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diam., prolonged above into a filiform. sul tflexuous ostiolum nearly 

 1 mm. long. The perithecia contain an abundance of minute, hvaline, 



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oblong sperinatia 4 x 1-1 J //, often collected into a subglobose mass. 

 On pine lumber recently cut and closely packed, Newfield, N. J- 

 Doubtfully distinct from (7. piUferum, (Fr.), which is also usually 



sterile. 



C. piliferum, (Fr.) 



Sphceria pilifera, Fr. S. M. II, p. 472. 

 Sphczria rostrata, Schum. Enurn. Fl. Saell. p. 128. 

 Ceratostoma piliferum, Fckl. Symb. p. 128. 

 Exsicc. Rab. F. E. 1525. 2327. 



Perithecia gregarious, naked, black, very small, globose, smooth. 



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Ostiolum capillary, very long, acuminate. Sporidia (sec. Berk. Grey. 

 IV. p. 146) sausage-shaped, 5 ju. long. 



On pine rails, Carolina, on oak, Alabama. Found also in Penn- 

 sylvania by Dr. Michener. 







0. mucronatum, (Sch\v.) 



Sphczria mucronata, Schw. Syn. Car. No. 4. Fr. S. M. II, p. 475. 

 Ceratostoma mucronatum, Cke. S>TI. 3814. 



Perithecia gregarious, minute, black, bare, conical, glabrous, some- 

 times confluent but not crowded, innate-superficial, smooth, rigid, con- 

 tracted above into a short-cylindrical, rather obtuse ostiolum. 



On dead wood, Carolina. Rare. 



C. drupivorum, (Schw.) 



Sphczria drupivora, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1613. 

 Ceratostoma drupivorum, Cke. Syn. 3819. 



Perithecia rather large, hemispherical, densely crowded, black, 

 involved in a white, byssoid tomentum (which perhaps is only acci- 

 dental). Ostiola very long, dark liver-color, straight, 



On decaying nuts of Juglans cinerea. very rare, Bethlehem, Pa. 



C. investitum. (Schw.) 



Sph&ria investita, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1621. 



Perithecia globose, rather large, at length free, black, at first 

 immersed in the wood and covered with tomentum. Ostiola large, 

 long, rigid, sulcate-tuberculose, thickened above, black. 



On rotten wood, emerging from a rather thick, cottony, brownish 

 rust-colored, or light vellow tomentum, with which it is entirely coy- 



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ered. In other respects like C. rostrctta. 

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