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Teich. inseciira, (Ell.) 



Cucurbitaria insecura, Kll. N, A. F. 882. 



Perithecia scattered or subgregarious, globose-depressed, base 

 sunk in the matrix, apex obtuse and minutely papillate, coriaceous, 

 black, smooth, J mm. diam. Asci cylindric-clavate, paraphysate, 

 8-spored, 130-135 x 18 /^. Sporidia obliquely uniseriate, obovate- 

 elliptical, constricted in the middle, narrower below, 24^26 x 8-10 ft, 

 3-septate-muriform, brown. 



On partly decorticated and blackened limbs of willow, Pleasant 

 Valley, Utah (S. J. Harkness). 



Teich. solitkria, (Ell.) 



Cucurbitaria solitaris, EU. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VIII, p. 125. 



Perithecia solitary, cylindric-ovate, rough, about ^ mm. diam. and 

 I mm. high, with a strongly papilliform ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, 

 125-130x17-18 fji. Sporidia uniseriate (mostly), oblong-elliptical, 

 constricted in the middle, uniseptate and yellowish at first, soon be- 

 coming 3- or m.ore-septate, dark brown and muriform, 25-33 x 12-13 ji. 



On sage brush {Artemisia) Utah. 



Teich. xerophila, Sacc. Syll. 3907. 



Teichospora aridophila, Pk. Bot. Gaz. VII, p. 57. 



Perithecia minute, 250-300 n diam., scattered, hemispherical or 

 depressed, black, with a minute, papilliform ostiolum. Asci subcylin- 

 drical, 112-120x28-30 fi. Sporidia crowded or biseriate, oblong or 

 obovate, slightly constricted in the middle, muriform, colored, 28-35 x 

 12-15 II. 



On bleached wood, Arizona. 



Allied to T. ohducens. (Name changed by Saccardo (Syll. II, p. 

 299) from aridophila to xeropTiild). 



Teich. niammoides, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Pa., July, 

 1890, p. 242. 



Perithecia erumpentrsuperficial, gregarious, depi-essed-hemispheri- 

 cal, brownish-black, | mm. diam., with a prominent, nipple-like, black 

 ostiolum. Asci clavate-cylindrical, subsessile, 100-110 x 12-15 //, with 

 abundant filiform paraphyses. Sporidia uniseriate, ovate-oblong, 5-7- 

 septate, and muriform, scarcely constricted, yellow, becoming brown. 

 20-22x9-11 /z. 



On dead stems of Sarcobatus vermicidatus, Montana (Anderson). 



