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cuticle (except the papilliform ostiolum); asci linear, 70—80 x 4—5 /'-, 
with indistinct paraphyses; sporidia in a single series, with their ends 
mostly overlapping, oblong-fusoid, 3—4-nucleate, becoming three septate, 
subhyaline, 12—16 x 3 /'-. Quite distinct from other graminicolous 
species in its narrow, linear asci. 
Sfiuerella staphylina, E. & E—On living leaves of Staphylea 
trifolia. Manhattan, Kas., July, 1887. W. T. Swingle. Maculicola; spots 
ampliigenous, irregular, often narrow and elongated, mostly few on a leaf, 
2—4 millim. or sometimes 1 —H cm. and occasionally occupying an entire 
half of the leaf, causing the affected part to dry up and fall away; peri- 
thecia minute, visible on both sides, sublenticular and subastomous, 
membranaceous, black, 75—100 /'- diameter ; asci oblong, sessile, 40—6 x 12 
At, without paraphyses; sporidia crowded-biseriate, oblong-elliptical, sub- 
inequilateral, one-septate and constricted, yellowish-hyaline, 12—15x5/'-, 
accompanied by a macrosporium and by smaller stylosporiferous peri- 
thecia, containing elliptical, subfuscous, continuous spores, about 5x 2} a. 
Dendryphium subsessile, E. & E.—On dead stems of Smilax 
liispida. Manhattan, Kas., July, 1887. VV. T. Swingle. Forming a more 
or less continuous, thin, black layer on the surface of the stems; hyph* 
almost obsolete; conidia concatenate, subsessile, subcylindrical, brown, 
about live-septate, 25—45 x 6—7 /'-, 2-4-concatenate. 
Yenturia erysiphioides, E. & E.—On dead culms or sheaths of 
Panicum Curtisii. Pointe a la Hache, La., February, 1887. Lariglois, 
No. 1023. Perithecia gregarious, black, globose, about 100in diameter, 
broadly perforated above, beset with scattering, rigid, black continuous 
bristles, 40—70 x 5—6 asci oblong, sessile, without paraphyses, 40—45 
x 7 —g ;j. • sporidia crowded, fusiform, hyaline, slightly curved, 5— 6 -nucle- 
ate, about 20 x 2i /'-. This differs from V. graminicola , Winter, in its 
smaller perithecia (80—110 /'-) with shorter, lateral bristles and its 
narrower sporidia (2—21 /'-). The number of bristles on a perithecium is 
generally not over ten or twelve and they stand out horizontally or 
nearly so, reminding one of some of the Erysiphece. 
Glceosporium Liriodendri, E. & E.—On leaves of Liriodendvon 
Tulipiferce. Faulkland, Del., August, 1887. A. Commons. Maculicola; 
epiphyllous; spots ochraceous, round, border darker; acervuli minute, 
pale, innate; spores oblong, 12—16 x 5 hyaline, ends obtuse, cirrhi 
punctiform, minute or, by confluence, larger and flattened, flesh color. 
Gloeosporium decipiens, E. & E.—On living leaves of Fraxinus 
Americana. Manhattan, Kas. July, 1887. W.T. Swingle. This resem¬ 
bles outwardly G punctiforme , E. & E., on leaves of Fraxinus Ameri¬ 
cana from Delaware. The spores, however, are quite different from 
those of the Delaware specimens, which are 15—22 x 7—8 /'-, one-septate 
and constricted, while these are 22—50 (mostly 35—50) x 3—5 /'- (mostly 
4 — &/a), probably becoming one-septate, as a few have the endochrome 
faintly divided in the middle. This species, with G. Argemonis and G. 
rostratum , have the elongated, cylindrical spores (conidia) of Cylmdro- 
