420 



A. eriictans, E. & E. Proe. Eoch. Acad. 1890, p. 50, pi. 4, figs. 7-8. 



Pciithecia gregarious, globose, ^-| mm. diam., with thick coi'i- 

 aceons walls, buried in the wood, abruptly contracted above into a 

 short neck with an obtuse-conical, erumpent ostiolum. Asci cylin- 

 drical, 75-80 X 7-8 n (p. sp.), with abundant paraphyscs. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, brown, continuous, rather acutely elliptical, 10-15x5-7 //. 

 (mostly 12 X 5 /i). The surface of the wood is uniformly blackened, 

 and the sporidia when mature are discharged as in Masmria. 



On decorticated (maple?) limb, Lyndon ville, N. Y. (Fairmau). 



A. phoIidi|!^ena, (Ell.) 



Sphisria {Anlhostomella) pholidigena, EH. Bull, Torr. Bot. Club, X. p. 54. 

 Anthoslomelta pholidrgena^ Sacc. Syll. 6320, Antkostoma^ Cke. Syn. 4181. 

 Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1664. 



Perithecia subcuticular, erumpent, hemispherical, rough, \-\ mm. 

 diam., with the ostiolum slightly prominent and. 'broadly perforated. 

 Asci linear, 114x7 /i, with abundant paraphyses. Sporidia uuiseria/te, 

 narrow-elliptical, continuous, brown, 7-1 Ox 5-6 /-<. Some of the peri- 

 thecia contain stylospores which are much like the ascospores, only a 

 little shorter. 



On cones of red pine, Utah (S. J. Harkness). Mostly on the 

 back of the scales, and covered by the overlapping point of the next 

 scale below. 



Differs from A. conorum, Fckl., in its smaller perithecia and spo- 

 ridia and different stylospores. 



■ A. ostiol^ta, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XI, p. 42. 



Perithecia single or 2-A: together, J-| mm. diam., nearly buried 

 in the unchanged inner bark, but with about one-third of their upper 

 part projecting and closely covered by the blackened epidermis which 

 is pierced by the short, stout ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, 80-85 x 7-8 ,«. 

 with filiform paraphyses. Sporidia obliquely uniseriate, oblong-ellip- 

 tical, brown, 1-2-nucleate, 10-13x4-5 fi. 



On dead twigs of Laurus Benzoin, Newfield, N. J. 



The stroma is formed from the unaltered substance of the bark 

 and not limited by any circumscribing line. 



A. Baptisise, (Cke.) 



Splusria BapiisiiE^ Cke. Grev. VI, p. 145. 

 Anthosiomella Baptisice, Sacc. Syll. 1061, Cke. Syn. 4603. 

 Exsicc, Rav. F. Am. 200. 



Scattered or subgregarious. Perithecia depressed, covered by 



