NEW JERSEY FUNGI. 
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compressis, hysterioideis ; ascis cylindraceis (?) ; sporidiis obtusis 
fusiformibus, medio constrictis, fenestratis, olivaceo-brunneis. 
On old decaying Morus. 
Not in good condition. Asci dissolved, but free sporidia found, 
which were elongated elliptical, constricted in the centre, olive- 
brown, fenestrate, -Ob-’OG X '02 mm. No. 2437. 
Sphaeria ligniaxia. Grer. 
Sporidia elliptic, brown, -014 X '008 mm. 
On Cupressus thyoides. No. 2498. 
There has been much confusion of this species with Sphceria 
hispida, Tode, many of the specimens in herbaria bearing the 
latter name being referable to the present species. If Fuckel’s 
determination proves to be accurate, then Sphceria hispida is very 
closely related to Sph. hirsuta. The sporidia are rather smaller 
and narrower than in Fuckel’s specimens, which again are rather 
narrower than in British specimens. 
Sphsexia abietina. FcM. (sub RoselUnia). var. /3. txichota, C. & E. 
Sporidia oval, or subglobose, brown. 
On naked pine boards and poles. No. 2401. 
No. 2537. 
Sporidia -012 x ‘01 mm., often nearly globose; hairs *09 mm. 
long. 
After some deliberation, we think it better to refer the American 
specimens to this species. The perithecia have longer hairs, and 
the sporidia differ as much from the typical form as those of 
Fuckel’s specimens from his Sphceria ligniaria, which again 
slightly differs from British specimens of Greville’s plant. Only 
a careful examination of a series of specimens can determine 
whether they are really specifically distinct. 
Sphsexia (Denudatae) axctespoxa. C. 4" E- 
On Andromeda. No. 2585. 
Sphaexia scopula. C. 4" Pk. 
On pine boards. No. 2610. 
Sphaexia (Fextusae) melanostigma. C. 4 E- 
Gregaria, minima, atra. Peritheciis subglobosis, papillatis, 
emergentibus, submembranaceis ; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis ; spor- 
idiis ellipticis, parvulis, hyalinis, nucleatis. 
On decorticated oak limbs. 
Perithecia very minute, T5 mm. diam., gregarious on bleached 
spots, surrounded by the fibres of the wood amongst which they 
are seated. Sporidia elliptical, hyaline, about *008 X *001 mm., at 
first with one or two nuclei ; perithecia more coriaceous than in S. 
diaphana, C. & E., and sporidia much smaller. (PI. 95, fig. 16.) 
No. 2520. 
Sphaexia (Pextusae) paecilostoma. B. ^ Br. 
Probably this species. But there were only two or three peri- 
thecia upon the specimen. 
On Vaccinium. No. 2575. 
