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2. Hypocrea scutellaeformis Berk. & Rav. (nomen nudum) ; 



Ellis & Everh. N. Am. Pyrenom. 80. 1892. 



Stromata gregarious, patellate or subhemispherical, .5-1 mm. 

 in diameter, with the margin free and sHghtly undulated, rough- 

 ened slightly by the protruding necks of the perithecia, externally 

 beautifully wine-colored, becoming darker with age, occasionally 

 blackish, internally white. 



On the bark of Acer rubrtini. 



Type locality: Carolina. 



Distribution : Known only from type locality. 



ExsiccATi : Ravenel, Fungi Car. Exsicc. ji. 



The species appears distinct in its color and gross characters. 

 Although the stromata externally seem to indicate the presence 

 of perithecia no asci or spores could be seen. 



3. Hypocrea lenta (Tode) Berk. & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 14: 112. 



1875 

 Sphaeria lenta Tode, Fungi Meckl. 2: 30. 1791. 

 Sphaeria ScJnveinitzii Fr. Elench. Fung. 2 : 60. 1828. 

 Sphaeria contorta Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 11. 4: 194. 1832. 

 Sphaeria rigeiis Fr. Elench. Fung. 2: 61. 1828. 

 Hypocrea Schzveinitsii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 2 : 522. 1883. 

 Hypocrea contorta Berk. & Curtis; Berk. Grevillea 4: 14. 1875. 

 Hypocrea rigens Sacc. ]\Iichelia i: 301. 1878. 



Stromata gregarious, 2 mm.-i cm. in diameter, lens-shaped, 

 margin free, often becoming undulated, dark colored externally 

 becoming almost black with a shade of olive-green, white within, 

 fleshy becoming hard when dry; surface roughened by the necks 

 of the slightly protruding perithecia; perithecia subglobose, 150- 

 175 mic. in diameter; asci cylindrical, becoming i6-spored, 

 60-75 X 4-5 mic. ; spores subglobose with i large oil-drop, about 

 4 mic. in diameter. 



On wood and bark of various kinds. 



Type locality : Mecklenburg, Germany. 



Distribution: New Jersey to Ontario, California, and Lou- 

 isiana. 



Illustrations: Tode, Fungi Alcckl. pi. 12, f. 102. 



ExsiccATi: Ravenel, Fungi Am. Exsicc. 642; Ellis, N. Am, 

 Fungi 1^6. Other specimens examined : Kansas, Stvingle, Cra- 



