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H. COCCINEUM Bull. 



On Aralia spinosa, alt. 1,300 ft., Aug. 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 

 1 173, 140). 

 H. NuTTALLii E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 346 (1894). 



Type habitat : On bark of dead Magnolia Fraseri at 

 Glade Creek, May, 1894 {Nuttall, discov, 1494, 477). 



Stromata gregarious, subconfluent, depressed-hemispher- 

 ical or strongly convex, 3 to 6 mm. diameter, purplish- 

 black, mammillose. Perithecia small (about .25 mm.) scat- 

 tered 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 perforation. The asci in the 

 spec, examined had disappeared. Sporidia brown, oblong- 

 elliptical, sub-inequilateral, 7 to 8 x 3 to 4 /x (exceptionally 

 9 X 5 m). 

 H. HowEiANUM Peck. 



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

 12, 1893 (Nuttall, 1203, 158). 

 H. FUSCUiM (Pers.j Fr. 



On dead and decorticated Acer saccharum. Grant Co., 

 near Bayard {Mills pan gh). On dead Alnus rugosa, Oct. 

 31, 1893. Spores 12 X 6 to 7 /x {Nuttall, 1221). 



H. MULTIFORME Fr. 



On dead Betula sp., alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, Aug. 11, 



1893 {Nuttall, 1 1 47). 



H. PERFORATUM (Schw.) Fr. 



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



1894 {Nuttall, 1351). Spores 10 x 5 /x. On Magnolia Fra- 

 seri, Nov., 1895. 



H. RUBiGiNosuM (Pcrs.) Fr. 



On dead hard wood of Robinia Pscudacacia, Feb. 25, 

 1893 {Nuttall, 949, 39). 

 H. Sassafras (Schw.) Berk. 



On Sassafras Sassafras, jMarcli 21, 1893. Spores 8 to 12 

 X 3 to 4 /A {Nuttall, 917). 



H. STIGMATEUM Cookc. 



On living Qucrcns 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 jx, fertile portion 120 x 10 //., spores black, elliptical, 

 16 to 20 X 6 to 10 fjL. Feb. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, 1350). 

 H. coLLicuLOSUM (Schw.) Nits. 



On Rhododendron inaxinniin, alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, 

 Dec. 16, 1893 {Xiitfall. 1330, 289). 



