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idiii I'nsoid, liynliiic, miiscfitalc. s-lOx 2,^-8 //. rondily scpai'iitiiii: at 

 tli<' scptuiii. Tlio y(>ll()\v iiiarixin may 'h' only accidontal. Tin's differs 

 jroiii //. corff'rfo/'dcs, B. »t l>i'., in its lar<i'ei' sporidia and diflorciit 

 color. 



Under sitle "'an old lojt;-, Decorali, Iowa (Ilohvay), Ohio (Moi'<>an). 



H. dti'inella, Ell. Bull. Ton. Bot. Cliih. VI, j,. lOS. (Plate II) 



Sti'ouiata scattei(Ml or sul)eoiillnent, minute (1-2 mm.), tliin-pul- 

 vinate, hritilit lemon-eolor, atro-punctate I'roni the minute ostiola. Asci 

 slend<'r, |(M)-120.\ a-(i ii. Sporidia liisoid, hyaline, uniseptate, ani- 

 se ri ate, 12-14x;i| //. 



On <h»ad t\vi<>s an<l limbs of Varviniiini coi'ynihosuut not yet 

 iallen and not much decayed. 



In the orifi'inal desciijition, the true chara<;t,er ol' the s|)oridia was 

 overlooked, the s])ecimens first found l»einj>' rather old and the cells ot 

 the sporidia se])arat<Ml. 



H. lidienoidws, (Tode.) 



(Plate II) 



Ati-'spi'i iiiuiii liilteiiDuifi. Todc FiinBi .Meckl. I, p. 9. 

 Sp/uriia inriouUa, BeU. I-'ungi Halifax IV, p. 174. 

 llypoiten paimelioidi's. Mont. Syll. 210. 

 Hypi>c>ci>psis licn'aiiint, Karst. Myc Kenii II, p. 221, 251. 

 HypiKiea dij<itala, V,. & R. Jourii. Mycol. I, p. 42. 



Stromata carno.se, yellowish, dijiitate, radiatina; trom a central 

 point and dividin>> into numerous (2 mm. diam.) semirylindrical, tiniier- 

 like IoIk's, (ilosely appressed to and suiroundinji' the mati'ix and e.\- 

 tendinjr lonuitudinally lor altout o em. The rounded ends and the 

 si(I(!S of the loli(>s are sterile, the peritheeia l»ein<r found only (m the 

 u)>]>er or outer surface; pei'ithecia imniei!<e<l. their position lieinjx indi- 

 cated oidy Ity prominent Imt minute black ostiola. Asci cylindrical, 

 80-90 ji lonu'. Sporidia uniseriate, ends niostly overlapping', hyaline, 

 uniseptate, oltlonu' or narrow-elliptical, often sul>ine<piilatoral, 20-2(5 .\ 

 (!-8 //. The stroma is like the lingers of a hand elas])in<>' the limb. 



On a dead limb, White mountains. N. II. (Miss Minns). 

 F. Spin'idin roitf/tnioiiK, hrnn^n. 



H. bicolor, E. & E. .lourn. Mycol. IV, p. f)8. 



Stromata i>i'e<>arious or crowded, convex, sul>orI>icular, dull cinere- 

 ous, Ixn'oming <lull i»lack, attached as in If. SrhtreinitzfijFv.. whivh 

 when mature it much i-esembles. Peritheeia peripherical. <>ioltose, 

 about ^ nun. diameter, Ituried in the stroma, which is of a dull 

 white color within and has the surface minutely roughened by the 

 jiunetiform ostiola. .A.sci cylindrical. TO x 5 /i. Sporidia uniseriate 



