155 



isiana, have the asci 70-80x10^11 //, and sporidia 15-20x3 p., 3-6- 

 septate, and the hairs on the perithecia shoi-ter. 



A. decastyluin, (Cke.) (Plate 19) 



SphcEria decastyla, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 52. 

 Lasiosphizria subveluiina, K. & K. Journ. Mycol. Ill, p. 11,7. 

 Sphixria cariosa, C. & E. Grev. VI, p. 94, tab. 100, fig. 28. 

 Sphcsria airiella, C. & E- Grev. VI, p. 94. 

 Acanthosiigma decastylum, Sacc. Syll. 3614. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 783. 



Perithecia superficial, black, conic-hemispherical, 1 50-200 jjl diam., 

 sparingly clothed with spreading, straight, remotely septate, rather 

 obtuse, black, deciduous hairs siibdiaphanous above, 100-150x4-5 p.. 

 Asci clavate-cylindrical, about 150 X 12 /i, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia fnsoid, hyaline, biseriatc, slightly curved, ends rather obtuse, 

 granular, becoming 3-5-septate, 22-30 x 4^4| p. Closely allied to 

 A. atroharhum, (C. & E.), but hairs of perithecia longer and of equal 

 diameter throughout, and sporidia 3-5-scptate. The surface of the 

 wood itself, in both of these species, is thinly clothed with hairs similar 

 to those growing on the perithecia. 



On oak wood, Darien, Ga. (Ravenel), on rotten Magnolia wood 

 and bark, Newfield, N. J., and Bethlehem, Pa. (Rau). 



We have never been able to find the sporidia of Sphmria ntrielln 

 ■constricted in the middle, as described and figured in Grevillea, and 

 regard that species as only a more robust form of S. cariosa. The 

 mature perithecia become bald. It is not improbable that Sphceria 

 longispora, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VI, p. 135, is the same as this, 

 but the specc. are too poor and scanty to determine with certainty. 



A. Clintonii, (Pk.) 



SphlBria Clintonii, Pk. 30th Rep. p. 65, pi. tl, figs. 19-23. 

 Acanthosiigma Clintonii, Sacc. Syll. 3610. 

 Venturia Clintonii, Cke. Syn. 2889. 



"Perithecia very small, 120-160 [i diam., subglobose, gregarious, 

 black, clothed with erect, black, bristly hairs. Sporidia fusiform, mul- 

 tinucleate, then 5-7-septate, colorless, 40-45 p long. 



On decaying wood, Alden, N. Y. (Clinton). 



Related to A. scopula (C. & P.), from which it differs in its 

 smaller perithecia and broadei' sporidia with fewer septa." 



A. atrobarbnYti. (C. & E.) 



SphiBria atrobarba, C. & E. Grev. VIII, p. 15. 

 ChiZtosphcBria atrobarba, Sacc. Syll. 3215, Cke. Syn. 2660. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 590. 



Perithecia gregarious, scattered, superficial, small (100-150 p. 

 high), ovate-globose, clothed with scattering, long, black, bristle-like, 

 septate hairs with subhyaline tips. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 70-75 x 



