358 



L Brnnellse, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 237. 



Perithecia scattered, minute (200-250 p), covered by the epi- 

 dermis, which is only slightly raised, and barely pierced by the papil- 

 liform ostiolum. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 75-80 x 10-12 p, subsessile, 

 with filiform paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, slightly curved, 

 pale yellowish-brown, 3-septate, the next to the upper cell swollen, 

 22-30 x4 /z. Differs from L. pyrenopezizoides, Sacc, in its perithecia 

 not collapsing, and from L. parietarice, Sacc, in its paler sporidia. 



On dead stems of Bmnella vitlgaris, London, Canada (Dearness). 



Accompanied by perithecia containing fasciculate, acicular stylos- 

 pores {Ehahdospora) 40-55 x 2-2| fx. These perithecia are white 

 inside and rather lai'ger. Other smaller pei-ithecia contain spores 

 4x11 n (Phoma). 



L. pyrenopezizoides, Sacc. & Speg. ^lich. I, p. 394., P. Ital. tab. 323 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent-supei'ficial, subglobose-depressed, 

 165 pt diam., papillate, finally collapsing to cup-shaped, black. Texture 

 loosely parenchymatic, dark olive, more dense around the ostiolum 

 within a circular space about 10 p across. Asci cylindric-clavate, 

 70-75 X 8 ju, very short nodulose-stipitate, snbtruncate above, with a 

 contracted opening, 8-spoj-ed. Sporidia suhbiseriate, fusoid, slightly 

 cui'ved, 20-25 x 4 /i, 3-septate, the second cell slightly swollen, pale 

 yellow. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Manhattan, Kansas. (See Journ, 

 Mycol. 11. p. 3). 



L. vagabiinda, Sacc. F. Yen. Ser. II, p. 318. 



Spharia fuscella, Sacc. M. Ven. Spec. p. 97, tab. IX, figs. 37-46 (not B. & Br.) 



Perithecia nestling in bark, covered by the epidermis, scattered 

 or crowded globose, with a small and only slightly projecting ostio- 

 lum, black, 200-500 p. diam. Asci clavate-cylindrical, short-stipitate, 

 8-spored, with abundant paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, at first 

 hyaline and 4-guttulate, then uniseptate and constricted and finally 

 3-septate and bro^N'n, constricted at all the septa, and often with an oil 

 globule in each cell, 19-25 x 6-7 fi. 



On dead stems oi Hypericum prolificum, Newfield, N. J., and on 

 dead limbs of Spircea optdifolia, London, Canada. 



Saccardo in Syll, II, p. 31 enumerates 25 different trees and 

 shrubs on which this species is found in Italy, Germany, France and 

 So. America. The spermogonial stage is Coniotliyrium vagabundum, 

 Sacc. 



