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The Newfield s^pecc. liave tlie asci (p. sp.) 75-80 x 8-10 jx. Spo- 

 ridia 12-14x6-7 fx. Perithecia ovate, about \ mm. diam. 



Differs from R. ligiviarui in its rather larger asci and sporidia. 



R. ambigiia, Sacc. Fungi Ven. Ser. II, p. 328, F. Ital. tab. 594. 



Kxsicc Rehm's Ascomycetes, 790. 



Perithecia densel}' gregarions, superficial, with the habit and gen- 

 eral appearance of R. pulveracea, (Ehr.), globose-conoid, 120-140 ji 

 diam., very black, clothed all over, but especially around the small, 

 papilliform ostiolum, with acute, divergent bristles, finally bald. Asci 

 cylindrical, attenuated below, 80 x 8 /z, 8-spored, and with filiform par- 

 aphyses. Sporidia directly or obliquely uniseriate, ellipsoid, or sub- 

 globose, 10-12 X 7-8 /i, slightly compressed latei-ally, greenish at first, 

 becoming dark, continuous. 



On branches of Sambucus pubens^ New York (Peck). 



Evidently closely allied to^. ligniaria. 



R. hericiuni, (Schw.) 



Sphceria hericium^ Schw. in Herb. Berk. 



Coniochtxia hericium, Cke. Syn. 2785 and Grev. XV, p. 82. 



Sphtzria hericium, WaU. Cr. Fl. Germ. No 3871? 



Perithecia scattered, 300 p. diam., subglobose, dark brown, clothed 

 with short, subulate, scattered hairs. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Spo- 

 ridia oval, continuous, brown, 12-14 x 8 y.. 



On rotten wood, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schweinitz). 



R. Clavkris, (Tul.) {Plate 20) 



Splusria Clat/arics, Tul. Ann, Sci. Nat. Ser. IV, torn. V, p. 113. 

 Spharia Clavaria, Awd. Rab. F. Eur. No. 252. 

 Sordaria Clavaria, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 52. 

 Pleospora Clavariarum, Tul. Sel. Carp. 11, p. 271. 

 Helmithosphmria Clavarice, Fckl. Symb. p. 166. 

 Rosellinia Clavarice, Winter, Die Pilze, 3096. 

 Exsicc. Rab. F. Eur. 252, J023, 2666.— Fckl. F. Rh. 2443.— Ell- N. A. F. 7S6. 



Perithecia gregarious, superficial, globose, without any evident 

 papilliform ostiolum, dark brown, clothed all over with simple, spread- 

 ing sharp-pointed, rigid, brown hairs, and seated on a widely effused, 

 felt-like, black, subiculum, the branches of which, as well as the hairs 

 on the perithecia bear conidia at their tips. Asci cylindrical, attenu- 

 ated below into a stipe-like base, 80-90 x (5-7 p.. Sporidia uniseriate 

 or partly biseriate, elliptical, pointed at the ends, dark brown, con- 

 tinuous, 10-14 X 6-8 p. Paraphyses filiform, longer than the asci. 



On living Clavaria Newfield, N. J. 



