Seaver: The Hypocreales of North America 179 



2. Sphaerostilbe cinnabarina (Mont.) Tul. Fung. Carp, 

 i : 130. 1861 



Stilbum (Atractium) cinnabarinum Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 8: 

 360. 1837. 



Stroma with a slender stalk 1-2 mm. long and a globose or 

 clavate, red head; conidia nearly elliptical, straight or a little 

 curved, 3-5 X 2 mic, granular within ; perithecia few, surround- 

 ing the base of the stalked stroma, sessile, globose, smooth, 

 orange, finally partially collapsed; asci clavate, about 80 X 13-16 

 mic. ; spores 2-seriate, ovate, 22-26 X 7 mic, filled with numerous 

 oil-drops. 



On bark of trees and shrubs. 



Type locality: Cuba. 



Distribution : S. Carolina to Mexico and Cuba. 



Exsiccati : Ellis & Everh. N. Am. Fungi 2133. Other speci- 

 mens examined : Cuba, Wright; Louisiana, Langlois 168, 21J9. 



The specimens examined did not show mature perithecia and 

 measurements of asci and spores are from Saccardo. The 

 conidial phase scarcely differs from Sphaerostilbe gracilipes Tul. 



3. Sphaerostilbe flammea (Berk. & Rav.) Tul. Fung.. 

 Carp. 1 : 130. 1861 



Atractium flammeum Berk. & Rav. ; Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. 



Nat. Hist. 13 : 461. 1854. 

 Stilbum flammeum Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 5 : 114 (No. 757). 1856. 



Stroma conical in form with the top finally becoming flattened ; 

 conidia fusiform, a little curved, 5-8-septate, about 60-75 X 5~7 

 mic. ; perithecia nearly globose, bright red, smooth or only 

 minutely rough, crowded on or near the base of the stroma ; asci 

 cylindrical, about 75-80X8-10 mic, 8-spored ; spores i-septate, 

 elliptical to subfusoid, 1 -septate, hyaline, 15 X 6-7 mic. 



On bark of trees, Acer, Crataegus, Salix. 

 Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution : Ontario to Louisiana and S. Carolina. 



Illustrations: Tul. Fung. Carp. 3: pi. 13, f. 10-13. 



Exsiccati: Ellis & Everh. N. Am. Fungi, 33 11. Other speci- 

 mens examined : Louisiana, Langlois 2290; N. Jersey, Ellis; On- 

 tario, Canada, Deamess. 



