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sporidia uni seriate, yellowisli-liyaline, eight in an asciis, globose, three /'• 
in diam. Outwardly, this is scarcely distinguishable from I). minima , 
E. & E. (Journ. Mycol., I, p. 91), but the marked difference in the 
sporidia seem to entitle it to specific rank. The stroma in some of the 
specimens is limited by a black line as in I). minima , but in others not. 
Eutypa echinata, E. & E.— On dead branches of Fraxinus , 
Plaquemines, Co., La., December, 1886. Langlois, No. 952. Stroma 
surrounding the branches and extending along them for many inches, 
continuous or interrupted, penetrating (but not discoloring) the wood for 
about one millimeter and bounded by a thin black layer which, in a 
transverse section, appears as a black line. The epidermis is not discol¬ 
ored, but when this has disappeared, the exposed surface of the inner 
bark is seen to be thickly covered with snuff-brown, punctiform tufts of 
hyphse about 25 or 30 !>■ high, of a pale brown color and much resembling 
the tufted hyphse of some Cercospora, but, from the specimens seen, we 
have not been able to make out the conidia; perithecia globose, £—4 
millim. in diam.. with thick, coriaceous walls and, when mature and 
empty, black and shining inside, buried in the lower stratum of the 
inner bark and penetrating the wood more or less—sometimes entirely 
buried in it; ostiola cylindrical, rough, projecting about one millim., 
their apices rounded, smooth and black and pierced with a small, round 
aperture; asci clavate, 12—15x4 !>■ (spore-bearing part), with a slender, 
filiform base of about the same length and without paraphyses ; sporidia 
allantoid, subhyaline, 2-nucleate, curved, eight in an ascus, about 
4 x f—1 !>: 
Anthostoma saprophilum, E. & E.— On rotten maple wood, New- 
field, N. J., May, 1876. Stroma effused, blacking the surface of the wood 
but not discoloring it inside, but limited by a black circumscribing line, 
forming black, subelongated, subconfluent, indefinitely-limited spots 
i—1 cm. or more in extent; perithecia membranaceous, globose (4—4 
millim.), buried in the wood and irregularly arranged in groups of 6—10 
or more, with their hemispheric-conic ostiola distinctly prominent and 
finally pierced with a small, round opening, but not radiate-sulcate; 
sporidia elliptical, pale brown, 1—2-nucleate, uniseriate, 5—6 x 24—3 //. 
Much resembles A. melanotes , B. & Br., but readily distinguished by its 
much smaller sporidia. We have not seen Sphceria Polynesia , B. & C., 
but as far as we can judge from the brief description of that species, 
this is different. 
Anthostomella minor, E. & E.— On petioles of Sabal serrulata , 
Florida. W. W. Calkins, No. 746. Perithecia scattered, one third millim. 
in diam., subglobose, with the upper part subconic and prominent, with 
a rather acute, papilliform ostiolum ; asci linear, 65—75 x 5 /'-; sporidia 
uniseriate, opaque, 2—3-nucleate, subin equilateral, 7—8 x 24—3 /'-. The 
surface of the matrix, in the specimens seen, was covered with a thin 
black crust, but whether this has any connection with the perithecia. we 
could not say. 
