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Hohnel (21) includes Capnodiella in his enumeration of the 

 genera of the Capnodiaceae, but subsequently (22) states that 

 the genus is in reality a member of the Coryneliaceae. He feels 

 that it is closely related to Corynelia, differing from that genus 

 chiefly in the long stalk of the perithecium. Finally Stevens 

 (49) describes the fungus as new under the name Corynelia 

 pteridicola Stevens. The writer has examined several collec- 

 tions of this fungus, and agrees with von Hohnel and Stevens 

 that the species should be included in the Coryneliaceae, but he 

 feels that it differs sufficiently from all the known species of 

 Corynelia to warrant its exclusion from this genus. The genus 

 Sorica is therefore recognized for it. Patouillard and Gaillard 

 (35) state that the species is closely related to Capnodium 

 arrhizitm Pat. & Gail., a fungus found by Gaillard in Venezuela 

 on dead leaves lying on the ground. • All the material of the 

 original collection of this latter species was deposited in the 

 herbarium of Gaillard, the collector. Patouillard has written to 

 the writer stating that he has never had material of the species in 

 his own herbarium, and that he* does not know what became of 

 the herbarium of Gaillard after the latter's death. The original 

 material of Capnodium arrhizitm must be considered, therefore, 

 as unavailable if not actually lost. A study of the figures and 

 description given by the authors of the species, has convinced 

 the writer, however, that this fungus is very different from 

 Sorica maxima, and clearly not a member of the Coryneliaceae. 



1. Sorica maxima (Berk. & Curt.) Giesenhagen, Ber. Deut. 

 Bot. Gesell. 22 : 355-358. 1904 



Capnodium maximum Berk. & Curt., Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 10 : 

 391. 1869. 



Sorica Dusenii Giesenhagen, Ber. Deut. Bot. Gesell. 22: 191- 



196. pi. 13. 1904. 

 Capnodiella maxima (Berk. & Curt.) Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 17: 



621. 1905. 



Corynelia pteridicola Stevens, Illinois Acad. Sci. Trans. 10: 179- 

 181. fig. 6. 1917. 



