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ing the fuzzy appearance seen in C. fructicola; asci 17-25 X 25- 

 37 /x (p. sp.), 8-spored (rarely a 4-spored ascus or one in which 

 some of the spores are imperfectly formed found) ; spores 9-12.5 

 \h (mostly 11 fju) in diameter. 



Parasitic on Podocarpus saligvia, P. chilina and P. andina in 

 Chili, and on P. costata in the Philippine Islands. Not reported 

 from other regions. 



The specimens from the Philippine Islands included here con- 

 tain in most cases only immature perithecia. Asci and mature 

 spores have been observed in one collection, and are indistinguish- 

 able from those of South America material of C. tropica. The 

 examination of additional Philippine material is desirable, espe- 

 cially since dehiscent perithecia have been observed only in the 

 South American material. Although the fungus from the Philip- 

 pines seems to differ in certain minor respects from South Amer- 

 ican specimens of C. tropica it certainly agrees more closely with 

 this species than with any other as yet described, and in the 

 present state of our knowledge the erection of a new species 

 seems unwarranted. Rehm (44) Baker (3, 4), and others are 

 clearly in error in regarding the Philippine fungus as C. uberata. 



Auerswald and Rabenhorst (2) who first described C. tropica 

 under the name Endohormidium tropicum state in their descrip- 

 tion of the species that the perithecium lacks an ostiolum. Had 

 they found asci they doubtless would have placed the fungus 

 in the Perisporiaceae. Neither Hennings (18, 20) nor Starback 

 (48), who later studied the species, say anything concerning the 

 dehiscence of the perithecium. Since they place the species in 

 the Coryneliaceae, they may, however, be assumed to have be- 

 lieved that an ostiolum is present. Material of this species show- 

 ing the method of dehiscence has been seen by the writer in only 

 three specimens. 11 It may be safely assumed that these earlier 

 writers never saw dehiscent perithecia. The appearance of the 

 young perithecium gives no indication of an apical split, and the 

 line of dehiscence seen on mature perithecia is not prominent. 



Leveille (27) describes Sphaeroncma clavatum from material 



11 No. 1261 Rabenhorst, Fungi europaei in Herb. Rehm at Stockholm, 

 Sweden, and No. 4261 Rabenhorst-Pazschke, Fungi europaei et extra-europaei 

 at Purdue Univ., and at Harvard Univ. 



