!KI 



•'Minuted line itfi-nss), roiiml. fifiiiio-convcx. f'cntliociji sinnll. 

 entirely liiddeii, eoiiiiate, siirliur ol' Ilie stroiiin roiiu'Iioned l)y the 

 ostiolii, itruiiiosc, sooty lilu-k. On rotten wood, I'ennsyiviiniii." 



Hifpocmi lidrcnclii Meik. (!rev. i V. |.. 14. I{iiv. Cjir. V,')!. 

 Dialnjiu- Jdtcfitlti, VA\. i>idi. Torr. IJot. Chili. iX. \). V.),'^/f///)()^ri//o/i 

 iinif/dtiffinli 



Jes, IJ. A- V r in Kll. N. A. I"\ 471. iire nil Afrlof/ruiti 



ll/Kf 



PiiiUl<mli.'Vn\. Konniet-iiere. in liis Fuiiiii (iidli*-!. 1 174. ims issne(| 

 the same tliin.u' as Hiipoxulon fiixmin (I'ers.). 



HVPOCHKI.LA. SiUT. 



.Syll. n, p. .S7y- 



Stroma siilu-arnose, pnlviiiate. disciform or etVused. Iiriiilit eolorecl 

 or dark. Porithecia more or less perfeetly Imriecj in the stroma. Asri 

 eyii.idrieal. S-spored. Sporidiii liiirorni, nearly as lomr as tlie asei. 

 frP(iiiently separating' into shoi't sections or Joints. 



H. tiibeiiforiiiis. (B, & Kav.) 



Hy/iocit'a hihi-iifai mi.s, li. iS: Kav. Cri-v. IV, p. li,. 



H\fiin,lhi tiihnit'iiiiiii-.. Atkinson, Hot. C.az. XVI, \>. 2S2, ]>!, XXV, fi.irs, i-ri. 



Sti'oma siiliii'lol)oso. 1 cm. or mor(> diam.. entire, iolied or divided, 

 fastoned to the leal'liy a myceliinii ol' whitisi), radiatinir tiireads. At 

 first thickly covertM I with ei'cct, lertile hypiiiO 3o-4() x --.'{ /i. Iiearinu' 

 oval 01' hroadly I'nsoid. incMpiiiatei'ai, hyaline, continnons conidia 7-l()x 

 3|-4 //. When matur(>, a section sliows tiiree dillerent colored strata: 

 ^he inner white, the intermediati; one liuht ochre, and the outer f)iie 

 cinnamon. Porithecia se.-ssile. or only their roiindeil I 

 siibcylindrical, a little broader in the middle, cinnamon-color, ?*-!() or 

 more tou'ethoi-, 1 mm. ioiiLf. \ mm. liroad, tre(|nently ltranclie(I, the 

 bases of 2-3 joined, and the cavities condiKMit below. .\sci verv lai'Li'e. 

 450-7 50 X 14 /i, tapering' to a slender point lielow. more u'radiiallv 

 towards the trnncat(((| apex. Sp^iidia linear, hyaline, pliiriii-iittnlate 

 and ))lurise])tute, rounded ;it the ends and separatiiiii- at (he septa. 



lases immersed 



On ArtnidiiKii !(t, (Carolina (i?aveiiel), Alaliama (Atl 



kiii.<oiii 



H. |»liyHof!;ena, Mont. Syll. 71 1. 



Stroma ))nlvinate, liemisjiherical. l»ase constricted iiiid oraimc- 

 colorod. Porithecia peripherical, erect, ovate and. with the pv.ncliroriii 

 ostiola, briu-ht pnrj)le, sunk in the upper part of the stroma, which is 

 of the same coloi-. .Vsci linear with the apex cap-shaped or o1>tiis(dv 

 conical. Sporiilia linear, curved, linally breakinu' up into .sc^u-inoiits 

 10-18 X 2 /^ 



On livina- loaves oi' CcMfaitrna sp('rJi/nif,Ci\yG\inv, South America. 



We have iiklialod this species, which will, not improbaidv. yet l)e 

 found in Southern Florida or Mexico. 



