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Stromata gregarious, subconfluent, depressed-hemispherical or 

 strongly convex, 3 to 6 mm. diameter, purplish-black, mammil- 

 lose. Perithecia small (about .25 mm.) scattered irregularly 

 through the stroma, which is rather soft and brownish within. 

 Ostiola crowning the mammillose projections on the surface of 

 the stroma, papilliform, soon deciduous, leaving a round perfor- 

 ation. The asci in the spec, examined had disappeared. Spo- 

 ridia brown, oblong-elliptical, sub-inequilateral, 7 to 8 x 3 to 4 n 

 (exceptionally 9x5 /*). 



H. Howeianum Peck.. 



On decorticated Magnolia Fraseri, alt. 1,800 ft., Sept. 12, 1893 

 (Nut tall, 1203, 158). 



H. FUSCUM (Pers. ) Fr. 



On dead and decorticated Acer saccharum, Grant .Co., near 

 Bayard (MillspaugK). On dead Alnus rugosa, Oct. 31, 1893. 

 Spores 12 x 6 to 7 /* (Nuttall, 1221). 



H. multiforme Fr. 



On dead Betula sp., alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, Aug. n, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1147). 



H. perforatum (Schw.) Fr. 



On dead twig, Feb. 3, 1894. On Ilex opaca, Dec. 28, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1351). Spores 10 x 5 //. On Magnolia Fraseri, Nov. 

 1895. 



H. rubiginosum (Pers.) Fr. 



On dead hard wood of Robinia Pseudacacia, Feb. 25, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 949, 39). 



H. Sassafras (Schw.) Berk. 



On Sassafras Sassafras, March 21, 1893. Spores 8 to 12 x 3 to 

 4 ii (Nuttall, 917). 



H. stigmateum Cooke 



On living Quercus sp., originating under the outer bark which 

 it pushes off, or at times remains attached at one edge and stands 

 away like a lid. Asci, total length, 150 x 10 p, fertile portion 

 120 x 10 fjL, spores black, elliptical, 16 to 20 x 6 to 10 //. Feb. 2, 

 1894 (Nuttall, 1350). 



H. colliculosum (Schw.) Nits. 



On Rhododendron maximum, alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, Dec. 16, 

 1893 (Nuttall, 1330, 289). 



DALDINIA DeNot. 



D. concentrica (Bolt.) C. & DeN. 



On bark of dying Acer sp. , April 15, 1893 (Nuttall, 905). 



D. vernicosa (Schw.) C. & DeN. 



On dead trees, March, 1895 (Nuttall, 1790). 



