kur. 2430.— Rehm Asc, 587.— Thum. M. U. 

 1546.— Lin. Fungi. Hung. 274. 



