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cyih))ii<c as described by Hesler. However, the total al)scnce uf 

 anything but hyahne pycnospores, the difference in spore dimen- 

 sions, presence of stroniatic perithecia, and other points were 

 sufficient to show that this could not be. 



DKSt'RiPTioN. — Stroma usually ])ulvinate, sometimes more or 

 less effused, seldom absent ; black, frequently about ^2 mm. wide ; 

 erumpent. Perithecia somewhat top-shaped, either completely 

 sunken in or partially imbedded in the stroma ; neck, when yjre- 

 sent. not long; paraphyses and ostiolar filaments present, about 

 235/t long by I49/A wide as a rule. Asci clavatc, 96/i x 13/i. con- 



Text fig. 2. 



taining 8 ascospores, uniseriate below, and becoming tri-seriate 

 above. Ascospores fusiform, continuous hyaline, 19. 2-19. 5/* x 



Pycnidia top-shaped, usually grouped on a stroma, averaging 

 250/* X 190/H. Ostiolar filaments present but no paraphyses. 

 Pycnosj^ores hyaline cylindric, non-guttulate, continuous 22.4fjL 

 X 4.H,x. 



The stromata are formed of pseudo-tissue of a dark brown 

 colour. Text fig. i, a-i^. shows some typical stromata, with 

 the reproductive bodies immersed in them; x, denoting a peri- 

 thecium ; y. a pvcnidium ; and c, an empty body, either perithecial 

 or pycnidial. The stromata are as a rule pulvinate ; i c shows 



