283 



I'ant, scattered or gregarious, spliaBPoid, perforated above, black, 100- 

 120 /i diam. Asci short-pedicellate or subsessile, elongated or elon- 

 gate-clavate, rarelj- somewhat inflated below, 45-52 x 10-13 ii, Spo- 

 ridia 8 in an ascus, biseriate, acicular-elongated, uniseptate in the 

 middle, not at all or onlj' slightly constricted in the middle, hjaline 

 or greenish-hyaline, 14-19 x3-5 fi. 



On Antennaria al^nna, Greenland. 



S. Compositarum, Awd. Mvc. Eur. Pyr. p. 15, fig. 105. 



Exsicc. Rab. F. Bur. 1558. 



Perithccia gregarious, innate, ovate, subacute, black, 100 p. diam. 

 Asci gradually attenuated above from an ovate base, 8-spored, very 

 short-stipitate, 60-70 x 20-28 /i. Sporidia 2-4-scriate-crowded, oblong, 

 rounded at the ends, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, hyaline, 

 24-27 X 7 /i. 



On dry stems of Taraxacum ceratophonim, Greenland. 



S. verbascicola, (Schw.) 



Sphrxria verbascicola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1726. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 141 (spermogonia).— Ell. N. A. F. 591 



Perithecia thickly scattered, minute (150-175 n), covered by the 

 blackened cuticle, which is raised into distinct pustules over them. 

 Asci oblong or clavate, or sometimes attenuated above, sessile, 8-spored, 

 about 40 X 6 /i, without paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid-oblong, 

 hyaline, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, 10-12 x 5-6 p. 



On dead stems of Verbascum Thapsiis, common. 



S. Pediculiris, Karst. Fungi Ppetsb. No. 53. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, at first covered by the epi- 

 dermis, then protuberant, spheroid, subconoid-attenuated above, gla- 

 brous, black,, 150 fi diam. Asci subsessile, elongated, 30-35x7 ,«, 

 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid or acicular-elongated, straight or 

 slightly curved, guttulate or uniseptate, hyaline or yellowish-hyaline, 



12-18 X 21-8 /^. 



On Pedicularis hirsuta and P lanata, Greenland. 



S. trichophila, Karst. Myc. Penn. U, p. 171. 



Perithecia gregarious, at first covered by the epidermis, then 

 erumpent, seated on a dark, filamentose subiculum, spheroid, often 

 conoid at the vertex, and armed with rather long, black, spine-like 

 bristles pierced above, black, scarcely papillate. Asci and sporidia as 

 in 8 Tassiana, viz. 40-80x18-26 /., and 17-26x5-9 //, respectively. 



