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Gen. XIV, Melanospoea, Ca.— Perithecia simple, ostiolum subu¬ 
late-rostrate, often divided and brush-like (penicellate) at the tip; 
sporidia fuscous, distinguished from Ceratostoma by the soft texture of 
the perithecia. 
155. Melanospoea lagenaeia (Pers.) On the liymenium of some 
old Polyporns, Adirondack Mts., X. Y. Peck, in 27th Rep. X. Y. State 
Mus., p. 110. 
Perithecia scattered or gregarious, emergent at length and bare, 
sphseroid or subovoid, two fifths millim., rugulose, at first light tawny- 
yellow, finally liver-color and then black; beak straight or flexuous, 
attenuated above, same color as perithecium and many times longer; 
asci pedicellate, broad-clavate, 35—40 x 12—14 y, 8-spored (also 4-spored, 
sec. DeXot); sporidia in three series above, ellipsoid, attenuated at each 
end, simple, hyaline, becoming subfuscous, 11—12 x 6 !>■. The foregoing 
is from Sacc. Syll. Prof. Peck says: “Asci very broad, delicate, fuga¬ 
cious ; spores crowded, simple, elliptical, colored, 12—13 x 7$ /u” He 
also adds: “The spores are sometimes found adhering in a mass to the 
apex of the long, slender ostiolum. The subicular tomentum is present 
in some of the specimens, and there is sometimes a hairy appearance to 
the perithecia, which seems to be due to this tomemtum or to some 
mucedinous growth.” 
Gen. XV , Aceospeemum, Tode —Perithecia elongated or clavate, 
carnose or somewhat of a horn-like consistency ; sporidia filiform. 
156. Aceospeemum compeessum, Tode. On the dried stems of 
various herbaceous plants. X. A. F., Xo. 1318. 
Perithecia solitary or subcaespitose, sessile, club shaped, attenuated 
above and generally compressed, pale at first, finally dark or olive-black, 
shining, smooth at first, becoming longitudinally subsulcate, 1—3 millim. 
high ; asci filiform, very long (130—150 x 3—6 8-spored; sporidia 
packed side by side, filiform, pale, yellowish-hyaline, 90—100 x f—1 /'-; 
parapliyses slender. 
157. Aceospeemum vieidulum, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 161. On 
decayed herbaceous stems, So. Car. (Ravenel). On fallen pear leaves and 
bn fallen hickory limb, Xew Jersey (Ellis). X. A. F., 857. Also on white 
oak leaves, Texas (Ravenel, 166). 
Perithecia scattered, ovate, one third millim. high, abruptly con¬ 
tracted below into a short stipe-like base, obtuse above, greenish-cinereous, 
subfurfuraceous ; asci linear, 150—200 x5—6 y ; sporidia filiform, hyaline 
or slightly yellowish, about as long as the asci. The specimens on decay¬ 
ing hickory limb have the asci narrower (34—4 /'•), but do not appear to 
differ otherwise. 
158. Aceospeemum foliicolu3I, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 161. Rav. 
Fung. Car. II, 65. On fallen leaves of elm and of Celtis , So. Car. Rav. 
This in color and shape resembles A. compression, but is shorter, 
mostly less than one millim. high, the asci also are longer (300—400 !>■); 
perithecia slightly pulverulent. 
