June 1902] 
New Alabama Fungi 
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Perithecia mm. diam., 2-6 together in a cortical stroma, 
white inside, contracted above into slender necks, the papilli¬ 
form ostiola raising the blackened epidermis into little tubercles 
mostly ruptured across the top by a single hysteriform slit. Aset 
clavate-cylindrical, short-stipitate, paraphysate, p. sp. 75-80x18- 
20 ac Sporidia biseriate, oblong- elliptical, subinequilateral, 
rounded at the ends or obtusely pointed, 20-25x10-12 /jl. 
The surface of the bark occupied by the fungus is over¬ 
spread by a thin black, finely muriculate crust presenting under 
the lens quite an ornamental appearance. 
Hysterium compressum E. & E.—On decaying wood of 
Pinus palustris. 
Perithecia scattered, mostly lying parallel, 1-3 mm. long, 
i mm. broad, straight or in the elongate forms undulate or curved, 
faintly longitudinally striate above, narrow at the ends but sub- 
obtuse, lips closed or slightly opened. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 
short-stipitate, 75-80x15-20 a*, broadly rounded above, paraphyses 
filiform, abundant. Sporidia crowded bi-tri-seriate, fusoid, 3- 
septate, scarcely constricted, hyaline at first, soon brown (reddish- 
brown), subinequilateral, slightly curved, compressed, 25-30x7-10 
V , cell next to the upper one very slightly swollen. 
The perithecia scarcely differ from those of H. insidens 
Schw. but the sporidia are constantly only 3-septate and are com¬ 
pressed so as to be only 4-5 a 1 thick. 
Mollisia alabamaensis E. & E.—On decaying canes of 
Rubus villosus. 
.Scattered, erumpent-superficial, gelatin-carnose, immarginate, 
^ mm. diam., convex when fresh and pale-rose-color, subconcave 
when dry and about the color of lean beef steak, finally becoming 
almost black. Asci ventricose-oblong, subsessile, 60-65x15 ,jk 
paraphyses enlarged and colored above, united in a brown epithe- 
cium and bearing subglobose conidia 5 diam. Sporidia sub¬ 
seriate, hyaline, 12-13x6-7 a 1 . 
Allied to Mollisia fuscorubra Rehm. which it much resem¬ 
bles. 
Belonium bicolor E. & E.—On dead stems of Eupatorium. 
Ascomata scattered or gregarious, sessile of soft carnose sub¬ 
stance, convex and amber color when young and fresh, concave 
and nearly black when dry, ^-f mm. diam., margin narrow, sub- 
dentate, the substance of the ascomata yellow when crushed 
under the microscope. Asci clavate-cylindrical, short-stipitate, 
80-90x12 /*, with stout simple paraphyses slightly thickened above. 
Sporidia mostly uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, 15-20x6-8 as 3-4- 
nucleate becoming 3-septate, hyaline at first becoming dull yellow 
and more or less constricted when mature. 
The sporidia are more like those of Dermatella but the other 
characters are those of Belonium. 
