iiCy 







and suhcntstarcoiis or iiciii'l.v vaaisliiiiii'. Asci c} lindrical, )). s|t. aimiit 



75x5//. Spdridia miiscriatc. elliiitical. Iiyaliiic, l-'i-imcleatc (litroiii 



iiiy tiruscptatc). 7-M x .'{ /<. 



l'ar»sitit'nn Troiicf!'' (ilhiihi, Oliin Miiruaii, S!t4 



The poif(»raU'd apices (if tlic |M'i-itli('cia Jiisf visildc i^nvc ttic siir- 



fiiiM' (d'tlic stroma a initiiitoly piiiudatc appcaraiicr. 



D. Strninu t/iscoid. S/ioi'/(//(i roiitiinioHs. Jnjiilihc. 



H. .onsimilis, Ell. (li.v. XII. p. 7!t. (Plate II) 



Ivxsicc. KU. N A. F., ijS 



Stroma orliicular or oUiptical. coiivrx, 'l-'.\ mm. across. Iiritd<-r('<l. 

 wrinkled, cnniosc. Asci clavat('-c\ lindrical. ()()-70.\4 //. Sj)oridia 

 tiiiiscriato, livaliiic 10-12x3^-4 fi. 



On dca<l Aza/ea n'srosti. N'c\vli(ld. X. .1. 



H. Richardsoni. Berk. A; Siont. (ircv. |\ . p. 14. 



K.xsicc. Kll. N A. }•'.. i.UH). 



Discoid-tnlx'rcniar. scattered or u'reuarioiis. dull |iurplislire(l. cen- 

 tially attaclied. ^ cm. aci'oss. deeply wrinkled, maririii snhloliate and 

 lre(>. wliitisli within. In (Irevillea 1. c, Berkeley -itates tliat the asei 

 are cdavato and the sporidia elliptical, and that it was lirst Connd in 

 one of the Arctic expeditions liy Sir .1. Richardson. All the speci- 

 mens we have seen ai-e entirely sterile, like those in X. A. F., I'i2!>. 

 Tiifjcrnilar/a pezizoidcti, ^vhw.. '\> said to 1m' the .^aniC. Its ranp' 

 a]»peai's to l>e northward from .Maine to Wisconsin and we>l to Colo 

 rado and I'tah. 



On liark ol' tlead poplar. 

 K. Sd'o/tio jHilvlnotv <H' vJJ'uKiil , siiiiridid t'litioii} , liy(iUiu\ a)tis('/tf(i(c. 



H. apicHliita, ('. & P. 2!ith Hep. N. V. Stat,' Mns. p. 07. 



" Fleshy, soft, jrrowinii in iriciiidar patches, smooth, oeliraceons. 

 inclininu' to ()ran<i-e, the extreni(- niarsiin harren. Asci cvlindrical. 

 Sporidia fusiform with an iipicnhis at each end, iinise|)late, colorless. 

 27-37 x 7 1-10 /i". 



On the <rroiind and on ro( ks, ('atskill nionntains. Xew York 

 (Peck). 



H, papyriicea, Ell. & Hoi. .lonrn. Myrol. IL p. (ii;. 



Stroma mendiraiiaceous. thin, separable. 2-3 cm. acro.<s. white 

 with a yellow, sul)8terile maiiiin. Tei^ithecia sii|ierliciai. fawn-coloicd. 

 .•^mall (150 /i), thickly scattered on the stroma. A.<ci slender. alM»nl 

 75x3 /i. (spore-ltearinu- part aliont (lO //). without paraphyse.-^. Spor 



