202 



A. deformis, Ell. & Lang, (in Herb.) 



Perithecia superficial or at least, witli the base simply adnate, 

 ovate, obtuse, roughish, black, about I mm. diam., at length broadly 

 perforated or irregularly ruptured above, carbonaceous. Asci clavate- 

 oylindrical, paraphysate, 75 x 7-8 fi (p. sp. about 65 ju long). Sporidia 

 uniseriate, ovate-elliptical, brown, uniseptate and slightly constricted, 

 8-10 x3i^/^. 



On the bare wood of an old cedar post, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. decortickta, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphceria decorticata, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 19. 

 Atnphisphceria decorticata, Sacc. SyU. 6613. 



Perithecia seriate or irregularly gregarious, nestling among the 

 loosened fibres of the wood, at length superficial or nearly so, subglo- 

 bose, black, rather less than J mm. diam. Ostiolum inconspicuous. 

 Asci, including the slender base, 150x12 //, with abundant paraph- 

 yses. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong or ovate-oblong, uniseptate and 

 slightly constricted at the septum, 15-20x8-9 /i, brown. 



On decorticated limbs of oak, California. 



A. dothideaspora, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 9. 



Perithecia gregarious or scattered, emergent, covered by the 

 blackened epidermis, conic-convex, black and shining, ^ mm. diam., 

 with a papilliform ostiolum. Asci p. sp. 65-75 x 10-12 fi, with abun- 

 dant paraphyses. Sporidia mostly biseriate, ovate-oblong, brown, uni- 

 septate, the septum being below the middle, slightly constricted at the 

 septum, 15-20 (mostly 15-17) x 7-8 fi (30 x 12 // Cke.) 



On dead stems of Mimulus glutinosus, California. 



The epidermis is not uniformly blackened, but only directly over 

 the perithecia. 



A. salebrosa, (C. & P.) 



Sphtzria saiedrosa. C. & P. 29th Rep. N, Y. State Mus. p. 6r, 

 Amphisph^ETia salebrosa^ Sacc. SyU. 2747. 



Perithecia gregarious or crowded, globose, rough, black, depressed 

 and umbilicate, pierced at the apex and faintly radiately sulcate, \-\ 

 mm. diam. Asci cylindrical or clavate. Sporidia lanceolate, acute, 

 uniseptate, brown, constricted at the septum, 35-50x8-10 //. Par- 

 aphyses numerous, filiform. 



On dead shrubs, New York State (Peck). 



