98 



N. ditissima, Till. Sd. Fimu-. Vnrp. fll. f». T.'.'. 



Kxsicc. Thuiii. M. r. ii,s5.-Rav. R Am. 76fi.-Myc. March. 950, 1546.-KII. & Kvrlit, 

 N. A. K. 2<1 Ser. I54>*.-K"- ^'• A- '•"• "^• 



IVritlu'i'ia (Icii.^cly uivtiMriuus. .<iiiiill. siiliuloliosc, liriulit red, vorti- 

 t'lilly colliipsf.'d wlicii iHvmatiuvly driiMl. Ostioliiiii pfi|>illir(»nn, iiiiimto. 

 A.Wi cliiviitc, aliout SO n loiiu- and S-IO it hmad aliovo. contfactcd ho- 

 low into a ■•'londor Itasc. Spuiidia orowdcd. Itisoriate, liisoid-ohlong, 

 nnisoiitatc, sliulitly fiuvcd, 14-l(i.\4-4i //. 



On dead Acac/u. So. Ca. (Ravcnolj, on Jlch'n, Lonisiaua (Lanj-'- 

 lois), on Ile.r, Connortiout (Thaxter). 



N. Celasti'i, (Sclm.) 



Sphiniii Oliistri, Schw. Syii. N. Am. i.i^r. 

 .Xic/n'a C-lasfri, Sacc. Syll. .(fA)- 



Stroma tiilicrculironn, iialc yellowish Avitliin, Itecominu- Idack out- 

 jsiide, siii»i)ulvinate. Peritli(ria densely eespitcw on the stroma, «>'lo- 

 !)Ose-ovate, I'liiz'ose, about the size of those of X. viiiudhiiriini, easily 

 fallinu' from the stroma. Ostiola obsolete, but showing' as dark-bro\vi» 

 .•ijieeks. The peritheeia at lenu-th bocome indurated, liut do not eol- 

 lajyso. 



Speeimens on Cehisfnis sc(ni(f('iis. eollectod in N»-'\v York State 

 by W. R. (ierard, a.aree well with the above-([Uoted ehaiaeters. except 

 ill havinu' the peritheeia only ir)0-2(>() ii diameter and eolla|ised. 

 We do not, however, consider this latter character in e^-ei-y ca.-^e 

 reliable, a.sitdejtends, in some measure, (»n the staj^e ol'-rrowth at which 

 the specimens ai'e collected. In (Jcrard's speeimens. the stroma is not 

 well shown, as it is already covei'ed with and partially obliterated 

 by the su})erimposed peritheeia. which are of a bridit red color at first, 

 but at lenuth dark red and collajised, and hav(( the surface sid»verru- 

 cose-rouuheiieil. The asci are cylindrical. oo-fiO x (5 //, oi- sometimes 

 enlar<>-ed above to 8 or 10 n thick. S]ioi-idia uiiiseriate, elliptical, uni- 

 sejitate, not constricted, 7-S X 3|-4 //. The ,urou|is of jM'i'ithecia arc 

 about I mm. across. Xotwithstandiiitr the sli<i'ht (liscrepancies, we are 

 inclined to regard this as the sjiecies meant by Sehwc^initz, who ibund 

 it rather rare on Cclaxtfiis, about Hethlehem, Pa. Peck, in lifitli Re- 

 port, also mentions it as ibund by him at (Jreenbush, X. V., but ho 

 gives no description of his specimens and we have not seen them. 



N. vulgaris, Speg. Fung. Arg. Pug. IV, No. 198. 



Peritheeia erumpent-su])erficial. subsolit^uy oi- cespitose (10-30 

 together); at first covered with a conidial layer (VerticiUinm. tuher- 

 viihirloidefi ^\W]i.), then l)are, when dry, contracted into various shapes, 

 sul)Conic-lenticular Avhen moist, 2;")0-;}00 // diam., amber-yellow or 

 yellow-orange, very smooth, ostiolum inconspicuous, texture thiek-mcin- 



