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CRYPTOSPORA, Till. 



Sel. Carp. II, p. 144. 



Stroina valsoid. pustuliform, covered by the epidermis which is 

 pierced by the ostiola, sometimes much reduced or wanting. Perithecia 

 mostly bedded in the unaltered substance of the inner bark, subcirci- 



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nate. with converging necks united in an erumpent disk. Asci 4-8- 

 -pored, mostly without paraphyses. Sporidia hyaline, ovate or ellip- 

 tical, continuous (Cryptosporella), oblong, fusoid, or cylindrical, con- 

 tinuous (Eucryptospora), septate or pseudoseptate (Calospora). 



'' Sporidia ovate, elliptical or oblong (Cryptosporella). 

 Cr. paucispora, (Pk.) 



Valsa paucispora, Pk. 33d Rep. p. 33. 

 Cryptosporella paucispora, Sacc. Syll. 6411. 



Pustules covered by the slightly elevated epidermis which is at 

 length ruptured. IVrithceia 2-5, seated on the inner bark. Ostiola 

 <hort, black, piercing the minute, pallid disk, smooth or rarely slightly 

 radiate-sulcate. A.-ci slmrt, .LI-GO // long, subcylindrical, tetrasporous. 

 Sporidia continuous, uniseriate. nearly colorless, ovate-elliptical. 15- 

 20xlO-12//, ' 



On dead alder twigs. North Greenbush. X. Y. 



Allied to Cr. <tin'<><i, (Fckl.), from which it differs in its paler 

 disk, shorter. four-spored asci. and uniscriate Sporidia, 



Cr. divergens, (Schw.) 



Sphtzria divergens, Schw. S}-n. Car. 123, id. Syn. N. Am, i 

 I'alsa (Crvptosporella) divergens, Cke. Syn. 1941. 



The following diagnosis is from Urev. XIII, p. 40: 

 Receptacle somewhat swollen. Groups of perithecia 2-4 lin.-.- 

 across, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. Perithecia black or 

 cinereous. Ostiola veiy long, round, divergent, three times as long as 

 the diameter of the perithecia. Asci 8-spored. Sporidia subelliptical. 

 hyaline. 7 x 2 a (7 x 1 J //. Stevenson). 



On fallen Iwanches of Liquid ambai . Carolina (Schw.). 



(\\ lencopis, (Fr,) 



SpJueria lencopis, Fr. Kze. & Schni. Myc. Hefte, II. p. 



Diaporllie leucopis, Sacc. Syll. 6094. 



Valsa leucopis, Stevenson, Add. to Cooke's Valsei of the U. S. No. i2g, 



Perithecia crowded, subcircinate. few. rather large, included in a 

 hollow tubercle, white inside and formed from the inner bark. Xeck- 

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