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uliitiniis ((Ifsciiii': iijiin'iitlam's ('cu. 8-12. iliirk (-((IoicmI. cxrciit llic 

 lu'Uiu'lirH, si'iiiccly ctiiml to llic •lijiiiH'tcr dl' lln' |i<'iillM'riiiiii. I-Ci (iincs 

 I'ctruliii'Iv ilicliotdiiiniis. liiiiiitlics .-lioil iiiiil liillicr tiiick, tips icmrvcd. 

 Asci '>-s, oviil or (»\iiti'. pciliiTlhitt', liillu-r t-innll, .'{') x .'},'> it. Sporidiii 

 iiiiii'oniilv S. siiiiill. 



On lilt' ••i-riiicimi" I'liiisnl Kv n I'liytoptiis (iiiitc). on the lower 

 sides ol' leaves ol' /''itf/iis f'cninfiiicii. 



'I'lie erineuni is iisniilly very .•onmion wherever the tree jziows. 

 Iiut the liiniilis seems In lie rare. It has also lieen ((lileetetl liy Karic 

 in Illinois and Indiana. >'ee Fiimji J'Jiu'i>piil,y,y). WlA'u 



M. Astia«ali, (DC.) 



IVek r('|K)rls J/. //o/o.sr/vVvv/, (Wallr.) Li'-v. — a synonym lor J/. 

 AKtriKjoli — (2"ttli Report N. V. State Mas., p. '.>.')). on AxtriKjahis 

 Ci)Oj»ir/'. ImiI this species does not seem to have liecn elsewhere eol- 

 lecte(| in Ami'rica. Is it pi>ssil)le that a poorly marked sjioeimcn of 

 J/, (ttff'iisd was tints identilicd .' 



M. liVcii, (LaHcli.) 



A/iiio.\/i/iiria Mtiiitiiiilii. F,ev. 



This is inserted on the sole anthority of the pnhlieation in (!re- 

 villea IV. p. HiO, where the ianiius is said to have lieen I'onnd on Dch- 

 tiiodlnni Dlllvnli. I'lidoiilitedly an incorrect deterndnation. 



FAMILY. I'KRISI'OHlKt:. 



Mostly without any stroma Imt with a stion<rly developed, Inown. 

 pei'sisteiit. coindia-l»earin«i' mycelium, which, howevt'i' is sometimes 

 iiic'onspicnons or evanescent. Perithecia spherical or depressed, ineni- 

 Itranaceous or coiiaeeons. <i:en<;rally astomous. always superficial. 



This Family is nuide up oi' rather lieter(»u'eneons material, the dil- 

 I'ercnt nienil»ers not liein^' closely allied so as to lorm a well charactor- 

 ized natural group, as in the preceding family. 



KKV TO TIIK (JKXKK.V. 



Mycelium present. .... 

 Mycelium scanty or wanting. 

 Mycelium l)lack, dense. 



1. Mycelium thin, arachnoid. 

 Mycelium yellow. .... 

 Mycelium light colored. .... 



2. Perithecia scattered, sul)glol)ose. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 



Succardia. 



Eiit'othnn. 



Myn'oroccum. 



Peri»porhi7ii. 



♦winter, in I>ie Pilze, includes liere iilso Asfiiii^illii.s and Pinhillium. or which till recent- 

 ly, only tlic conidial static was known. In these neiura perithecia are watitinn. the asci l)ein{r 

 inclosed in a tnher-Iikc sclcrotiuui which is developed from the mycelium. 



