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14. Glceosporium punctifokme, Sacc. & Ell., Mich. II, p. 574. 

 Acervuli loosely gregarious, subcutaneous, fuscous, of medium size 



(i mm. diameter) perforating the epidermis in the center. Spores ovate- 

 oblong, biguttulate, hyaline, 5—6 x 3— 3i [J-. Basidia arising from a pro- 

 ligerous, cellulose, dark straw yellov*^ stratum, acicular, guttulate, hya- 

 line, 15—20 X 2 !J: 



On fading leaves of Phormium tenax, Philadelphia, Pa. (Dr. Eckfeldt.) 



15. Glceosporium cmcTUM, B. & C. Grev. Ill, p. 13. 



Acervuli minute, gregarious, surrounded by the blackened epidermis. 

 Spores oblong, obtuse at each end, frequently curved, granular within, 

 10—15 X 2i— 3 fJ: 



On some orchidaceous plant in a hot-house, Massachusetts (Russell.) 



16. Glceosporum Ptsridts, Hark. Bull. Cal. Acad., Feb. "1884, p. 32, 

 Hypophyllous, covering the w^hole surface, oozing out in large ten- 

 drils. Spores hyaline, obovate or elliptical, 10—24 x 6 -10 P-. 



Distorting the fronds ot Fteris aquilina, Berkeley, Cal., May, (Hark.) 



17. Glceosporium versicolor, B. & C, Grev. Ill, p. 13. 



Spots reticulate, gray, 2—3 cm. broad. Acervuli erumpent. Spores 

 oblong and clavate, hyaline, fuscous, 10—20 P long. 

 On apples, So. Ca. (Ravenel.) 



18. Glceosporium carpogenum, Cke., Grev. VII, p. 102. 



Innate, scattered, covered by the cuticle which is at length perforated. 

 Spores elongate-elliptical, hyaline, 13— 18 x3i, issuing in whitish tendrils, 

 On fruit of ^sculus Calif ornica, Sierra Kevada Mts., Cal. (Harkness.) 



19. Glceosporium laoenarium. Pass, sub Fusario. Erb. critt. 

 Ital. II, no. 148. Sacc. & Roum., Rev. Mycol. 1880, p. 201 . Ell. A. F. 

 950. 



Acervuli subcutaneous-erumpent, generally circinating, minute, pul- 

 vinulate, slightly rose-colored. Spores ovate-oblong, sometimes inequi- 

 lateral, 16— 18 x 5—6 /^-, continuous, nearly hyaline, borne on cylindric- 

 fusoid, hyaline, fasciculate basidia, 15—50 x 3—5 /^-. 



On gourds, Philadelphia, Pa. (Dr. Eckfeldt.) 



Whether the Gloeosporium Pep07iis, B. & C, in Curtis' Cat. ^N". C 

 Plants belongs here we cannot say. 



20. Glceosporium leguminis, Cke. & Hark., Grev. IX, p. 7. 

 Covered, scattered. Spores oval, hyaline, 12 x 6 flowing out in a 



gelatinous mass. 



On legumes, Cal. (Harkness.) 



21. Glceosporium LEGUMmuM, Cke., Texas Fungi, p. 142, sub Dis- 

 cella, Rav. F. Am. 152. 



Acervuli at first covered and pale, becoming nearly black and erum- 

 pent, depressed and subhysteriiform, and when well developed, seated on 

 a pallid spot with a reddish, rust-colored border. Spores elliptical or 

 pyriform, 1-nucleate, hyaline, 10—15 x 4—6 P-. 



On pods of Prosopis, Galveston, Texas (Ravenel.) 



