REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST li)l2 4I 



surrounded by the ruptured fragments of the epidermis, the surface 

 at first paUid or brownish and dotted by the black sulcate ostiola, 

 becoming blackish with age, whitish within; perithecia monosti- 

 chous, black within, 4-12 in a stroma ; asci subclavate or cylin- 

 dric, the sporiferous part 35-50 x 8-10 fi; spores crowded or sub- 

 biseriate, straight or slightly curved, obtuse at each end, fuscous, 



TO-2OX4-5 IJL. 



Dead branches of pin cherry, Prunus pennsylvanica 

 L. Ste. Anne de Bellevue. Quebec, Canada. \V. P. Fraser. 



Closely related to D i a t r y p e t u m i d a E. & E., from which 

 it differs in its smaller stroma, its broader asci and specially in 

 its broader and darker spores. 



Stroma orbiculare, disciforme vel convexum, 1-2 mm latimi 

 linea atra ad lignum penetrante cinctum, epidermidis ruptae frag- 

 mentis cinctum primum pallide brunneum, demum nigrum, ostio- 

 lis sulcatis punctatum intra albidum ; perithecia monosticha, 

 intra atra, in stromate 4-12; asci subclavati vel cylindracei, 35- 

 50x8-10 fj.; sporae confertae vel subbiseriatae, rectae vel leviter 

 curvae, putrinque obtusae, fuscae, 10-20x4-5 fi. 



Eccilia regularis 



Pileus thin, submembranaceous, convex, finely striate to the 

 center, distinctly umbilicate, bright buff or pinkish buff, some- 

 times with an orange sjwt in the center when moist, becoming 

 silky in drying; lamellae close, arcuate, decurrent, soon pink; 

 stem colored like or a little paler than the pileus; spores angu- 

 lar, uninucleate, 8-10x7-8 fi. 



Pileus 2-3 cm broad ; stem 4-6 cm long, 2-3 mm thick. 



Ground in woods. Friendship, Me. August. G. E. Morris. 



This is a small but beautiful and very regular or symmetrical 

 species. It is nearly uniformly colored throughout, being a yel- 

 lowish or pinkish buff'. The dried specimens are tawny ochra- 

 ceous. Under a lens they appear to have the pileus minutely 

 striate. 



Pileus tenuis, submembranaceous, convexus, minute striatus, 

 umbilicatus, late luteolus vel incarnate luteolus, interdum udus 

 in centro aurantiacus, siccus sericeus ; lamellae confertae, arcu- 

 atae, decurrentes, mox incarnatae; stipes gracilis, aequalis, farc- 

 tus, rectus, glaber, pileo in colore similis vel pallidior; sporae 

 angulares, uninucleatae, 8-10 x 7-8 /i. 



Pileus 2-3 cm latus ; stipes 4-6 cm longus, 2-3 mm crassus. 



