ni crowded ;ili<)Vf,clIi|iii<iil."'iiliiiii(Mi^. >iii.ik_\-l.io\\ii, aliout .'> x '2^ ti. 

 On ii dociiviiiji' t'liii log. Miiiiliiittiiii. Kiiiisiis (Kcdlci'iiiiiii iV Swin- 



(i. sjinridid iiiiixijitnfc. hniii'ii. 



H. nibispra. Kll. A: Hoi. .Ininn. Mycol. I. p. 4. 



Sti-(tiiiii (ilicoiiic-tulii'iridiliiriii. snltpliciitc Ixdctw. iiboiit 1 cm. Iiijrii. 

 Iciiioii-vtdlow uithiii mid wiilnMit, siiiliicc iiiiiiiitch- |(nncUitt' with tlio 

 l)ljick ostiolii. I'ciitliiriii |)cii|.li('ricid. iilolHisc. iilt(»iif "JaO/i diain , con- 

 (cuts liliick. Asci cvliiidricid.coiitiiiiiiiig' fi.iilit ciibiciil or ohlong-truii- 

 I'iiti', dark-olive oi' ludunisli-liliick. •J-mu IcjiIc, 4-7 .\ 3-4 it sporidia, 

 .sjiiic of wliicli arc nhsciiivly niiisc|»tal('. 



On a ilccayinu' loii'. Iowa. 



H. Kporiflid l^-scfifftfr. j/clloirish or hnnni. 



H. diKtriiia. ('kt". <!nv. VII. |..4!t. 



Kxsicc. Kav. F Am .^42 



P'attcncd, discoid, (dliptical or elongated, \-l mm. diam.. clay- 

 coloi'cd (!iii<>lit-ycllow witliin). Pcritliccia iniiricrscd. hrowii. ostiola 

 Idackisli. pinictilorni. .\.-ici clavatc s|iorc-ltcarih<!' part altout 7") x la it. 

 siii'roiindcd with almiidaDt lilifoi'iii |iarapliyscs. Sporidia iiisci'iatc 

 narrow-elliptical. <'nilochronie three times divided, yellowish (becom- 

 inii' lirown?). '20-J') x S_!) n. On hjirk of hickory. Parien. (ia. 'I'he 

 stroma is of altout the same cidoi' as the hark, flatter than in the pi-e- 

 eeeding' species. l»iit of aliont the ,-;anie color-. 



I. Stroiiiii i-rcct. 



H. Fetmlj, B. & ('. (uw. IV, p. i;i. 



■'At first siu'ht this looks like an .\<iaric invested with some lit/- 

 /loiiiyccs, liiit the fructification is exactly that of a /lyf.tcrcii. Stem 

 irre;j:nlai', dilated upwards, altout an inch hiuli. Flead orliicidar. 

 irre^'ulai'. rufous. I'eritliecia lioth on the under and upper sides. 

 Sporidia gloliose in linear asci." 



Found in Alabama, hy lion. .1. M. I'eter.s. 



There can he hut little douht that the stipe ami apiricilbrm head 

 are a real -Atrarit on which the /lyjtooni is |»arasitic. 



H. aliitai'ea (Peis.i 



Sphiriia alutacea, Per.s. Comment. Clav.ir. p. r2 

 Sphtrria clavala. Sow. lirit. Fungi t.-ib II, fin. 154. 

 Cordiii'ps alutaniis. Lk. Ilncilik. dc C.nvaclise III, p. ^74, 

 Hyponea alutacea, Tul. Sel Carp, I. p h.< Wiiiti-i Die I'il/c II. p. 14.! 

 Kxsicc Rab V. V.. i,v. 346 



