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nite, 3-4 millimeters in diameter. Sporules oblong or elliptical, smoky 
hyaline, 4-5 (exceptionally 6-7) by 2-24//. Differs from P. pceonice, S. 
& S., in its definite spots .and smaller (75-80//) perithecia and in its 
smaller sporules. 
Macrophobia subconica, ii. s. On dead stems of Solarium nigrum. 
St. Martinsville, La., November, 1888. Itev. A. B. Langlois, 1569. 
Peritliecia iunate-erumpeut, conical, 4 to 1 millimeter high. Sjiorules 
elliptical, hyaline, 20-2 1 by 14-1 6//. On slender basidia about as long 
as the sporules. Also on Alocasia esc-ulenta , No. 1576. 
Piiobia biedia, n. s. On dead stems of Asparagus , Newfield, N. J., 
April, 1889. Perithecia occupying an elongated spot 6-8 centimeters 
long and 1 centimeter wide, large (J millimeter), depressed-globose, or 
slightly oblong, with a distinct papilliform ostiolum which is soon 
broadly perforated. Sporules fusoid, straight, hyaline, 2-nucleate, 
acute, about 10-12 by 2£//. P. asparagi , Sacc., is on bleached parts of 
the stem and has smaller obtuse sporules. In this the surface of the 
stem beneath the leaden-colored epidermis is more or less blackened. 
P. lanctolata , (0. & E.) has the sporules 20-24 by 5//. 
Spii/eronebia cantjm, n. s. On dead branches of Neguhdo aceroi- 
rles , Manhattan, Kans., February, 1889. Kellcrman & Swingle, 1318. 
Perithecia at first covered by the bark, depressed hemispheric, 1 mil¬ 
limeter or over in diameter, with a central, cylindrical, stout, straight, 
black beak about 1 millimeter high with a slightly enlarged, subovate, 
gray, strigose head. Sporules ovate-olong or ovate-elliptical, nucleate, 
hyaline, 7-10 by 3-4//, on cylindrical basidia 15-20 by 2//, and form¬ 
ing a compact, whitish horn-colored stratum within the perithecia. 
The general appearance of the fungus is much like that of Stilbum 
giganteum , Pk., or perhaps resembles more closely Spliceronemapruino- 
8um , Pk., but this is quite distinct from either of those species. * 
Haplosporella euonybii, n. s. On dead limbs of Euonymus atro- 
purpureus , Lincoln, Nebr., March, 1889; n. J. Webber. Stromata scat¬ 
tered or seriate, erumpent, and loosely surrounded by the ruptured epi¬ 
dermis, hemispheric or oblong, 1-2 millimeters in diameter, subtruncate, 
and finally whitish above. Perithecia entirely inclosed in the stroma, 
with thin subevanesceut walls, and appearing on a cross-section more 
like cells than like perithecia; ostiola obscurely papilliform. Sporules 
oblong, obtuse, very slightly narrowed in the middle (possibly becoming 
1-septate), 10-14 by 6-8//, brown, on slender basidia, 70-80//, long. 
On the smaller twigs the stromata are smaller, but the sporules larger, 
18-22 by 10-12//. Sphceropsis valsoidea , (O. & E.) has exactly the same 
structure and should be Haplosporella valsoidea , 0. & E. 
Haplosporella ailantiii, n. s. On dead Ailanthus glandulosus , 
Lyndonville, N. Y., May, 1889;. Dr. O. E. Fairraau, 61. Perithecia 
large (j millimeter); aggregate cespitose, buried in the bark and con¬ 
nected by an imperfect stroma, subseriately erumpent. Sporules ovate or 
elliptical, dark brown, 18-22 by 8-10//, filled with white grumose matter. 
