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"deeply eollapsmg al)o\e, and its ratlier larger asci and spoiidia. AVhcii 

 the peritlieeia fall away, or, on renioving them with the point of a 

 knife, a pale reddish spot is left on the bark where they stood. 



C PeritJu'CMi not coll-apsing ^ Kporidia hyal/'n-e, (TeicJiofipore/Iu), 



Teich. infliita, (Ell.) 



Spharia inflata. Ell. Bull, Torr, Bot. Club, VI, p. 135. 

 Zigttoella infiata^ Sacc. Syll. 3633. 

 Exsicc. EU. N. A. F. No. 98. 



Perithelia scattered, carlwnaceo-coriaceous, enunpent, ,-iul)glol>ose, 

 200-300 li diain., elotlied, especially below, with coarse, strigose- 

 spreadirig, grajisli-broAvn hairs, hnallj collapsing abf)\-e. Ostiolum 

 papilliforni, finally irregularly perforated. Asci at first oblong, finally 

 ■obovate, 70-80 x 25-30 ji, nearly sessile, jiaraphysate. Sporidia 8 in 

 tin ascus, irregularly arranged, elliptical, obtuse, 3-septate with a longi- 

 tudinal septum running through one or more of the cells, h_yaline, 

 20-25 X 10 ;.(. 



On wood of oak railroad ties, Newfield, N. J, 



The sporidia at first are simply 3-septatc, but when mature they 

 are as described above. In the original description this fact and the 

 presence of the strigose hairs was overlooked. This differs from 

 Hhamphoria in the absence of any beak on the perithecia. 



Teich. phellogena, (B. & 0.) 



'Sphisria phellogeiia^ B. & C. Grev.. IV, p. 144. 

 T&idwspora pliellogena^ Sacc. Syll. 3921, Cke. Syn, 3521. 



" Perithecia half immersed, subglobose, with an obtuse, papilliforiu 

 ostiolum. Sporidia biseriate^ shortly fusiform, fenestrate, 30-34 ft 

 long, nearly hyaline.'' 



On corky bark of oak, Carolina ? 



D. Perithecia bristly, {Pleosphmriay 

 Tekh, modesta, (Hark.) 



Pleosphtzria modesta^ HaTk, Bull. Cal. A<:ad"., 1^84, p, 46, 



Perithecia superficial, orbicular, Ijlack, 135 // diam., with stout, 

 black spines 40-50 ji long. Asci 8-spored, ovate or broadly fusiform, 

 45-50x15-20//. Paraphyses none. Sporidia elliptical, 3-4-septate, 

 with two longitudinal septa, pale oli\e-brown, 10 x 6 //. 



On decorticated rotting branches of Eucalyptus, California. 



Teich. chlorispora, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia superficial, scattered, submembranaceous, minute (150- 

 200 p. diam.), clothed with spreading, black bristles 50-80 ji long. 



