93 



On (Icml liiiiUs of 2i/iun, Cnliluniiit (Iliirkno^s), (.'oiiiicctinit 

 (Tliiixtor). on "load iisli, Caiiailii (Dcai-iicss). 



y iiv. c/ifi/so(/riniiiNit {T/ii/ronertn'tt vhrysotinniniiii. V]. A' Vj. in 

 l*i'Ot'. Phil. Acad. I. c;. j). '245), on Itark of dead cliii liiidis. I'otsdaiii, 

 X. Y. (Kllis), MisHoiiri (DciiK'trio), and Kaiisa- (KcIIcnium), dillors 

 IVoiii the h|i(' ill its larger, 1. 'uwii sitoridia, larger asci and more or 

 loss scattered peritliecia. 



ELEl THERO)IV('ES, F«'kl. 



I'eritlu'cia siiiterlieial, gregnriniis, snltiilate, atteimateil aliove I'roni 

 an ovate-cylindrical l)ase. Asci cylindrical, S-spored. Sporidia ellip- 

 tical, with a Uristle-like appendage at each end, hyaline. 



E. sulMilatus, (Tode.) (IMatf 14) 



S/i/iiri ill sii/tii/a/a, Tode. l-'im^;. Mcckl. II, p. i) 

 Splufioni'ma siihiilitliini, Kr. S. M. II, p. 5,;fi. 

 /■U<iillii-ii>iii\ies.Mihiihitiis, I''ckl. Syiiil). p. i^,j. 

 Ivxsicc. Kill), Herb, Mye. 662,— id. I'". H. 13,U- 



Perilliccia mostly thickly gregarious. Imt sometimes .-jcattereil. 

 siipcrlicial, gradually attenuated upwanls from the base. ^-1^ nnii. 

 high, yellowish, translucent, soft, liecoming hard and brownish. Asci 

 cylindrical, with a stipo-liko base, 8-sj)ored, 48-r)2 x '1\-^ n. Sjkh idia 

 iiniseriate, elli]itical, acute at the ends and pnjlonged into a bristle- 

 like apjiendage, hyaline, 4-0 x 1^ /z. 



On dried up and decaying Agarics, ^[as.-iachu.setts and \c\\ York. 



XECTRIA, Fr. 



Summa V'eg. Scand. p. 3S7. 



Perithecia i'ree. cespitose, on a tuberculirorm, carnose, conidial 

 stroma (T uhc.rcularki)^ or scattered without any dehnite stroma, car- 

 nose-membranaeeous. mostly briglit colored, (red A'c.), smooth, sul>- 

 villose, S(|uamuIo.-:e, A'c. Asci cyliiidric-clavate, 8-spored, mostly with- 

 out parajihyses. Sporidia oblong or elliptical, hyaline, uniseptate. 



A. Pet'ithccia cespitose. 



N. ciiiiiabai'iiia, (Tode.) 



Spliidhi tiiiiiiil'iiniia, Tode. Fung. Meckl. II, p. y. 

 Sphinia ttrco/orans. Pens. Syn. p. 49. 



Spkcri la pi'^hoidca, a. > iihi Dj'ii.sca, DO. I-'Ior, Franc, toni. VI, p. 125. 

 Ciiciiibilayiu n'niiahatiiia, Grev. Scot. Crypt, Flor, torn. Ill, tab, CXXXV 

 .\ect>ia cinuabaiinu, Fr. Siimni. Veg. Scand. p, 3SS. 

 yxsicc. Rab. Herb. Jlyc, 633.— Rab. F. K. 324. 1(331— Rehni Asc. 1S4, 2S2, 635.— Thum, F. 

 Austr, 1050, 1052.— M. March. 347, 348, 349. 



