95 



(liflVrs somcwiiat from the type in its shorter (10-11 x 5-() //) siH)ri(lin 

 slifrlitlyeonstrietcd, witli the lower eel! n little iian-owor, iiiui the peri- 

 theeia at lenj^tli collaitsiii'i'. 



On Imi'k of Minjnolia, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



N. ott'uschta, B. & C. CJiev. IV, p. 45. 



"Cesjtitose, flinjjry, dark lirown-rcd, niiinitely jiranulnted. ostiolnni 

 depressed. Asci elavate. Sporidin hiserinte, oMonj:', aliout one-lourth 

 as itroad as loiiji'; externally resembling ^V. liuxseUli. On Ilihhciix 

 Syviavus, South Carolina." 



N. t'occiiiea, (IVi's.) 



Sphirria coccinea, I'tTS. Syn. p. -ty. 

 .\fcln\i ciKciiifii, Vr. Siimni. Vcr. Scaiul. p. 36S. 

 Kxsicc. Kal>. I'". !•;. ^J.i, if.v).— Thiiiii. M. V. Kifi,?. 1S50. — KU. N. A. F. 161.— Plowr. V. Hr. *. 

 Sacc. M. \'. i.(Sj.— Rav. l-". Am. 737.— Koiilil. K. O. J72, &c. 



Pei'itheeia eespitosc, ovoid, smooth, Itright red, papillilorm, altont 

 200 // diani., usmdly not ('olliipsinu', seatcMJ on a yellowish, slightly 

 eruMipent stroma, which is often nearly oltsolete. Asei snlieylindrieal. 

 sO-J) .') X fi-T /i. Sporidia uniseriate. uniseptate, hyaline or nearly so. 

 seareely eonstrieted, rather aentely elliptical, 12-15 x 4-5 // (12-10 x 

 5-7 /i, Sacc. ) 



On liai'k of various deciduous trees, common. 



N. miiscivora. Berk, in Ha v. Fung. Car. J, p. 57. 



Xtxlria siihcoccinea, Sacc. & KU. Mich. II, p. 570. 

 .\rcliiii miistivnia, 11. & Br. Itrit. Futijii No. 6o>i? 

 ICx.sicc. Rav. Kunj;. Car. I, 57.— KU. N. A. 1'". 133.^. 



Perithecia mostly eespitose, bright red, subovate, more oi' K>s 

 collapsing, small (200 // diam.). seated mostly around the margin of 

 the small, pale, tul»erculiforni stroma, which, together with its grouj* 

 of perithecia, is mostly less than 1 mm. diam. Asci cylindrical, 75 x 

 8-10 //. Sjioi'idia iniiseriate, narrow-elliptical, 14—16x6-7 ,«, yelhnv- 

 ish-subhyaline, becoming uniseptate. 



On bark of living alder. West Chester, Pa. (Everhart it Haines). 



Distinguished from N. ('occiiiod l»y its broader, more olituse, yel- 

 lowish sporidia and its more distinctly suj)eriicial stroma, which, in 

 some cases at least, seems to ari-^e from the remains ol" dead scale 

 insects which are abundant on the l»ai'k. 



The above description is from the Pennsylvania s])ecimens of 

 N. siihcovciupa,^. k E., which are the same as the specimens of ^V. 

 musclvovd, Herk. cited, which is ])resumably the same as N. nniHci- 

 vora, B. Si JJr., in Cooke's Jlaniibk. No. 2364, though neither the 



