417 



On dead brandies of Symphoricarpus rncemosus, California 

 (Hfirkness). 



We have not seen this, and take the diagnosis from Saccardo's 

 Svlloa-e. 



ANTHOSTOMELLA, Sacc. 



Syll. I, p. 278. 



Perithecia submembranaceous, globose-depressed, typically cov- 

 ered by the epidermis, which is generally somewhat blackened around 

 the scarcely erumpent ostiola. Asci 8-spored (rarely 4-spored), par- 

 aphysate. Sporidia ovoid or oblong, continuous, dark, sometimes 

 hyaline-appendiculate. 



A. nigro-annnlata, (B. & C.) 



Spharia nigro-annulala, B. & C. Cuban Fungi, No. B59. 

 « Anthostomella nigro-annnlata, Sacc. Syll. 1032, aiad Cke. Syfl. 4610. 

 Spharia Yucca, Schw. Sya. Car. No> 88? 

 Exsicc. %\\. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1672,— Rav. Car. V, 73. 



Perithecia subgregarious, covered by the epidermis which is 

 blackened (except a white spot in the center) around the slightly 

 erumpent ostiola. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. 75-80 ^i long. Sporidia 

 obliquely uniseriate, oblong or subelliptical, brown, 12-18 (mostly 

 14^15) x7i;«. 



On leaves of Yucca, Carolina and Florida. 



A. minor, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. Ill, p. 43. 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1965, 



Perithecia scattered, \ mm. diam., subglobose, with the uppel' 

 part subcorneal and prominent, with a rather acute, papilliform osti^ 

 olum. Asci linear, 65-75 x 5 p.. Sporidia uniseriate, opake, 2-3- 

 nucleate, subinequilateral, 7-8 x 2J-3 ji. The surface of the matrix, 

 in the specimens seen, was covered with a thin, black crust, but whether 

 this had any connection with the perithecia, we could not say> 



On petioles oiSabal serrulata, Florida (Calkins). 



A. sepeliMlis, (B. & C.) 



Spharia sepdibilis, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 146 

 AnthostOTiiella sepdibilis-, Sacc> Syll. 1042, and Cke. Syu. 4623. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 1200, 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-globose, about \ mm. diam., cov- 

 ered by the blackened cuticle which is raised into pustules and pierced 

 hx the papilliform, erumpent ostiola. Asci clavate-cylindrical, par- 

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