PLATE 14. 



Hypocreaceae. 



Fig. 1. Melanospora chionea, (Fr.) on decaying leaf. 



" 2. Portion of the same enlarged. 



" 3. Sectional view of a perithecium highly magnified. 



" 4. Three asci, one of them mature. 



5. Mature sporidium. 



" 6. Eleutheromyces subnlatus, (Tode) natural size on decay- 

 ing Agaric. 



" 7. A fragment somewhat magnified. 



" 8. Section of a perithecium highly magnified. 



" 9. Several asci, one mature, with the peculiarly jointed par- 

 aphyses. 



" 10. Three spor.idia. 



" 11. A stout jointed bristle from the outside of the ostiolum. 



" 12. A portion of one of the hair-like filaments composing the 

 inner lining of the ostiolum. 



Note. — Figures on this plate not drawn to any scale. 



