48 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Gregarious, seriate. A miniature of the last. Stem with the 

 head about 1 line high, not laccate, rather thick for the size of the 

 plant, penetrating the convex papillate head. A very curious little 

 species. 



* Xylaria digitata. i^r.— Car. Sup. No. 417. Texas, Lind- 

 heimer, No. 3627. 



* Xylaria polymorpha. Fr.—Car. Sup. No. 450, 739. Penn- 

 sylvania, Michener. No. 3782. 



* Xylaria Cornu-Damae. ScJm-ein.— On dead wood. Car. Inf. 

 Eavenel. 



* Xylaria corniformis. -Fa— Car. Inf. No. 1124. Car. Sup. 

 No. 733. 



O-a Rhus copallina. Car. Inf. Eavenel. No. 1803. On Po- 

 puJus dilatata. No. 914. On Acer rubrum. Eavenel. No. 1558, 

 and Myrica cerifera. 



C^spitose globose, not collapsed, clothed with very minute black 

 pubescence ; asci clavate, stuffed with multitudes of minute sausage- 

 shaped sporidia. 



* Xylaria flabelliformis.— >SbAwein.— Car. Inf. No. 1213, 2609. 



* Xylaria pedunculata. J^r.-St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. G. En- 

 gelmaan. No. 6429. 



» Xylaria hypoxylon. Fr.—Q&w Inf. No. 57. 116. 737. 600. 

 1824. Eavenel, No. 1277. Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 3924. 



* Xylaria persicaria. Schn-ein. — On peach stones. Car. Inf. 

 No. 3218. 



* Xylaria carpophila. Fr. — On nuts of Liquidambar. Car. 

 Inf. No. 1175. Eavenel. No. 1279. 1277. 



*^ Xylaria filiformis. Fr. — On dead leaves. Car. Inf. Eavenel 



* Xylaria rhopaloides. 3Iont. — Var. acicularis, B. More 

 slender and delicate. Car. Sup. Eavenel. No. 1301. Car. Inf. 

 No. 68. 248. 433. Texas, C. Wright. No. 3904. 



826. Xylaria tentaculata. B. Sf ^r.— Stipite elongato glabro 

 fusco ; capitulo brevi cylindi ico processibus longis tentaculiformibus 

 coronato. 



In shaded swamps among mosses and rotting wood. Car. Inf. 

 Eavenel. No. 1300. On i\\ehm.t oi sonxQ Leguininosa. Cordova 

 Salle. No. 92. 



Stem 1 inch high, not a line thick ; head cylindrical, 1-2 lines 

 long, ostiola prominent, tending upwards, crowned by several ten- 

 tacular processes, about ^ an inch long. Allied to Xylaria comosa, 

 Mont. 



* Foronia (Edipus. Mont— On dung. Alabama, Peters. No 

 4019. Texas, C. Wright. No. 3778. 



» Hypoxylon concentricum. Grev.— Q&v. Sup. No. 70. 



