>;K\V Sl’EClES OF FUNGI FKOM VAKIOUS LUOAJATiFS. 
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Leptospii.^^ria coNsnrTLis. E. & E.—On dead willow limbs, near 
Huron, Dakota, autumn, 1885. Miss Nellie E. Crouch. Perithecia 
scattered, carbonaceo-coriaceous, i millim. in diameter, at first covered 
and raisins' the fil)e.rs of the wood or bark into little pustules, ostiola pa¬ 
pilliform. soon erumpent. Asci subcylindrical, 80 — 100x 15—20 with 
abundant parapliyses. Sporidia ei.sht in an ascus. sul)hiseriate, cylindric- 
fusiform. 8-sept ate and suffliyaline at first, becoming’ yellow, and finally 
dark-brown, about 7-septa.te. more or less constricted at the septa, 
28—85x8—lO/'-. Apparently allied to Sphcpria Baggei. Auersw., which 
is said to have greenish-yellow. 8—5-septate. sporidia. In the Dakota 
specimens, the mature spoviclia are quite constantly 7-septate. exception¬ 
ally 8-septate. Ttie perithecia occur both on decorticated limbs and on 
1 hose still covered with the Ijark, but in ihe latter case, the bark is old 
ami somewhat decayed. 
I,FFTt).sPH,EHiA c;assue(X)u.\, E. A E. — On dead stems of Cassia. 
Houston. Texas. April, 1869. H. W. Ravenel, No. 128. Perithecia gre¬ 
garious, iiiinute. one eighth to one sixth millim. in diameter, covered by 
the blackened epidermis, which is raised into little pustules and at length 
pierced by the papilliform ostiola; asci, 70—75 x 8—10 x ; sporidia biser- 
iate, fusiform, slightly curved, 5-septate, yellow-brown, not constricted 
at the septa. Has the general aspect of a Sph^erella. 
Pleospoua C.\ssi,e. E. A: E. — With the preceding species. Peri- 
Ihecia i- millim. in diameter, covered by the epidermis, wdiich is rai.sed in 
a pnsiuliform maunei-, hut not blackened, and barely pierced by the pa¬ 
pilliform ostiolum ; asci sufxjylindrical, I'atiier ahruplly <H)ntracted at lh<- 
base, 75 — 80 x 10 — 12 : sporidia biseriale, yellow-browit, obJong-ellip- 
ti(‘al. 8-septale, and constricted at the middle septum, lightly curved, 
one or both the inner cells, witli a longitudinal septum. The perithecia 
at length are slightly collapsed almve. 
SpH.EiMA (Montagnella) tumefacjens. EM. A Hark.—N. A. F.. 
.\<>. 1667. On dead limbs of Artemisia Californica. Ml. Diabolo, Cala. 
Dr. II. W. Ilarkness. Perithecia hemispherical, ono fifth t(f one third 
millim. in diameter, black, rough, crowded, unite<i l>el<tw' into a crnstose 
stroma, hurslijig out tlirongh longitudinal cracks in the bark and form¬ 
ing densely-compacted series, continuous, or interrupted. 8—5 cm. long 
un sw’olleii portions of the limb or stem. xVsci 100 — 120 x 10—12 !'■, sub- 
cvlindrical. with abundant paraphyses ; sporidia mostly biseriate, cylin- 
vlric-fnsiform. slightly (mrved, 8-septate, yellowish. 25— 80 x 6 —7 x, 
Pears a general resemblance to Dnthidm morbosa. Schw'.. but the perithe¬ 
cia are arranged in scries and the sporidia are quite different. 
A.uPuisiMi.KHTA IlvpoxYLON. E. A E.—Parasitic on some effused 
llypoxylon. Phainernines Co., lai. llev. A. P. Eanglois, Xo. 188. Per¬ 
ithecia <lensely gregarious, superficial, globose (f millim.), rough, black, 
suh|)ruinose, memhraiiaceo-carhonaceous; ostiolum slightly promi¬ 
nent. asci clav.ate-cylindrical, 55—65 x 10-12 x, with abundant paraphy¬ 
ses; sporidia l-sei’iate, oblique, ovate-elliptical, brown, ujiiseptate. 
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