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M. dUI'iisa, ('. & I*. Enfiiplici of {'. S. in .lunni. df JJot. 1^72, 2otli 

 Kcp. X. Y. Stntc Mils. ).. !>:. 



I'siinlly ('|(i|iliyll()ns. rcritlicciii scnttcicd, !)()-! -JO /<. diiik. 

 (i|iakc, rotifulatioiis littlior t»li!«('iiio, 10-1') /i, iii»|)('ii<liiir<'s lo-'i"), livii- 

 lino, (ir sliiilitly tinted nt tlu' liiipc. 2-4 or moro times ns loiiii- iis tlie 

 diiiiiH^ter of tlie jiei itlieeinni, 1 to 4 or "> times incjiuhirly or dielioto- 

 inoiisly liianelied. liriinelies lonu' iun] dill'iisely spicadinii', not at all 

 swollen up ceenrved. Asci 4—7, ovate, iiedicellate. rather small, oO- 

 35 x (10-0.') a. SjKiridia 4-.s, ni(»stly 4-5. 



On J}('siiio(lhnii finifsn'ii.s, D. viisjtidiitiiiH, 1). jKiiiiviihitiiiii, D. 

 CiUKKhiisc. I). KeKsilifoliuin, Lespcth^ztf, viohtccii, L. /u't'fd, L. rujti- 

 tiitn. TjiitJn/fUs nvliroh'iiciis. Vli'ia, and PhdHcohis pvri'iuiiH. 



Itepnrted from the eastoin seaeoast to Minnesota (Seymour) and 

 Missoni'i ('i'i-aoy and fJalloway). It is aliiimlant and fre(|nent. and 

 tlionuli varialile is well chai'actei'ized Ity the i-lonjiiited l>ranehes of the 

 a])|iendai:'es. 



M. (ir4»s.siilai'iH>, (W'alli.) 



Alphiiimiitipliii /'nn'nlliila vnr. (hossiilnnir.W'aWr. Vcrh. N'.Uurf, Frciindcl, p. 40. 

 AFici(isf>li,ria (hii>siil,i> i<r, I,ev. Ann. Sci. Nat. Scr. Ill, T. XV. p. ifti. 

 Microsphtrra ]'iiii-lli iniliitiiii. C'.er. Itiill, Turn. Hot. Cliili. VI, 11.31. 



Am)iliiiienoiis. Myeelinin thin oi- laijier den,<e, white, jiersistent. 

 Porithoeiii scattered. 7")-l'J(>//. reticniations altont lo //: aj»)ienda;:es 

 10-20, once to twice as lon<r as tin; diameter of the jieritliecinni. hya- 

 line oi- tinted at the liase. very conspicuously 4-() times dichotomonsly 

 forked, with straiii'ht. olitnse ditiitate Inanchlets. Asci 3-'). S])oiidia 

 4— G, vai-ia'de. lo-SO'// lon<2'. 



On Rlhfs votnndlfoliiiiii. Ii.Jtoriihini i\\n\ li. nir/niin. Sdinhiiciis 

 ConadcDsin and S. niconom. 



Xot very iinconiuion I'roni the Atlantic to Montana (Anderson). 

 The l)ranched tips ol the a]ipenda_ii'es are vei'y characteristic, thouifh 

 the liranchlets vary considerably in len,i>-tli. 



M. Svmphoi'k-ai'ni, Howe, IJull. Tori'. Uot. Chih. V, p. 3. 



Aniithigenous. Myt-diinn aimndant, persistent. Perithecia small. 

 80-100. /x, delicate, reticulations laruc rciiular, 15-20 jt: appendages 

 8-1(5, hyaline or slightly colored at liase, 2-4 times as long as the 

 diameter of the jierithecium, 4-5 times dichotonious, Itranches short, 

 compact, tips truncate, somewhat swollen, not recui'ved. Asci 4-10. 

 small, 50 // long. Sporidia 4-(], small and narrow, 10-18 //. 



On i<yi)tpliiji'/c(irpiif< vttJfjafis. S. orvhlentdl/s and >S'. raraitiosiis. 

 Common across the c(»ntinent. 



Much like some forms of J/ V<icri/ul, but the mycelium is more 





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