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portl'ctly prmphywitt'. Sporidiu Uiscriatc. oliloii.tr-elliptiral, 2-iiuck'at('. 

 Itecouiiuf,' iinisei)tak', 8-12 x 3-4 //. Iiyiiliiic Tlit' asci arc i-oiitraotcil 

 at tlic ajiox i.'to a filiort truiioatc apiciilus. 



On Itark (»i dead willow. iMa(]noiiiin(.'s c-ouuty, La. (Laiigloiss). 



X. pi'forafa, Ell. & Hohv. in (Jcol. and Nat. Hist. Sni-voy of 

 Minn.. I'.ull. No. 3, ]». 33. 



IVrithocia fiioiiaiious and snliconllucnt, ir)0-20() tt diam., roiorli 

 pruinoso-liirliiraccoiis. jtali' at first, Itcconiinu' oraiij-'c-rt'd, dcpresso'l- 

 ,o•lol»os(^ostiollnll jiapillirorni and roHapsini,^ wlicn dry, so as to appear 

 liroadly perforated above. Asei clavate-eylindrieal, T'jx 7-8 ,«, with- 

 out ]»arapliyses, Sporidia ol)Iif|ueIy iiniseriate, ellijjtieal or suliovato. 

 unisejitate. hyaline or with a faint tinu'e of rose-color. 8-12x5-0//. 

 This eonies very near JV.riiIphHi,V\u'., and possildy may not lie spe- 

 eifically distinct. 



On a decaying- Atjurivm. .Minnesota (Ilolway). 



X. saiigiiiiiea (Sibtli.) 



Sp/iteiia sanguinca. Silith. Ox. p. 404, I''r. S. XI. II, p. 453. 

 Aectiia saiiniihii-a, Vr. Siiinm. Vcjj. Scaiid. p. 3SS, 

 Kxsicc. Th. M. V. 566.— IMowr. Sph. Ilrit. 20S.— Vize Micr. I-'uiij;. 270.— Kll. N. A. F. 573- 



Perithecia scattered, adnate, ovoid, ruiely siiltsplia-roid. smooth, 

 iilood-red, rarely (lesh-color, soft, al)Out 180/;! diani. Ostioluin papil- 

 liform. Asci cylindrical. ')0-(10 x a-O //, 8-spored. Sporidia oIdi(|Ucly 

 iiniscriate. elliptical or sul»cl]ii)tical. uiie(|iially nnise])tate, slightly con- 

 stricted, hyaline or witli a sliuht tiiiue of rose-color, 7-10 x4-r) ft. 



Connnon on moist, decayiiiu' wood and bark ol various deciduous 

 trees. Saccardo properly ohsei-ves that this scarcely dilfei's from N. 

 episphceria, Fr., excc]»t in its ovoirj, scarcely collapsing perithecia and 

 its less distinctly septate spoi'idia. 



X. tnmcata Ell. Am. Nat. February, 1S83, p. 194. 



Kxsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 1332. 



Perithecia gregaricais, minute (125-1 50 /i). flesh-colored, sultglo- 

 i)ose or ovate, the ajiex flaltened into a circulai', granular- roughened 

 disc, with the edges slightly jirojecting. Ostiolum in the center of the 

 disc, minute, pa{)illiform, brown. Asci sublanccolate, 35 x 5 /^ Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, oblong-fusiform, subhyaline, nniseptate and slightly con- 

 stricted around the middle, 11-13x2^-3 //. 



On the inside of white cedar bark, stripped from the living tree 

 and left lying on the ground, Newtield, N. J., Seiit., 1882. 



