406 



M. seriata, (Cke.) 



Massaria {Massariella) seriata, Cke. Grev. XVII, p. 92. 

 Massarietla seriata, Sacc. Syll. IX, p. 739. No. 3025. 



Perithecia subdepressed, ratlier large, seriately ai-ranged, qo\- 

 ored by the epidermis which is finally fissured. Asci clavate. Spo- 

 ridia elliptical, 60 x 1 8-20 ^, uniaeptate, constricted in the middle, 

 brown, cells equal, with a thick, hyaline epispore. 



On branches of Carya, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



M. bispora, (Curtis). 



Massaria {MassarielJu) bispora, Cke. Grev. XVII, p. 93. 

 Massarielta bispora, Sacc. Sj'U. IX, p. 740, No. 3027. 



Perithecia corticolous, subglobose-depressed, covered, subscat- 

 tered. Ostiola perforating the epidermis which is blackened by the 

 s])oridia. Asci clavate. Sporidia elliptical, iiniseptate, brown, 4.5 x 

 18-20 //, cells equal, constricted in the middle, with a hyaline envelope. 



On bark of Ar.er (Dr. Curtis). 



M. scoriadea, (Fr.) 



Sphceria scoriadea, Fr. El. II, p. 87. 



Anthostoina scoriadeum, Sacc. Syll. 1127. 



Massaria {Massarietla) scoriadea, (Fr.) Cke. Grev. XVII, p. 93. 



Massarielta scoriadea, Sacc. Syll. IX, p. 739. 



Innate. Stroma widely effused, black, entirely hidden under the 

 epidermis, surrounding the branches and penetrating the inner bark. 

 Perithecia of a horn-like consistence, hemispheric-subprominent, shin- 

 ing, perforated, white inside, crowded but not confluent. Sporidia 

 (sec. Cke. 1. c.) elliptical, uniseptate, 70 x 23 p., the upper cell rather 

 larger, constricted in the middle, with a thick, hyaline epispore. 



On bark of Betula lenta, Pennsylvania, Arctic America (Druni- 

 mond). 



PLEOMASSARIA, Speg. 



Fungi Argentini, Pug. ist. 



Perithecia as in Massaria. Sporidia more or less distinctly muri- 

 foi'm. 



PJ. rhodostoma, (A. & S.) (Plate 30) 



Sph{£ria rhodostoma. Alb. & Schw. Consp. p. 43. 

 Hercospora rhodostoma, Fr. Summa Veg, Scand. p. 397. 

 Massaria rhodostoma, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 238, tab. XXV, fig-s, 1-4. 

 Karstentila rhodostoma^ Sacc. Syll. 3711. 

 Pleomassaria rhodostoma, Winter, Die Pilze, 3842, 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 801.— Rab. F. E- 3058,— Rehm. Asc. 236.— Thum, M. U. 862.— Krieger 

 F. Sax. 78. 



