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apex, leaf sometimes blackened around the perithecia, indicating the 
presence of an imperfect stroma ; asci 70 x 8—10 narrowed above but 
obtuse; paraphyses (?); sporidia eight in an ascus, filiform, multinu- 
cleate, yellowish-hyaline, 30—35 x H /*, narrowed to a point below and 
about one third of the lower part bent almost to a right angle or even 
curved into a hook (i. e., after the sporidia have escaped from the asci). 
The general aspect is that of Didymosphceria cupula , Ell., only the peri¬ 
thecia are not collapsed. The ostiolum is indistinctly papillseform. 
Lophiostoma (Lophiotrema) ^equivocum, E. & E.—On decorti¬ 
cated wood of some deciduous tree. British Columbia, May, 1887. Prof. 
John Macoun. Perithecia gregarious, erumpent- superficial, black, 
nearly smooth, depressed-conic or subglobose, about one third millim. in 
diameter ; ostiolum subconic, slightly compressed ; asci subcylindrical, 
about 80 x 5 P, narrowed below into a short, stipitate base; paraphyses 
filiform; sporidia one-seriate, oblong-fusoid, subobtuse, yellowish-hyaline, 
three-septate and constricted at the middle septum, sometimes also at 
the other two, 12—14 x 3—3i P. The ostiolum varies considerably, being 
sometimes distinctly compressed, sometimes regularly conical and 
occasionally imperfectly radiately three-cleft. 
Sordaria lutea, E. & E.—On rotten wood (Maple and Kalmia) in 
swampy woods. Newfield, 1ST. J., November, 1879, and August, 1887. 
Perithecia gregarious, one half millim. in diameter, membranaceous, 
conic-globose, covered, except the papillose-conic, black ostiolum, with a 
dense, light yellow tomentum composed of branching, slightly roughened 
hairs ; asci lanceolate, rounded and perforated at the apex, 190—130 x 15 
P ; sporidia at first vermiform and greenish-yellow, finally almond-shaped 
and opaque, with a cylindrical, curved appendage 30—35 x 4 p attached to 
its base. Very rarely in the young sporidium there is also a short, 
slender appendage at the apex. The asci are very evanescent. The 
yellow coat also turns black at maturity. A closely allied species, with 
sporidia 22—25 x 12—15 has been met* with on dead herbaceous stems, 
but we have not sufficient material to give a full description. 
(To be continued.) 
MELANCONIS DASYCARPA, E. & K. 
Journ. Mycol., II, p. 3. I strongly suspect that this species is not 
distinct from M. Everhartii , Ell. The only real distinctive character is 
the appendiculate sporidia in the first named species. When M. Ever¬ 
hartii was published, it was supposed to have sporidia without appen¬ 
dages, but a re-examination of the few original specimens still in my 
possession shows that the sporidia are at first appendiculate, but the 
appendages are soon absorbed. This is also the case with M. dasycarpa. 
The West Chester specimens (N. A. F., 1565) were well matured, so that 
the appendages were overlooked. If my observations are now correct, 
M. dasycarpa , E. & K., is only a synonym of M. Everhartii , Ell. The 
correctness of this may be verified or refuted by an examination of the 
specimens in N. A. F., Nos. 1561 and 1565. J. B. E. 
