July, 1888.] 
NEW FUNGI. 
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Phyllachora Tracyi, E. & E.—On dead leaves of Distichlis mara- 
tima, Oregon, 1887. Prof. S. M. Tracy, Ko. 1145. Ascigerous cavities 
minute (35 /-*), subastomous, subglobose, of line cellular texture, fused 
together in a thin stroma either continuous in patches extending nearly or 
quite across the leaf and reaching longitudinally for I—I cm. or forming 
longitudinal series interrupted at frequent intervals and extending along 
the entire length of the leaf; asci subglobose, 15—20 y in diameter; spor- 
idia crowded, eight in an ascus, subelliptical or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
hyaline, 1-septate, 8—12 x 5—6 y. Has much the same appearance as P. 
AristidcE, Schw. The asci resemble those of an Asterina. 
ByssospHuERia luteobasis,E ll.—Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl., VI.p.134. This 
has lately (Kov. 4, 1887) been found again near the original locality on de¬ 
caying, decorticated limbs of .Quercus coccinca or perhaps Q . rubra , lying on 
the ground. The yellow mycelium which penetrates deeply into the 
rotten wood is very distinct and noticeable. The perithecia also, which 
are either seriately arranged or collected in compact groups of 6—10, are 
at first enveloped, except the black, broad, even or faintly radiate- 
sulcate ostiola, in a densely matted light yellow tomentum composed of 
smooth, branching, sterile hairs. The perithecia themselves are of me¬ 
dium size, ovate and either superficial or at least have their bases only 
slightly sunk in the wood or entirely buried in the matrix, their erum- 
pent ostiola alone being visible. In this latter case the yellow tomen- 
tose coat is mostly wanting. The asci are long and narrow (80—100 x 5 
/'•), the spore-bearing part only about 35 a long ; sporidia biseriate, cylin¬ 
drical, slightly curved, olive-browui, 8—10 x H—2 y, 3—4-nucleate and at 
length uniseptate. The variety on rotten pine wood distributed in ISC 
A. F., Cent. I, does not appear to be distinct. 
Byssospeleria barbicincta, E. & E.—Parasitic on old Diatrype 
tremellopkora and on the bark adjacent. On Magnolia, Kewfield, N. J., 
October, 1887. Perithecia scattered, depressed-globose, about i mm. in 
diameter, with a distinct black and shining papilliform ostiolum ; asci 
narrow clavate-cylindrical, about 75 x 6 y, with abundant paraphyses ; 
sporidia biseriate, oblong, 3—4-nucleate, hyaline, 9—12 x 24—3 A ends 
subobtuse. The matrix is thinly clothed with erect, opaque, bristle-like 
hairs 250 y or more long, but the perithecia are mostly bald. It is pos¬ 
sible that the hairy growth on the matrix is only accidental and in that 
case this species can hardly be distsnct from Sphoeria ostioloiclea, Cke. 
Teichospora pygM-EA, E. & E.—On bark of cottonwood (poplar), 
Kansas. Com. Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt. Perithecia solitary,scattered, erum- 
pent-superficial, subhemisplieric, black, 200—225 y in diameter, pierced 
above, with a few brown, short (mycelioid [V]) threads around the base; 
asci oblong-cylindrical, subsessile, about 80 x 18—20 /'-, with indistinct 
paraphyses ; sporidia biseriate, pale yellowish-brown, ovate-elliptical, 
3-septate, constricted at the middle septum, finally about 6-septate with 
one or two of the broader cells divided by a longitudinal septum. The 
