154 



Tr. flssuraruni, (B. & C.) 



SpkiEria fissurarum , B, & C. Grev. IV, p. 144. 

 Trickosphceria Jissurarum, Sacc. Syll, 1747. 



Perithecia globose, covered with short villosity ; ostiolnm rather 

 thick, attenuated upwards. Asci lanceolate, short. Sporidia minute, 

 oblong, hj'aline. No measurements of asci or sporidia given. 



On pine rails, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



ACANTHOSTIGMA, De Not. 



Sferiacei Italici, p. 85. 



Perithecia superficial, membranaceous, globose or ovate, mostly 

 small, clothed with stiff hairs or bristles. Sporidia two- or more- 

 celled, hyaline. 



A. sc6pula, (C. & P.) 



Lasiosphesria scapula, C. & P, Grev. XV, p. 82. 

 Acanthostigma scapula, C. & P. Bull. N. Y. State Mus. No. 2, p. 22. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 184. 



Perithecia small (150-200 [i), subglobose, very black, with short, 

 divergent, rigid, black hairs or bristles, which are 75-125 fi long by 

 7-8 pL thick. Asci lanceolate or subclavfite, 8-spored. Sporidia 

 crowded or biseriate, elongated, gradually narrowed toward each end, 

 straight or slightly curved, multinucleate, at length multi- (10-12-) 

 septate, yellowish- or greenish-hyaline, 60-70 x 3-3| fi. 



On pine and hemlock wood, New York and New Jersey. 



A. Berenice, (B. & 0.) 



Sph€sria Berenice, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. io8. 



Venturia saccardiaides , E. & M. Am. Nat. Jan. 1884, p. 69. 



Acantkastigfna Berenice, Sacc. Syll. 3612. 



"Peiithecia minute, ovate, clothed all over with radiant flocci. 

 Asci lanceolate. Sporidia hyaline, oblong, slightly attenuated at each 

 end or subcymbiform." 



On the under side of leaves oi Magnolia macrophylla (Carolina)? 



Cooke, in his synopsis, Grev. XVI. p. 18, places this in the Acan- 

 thostigma Sect, of Ventuna, having sporidia 1-5-septate. Venturia 

 saccardioides, B. & M., which is evidently the same as this, has peri- 

 thecia hypophyllous, scattered, brownish-black, collapsing above, 150- 

 200// diam., clothed with loose, spreading hairs, which are longer 

 below and form a fringe around the base Asci clavate-cylindrical, 

 about 50 X 8 fi, briefly stipitate, paraphysate. Sporidia fusoid, 3-sep- 

 tate, hyaline, 12-15 x 2J-3 //. On leaves of Magnolia glauca, Florida. 

 Fully matured specc, on leaves of Magnolia grandiflora from Lou- 



