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and subcrustaceotis or nearly vanishing. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. about 

 75x5 ft. Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, hyaline, 1-2-nucleate (becom- 

 ing uniseptatc), 7-8 x 3 //. 



Parasitic on Tremetta albida, Ohio Morgan,- 894 

 The perforated apices of the perithecia jnst visible give the sur- 

 face of the stroma a minutely punctate appearance. 



D. Stroma discoid. Sporidia continuous, hyaline. 



H. consimilis, Ell. Grew XII, p. 79. (Plate 11) 



Exsicc. EH, N. A. F., 158. 



Stroma orbicular or elliptical, convex, 2-3 mm. across, brick-red, 

 wrinkled, carnose. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 60-70x4 /1. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, hyaline, 10-12x3^-4 fi. 



On dead Azalea viscosa, Newfield, N. J. 



H. Richardsoni, Berk. & Mont. Grev. IY, p. 14. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F., 1329. 



Discoid-tubercular, scattered or gregarious, dull purplish-red, cen- 

 trally attached, \ cm. across, deeply wrinkled, margin sublobate and 

 free, whitish within. In Grevillea 1. c, Berkeley states that the asci 

 are clavate and the sporidia elliptical, and that it was first found in 

 one of the Arctic expeditions by Sir J. Richardson. All the speci- 

 mens we have seen are entirely sterile, like those in N. A. F., 1329. 

 T ubercularia pezizoidea, Schw., is said to be the same. Its range 

 appears to be northward from Maine to Wisconsin and west to Colo- 

 rado and Utah. 



On bark of dead poplar. 

 E. Stroma pidvinate or effused, sporidia fusoid, hyaline, uniseptate. 



H. apiculata, C. & P. 29th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 57. 



" Fleshy, soft, growing in irregular patches, smooth, ochraceous, 

 inclining to orange, the extreme margin barren. Asci cylindrical. 

 Sporidia fusiform with an apiculus at each end, uniseptate, colorless. 

 27-37 x7i-10/r\ 



On the ground and on rocks, Catskill mountains, New York 

 (Peck). 



H. papyraeea, Ell. & Hoi. Jotira. Mycol. II, p. $6. 



Stroma membranaceous, thin, separable, 2-3 cm. across, white 

 with a yellow, sub9terile margin. Perithecia superficial, fawn-colored, 

 small (150 //), thickly scattered on the stroma. Asci slender, about 

 75 x3 fi, (spore-bearing pail about 60//), without paraphyses. Spor- 



