565 



This is placed, by Oooke in his Synopsis, in the VaUaria Section 

 of Melogramma (sporidia uniseptate, brown). The same thing appar- 

 ently is referred to by Berk. (Grev. IV, p. 47), as Cucurbitaria 

 Gleditschim, Schw., with the note — " sporidia ovate, uniseptate." 



V. nndic611is, (B. & C.) 



Hypoxylon nudicolle, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 93. 

 Valsaria ? nudicolHs, Sacc. Syll. 2849. 



Perithecia connate, forming a continuous or slightly interrupted 

 stratum. Ostiola papilliform, black. Perithecia crowded, covei'ed 

 with brownish matter. Asci linear. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong, 

 narrow, uniseptate. 



On pine wood, Carolina. 



DIATRYFE, Fr. 



Summa Veg. Sc. p. 384, emend. Nitschke Pyr. Germ. p. 64. 



Stroma erumpent-superficial, effused or discoid. Perithecia im- 

 mersed in the stroma, necks scarcely converging. Asci 8-spored. 

 Sporidia allantoid, small, mostly yellowish. 



D. stigma, (Hoff.) 



Sphisria stigma., Hoff. Veg. Crypt. I, p. 7, tab. II, fig. 2. 



SphdEria decorticans^ Sow. Eng. Fungi, II, tab. 137; III, tab. 371, fig. 3, 



Sphceria undulaia, Fr. S. M. II, p. 350. 



Sphceria decorlicata, DC. FI. Fr. II, p. 289. 



Diatrype Dearnessti, E. & E., Ell. & Bvrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2526. 



Diairype tennissima, Cke. in Rav. F. Am. 



Eutypa micropuncia^ Cke. Grev. VI, p. 144. 



SphcEria concolor, Schw. and Spheeria subcutanea, Wahl. in Herb. Schw. 



Diatrype undulata and stigma, Fr. Summa Veg. Sc. p. 385. 



Stictosphcsria Hoffmanni, Tul. Sel. Carp. II, p. 49, tab. VI, figs. l-ll. 



Diatrype stigma, De Not. Sfer. p. 26, tab. 25. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 1043, 1044, 1047, 2263.— Rab. F. E. 820, 2953.— Rehm Asc. 220.— Cke. 

 F. Brit. Ser. II, 417.— Sydow, M. March, igi, 448. &c., &c. — Ell. N. A. F. 491. 

 Rav. F. Am. 357 and 359. 



Stroma widely effused, continuous or interrupted, often surround- 

 ing the limb, sometimes extending for several inches in length, at first 

 covered by the epidermis, finally exposed, bi'ownish or dusty-white, 

 becoming darker or nearly black, whitish inside, definitely limited but 

 irregular in outline, \-\ mm. thick, sometimes undulate and of un- 

 equal thickness, the thinner parts then often sterile. Perithecia 

 monostichous, evenly distributed, ovate, small, with short necks and 

 punctiform, discoid, depressed-hemispherical or conical, entire or 

 4-cleft ostiola. Asci clavate-oblong, 8-spored, p. sp. 30-50x4-8 p.. 

 Sporidia subbiseriate, allantoid, brownish, 6-9 x 1-1 J /.<;6-12xli- 

 2 }j., Sacc; 6-12 (mostly 8)x 1—3 //, Winter. 



