"Il, i' 



110 



ni.iist. \M cvliiMliitnl, 7.'»-H(>x7-H //. S|M)ii<liii iiiii.-oriiitc, cllipfifiil, 

 liyiiliiic. iinist'|>tiil«'. sciin'fly coii.-trii'ttMl. I I-1'J\4 r) //. 



Piiiiisifif <tii olil Vulsti liitcsrins, Mil., oil ilcml liliilir' nC Qucrv 



IIH 



ntrvittea, Iviiiu' tm the y:rni 



1111(1 , NcwIirM. N. .1. 



X. Rexlj'iim. Kll. I. f. iiiMl .I.Mini. .Mvn.l. III. p. U. 

 I'ciitlictiii iiiimit''. less tliiiii \ iiiiii. diiiiii., tl»'sli-cn|(»r, li<'i'niiiiiijr 

 •liirkcr. sliiilitly (•(•luprcssi-.l liitciiilly, ciivcIoim'iI in wliitc down, wlilcli 



loniis littli- tufts, iippfiirmi, 



uii(l)>r till' lens like sonic iiiiiiutc. tnl'tcil 



Asri liiifjir, .'{'t—llt n Iniii:', cviint'scciit. Spoiidia 

 luiist'iiiitc, ohloiiu'. Iiviiliiif. I-'J-iiiifli'iitr. In'ruiiiiiit- iiiiiscptatc? 



PiiliiHltif on Mi/.rinjiixfcr.s {ijhoiHlriodcnini uptiiinir/of'dcx), Adi- 

 liirk Mts.. N. Y.. Aii^iiist. lSS-2 (Dr. (ic... A. licx). 



X. iactwi. Kll. iV Morgan (in ll( rii.i 



niui't'iliMoiis ji'iowtli. 



loin 



I)(-i 



isciv y:r(',i!;iirioiis. 



I'cnfluTiii uloliosc, aiiout '2')(> // diiini.. yd- 



lowisli lioni-(M»lor, densely elutlied. except the Iimic. piipillironii ostio- 

 Inni, with ii dense white eoiii i»l" liliindiihir-pruiiiuse piiheseeiK'e. which 

 finiilly disiippeiirs in piiit. There is also a s|.ariii,ir, weii-like, white 

 niyeelinni MverruiiniMi;" the matrix. Asci cylindrical, sessile, withnnt 

 paraphvses. ").')-().') xti //. ."^poridia iini.seriate, elliptit'al, hyaline, not 

 constricted, (i-S x 3^-4^ /t. 



On pores of some old l^o/yjioruft, Ohio (Mor<>aii), on old StcrcKin 

 !<iihp/fe)ifii/ii. Floritla (Calkins), and nii decayinu- wood ol" Afelia. 

 Loiiisiana (Lanulois). 



S/K'V/cs unf ii'cJl kiioirii. 



N. fibriseda, Scliw. Syn. X. Am. l.">42. 



Very minnte, scattered, iilood-red. pellucid, uhdiose-ovate, papil- 

 late, adherinji' in iWw^^i' clusters to the liark ol' iWvA chestiint linilis 

 from which the ejiidermis has peeled olV, entirely lilalnons. finally c(;! 

 la|isin<r, scarcely visiMe to the naked eye. Of this s|iecies iiothinti- is 

 known to us except the description aliove (pioted. 



AnioUfr the loo,-;eiied Ijliers of chestnut liark, Methlehcni. I'a. 

 (Schweinitz). Allieil to Ncffr/'d Mifiif/iiiticn. 



Cooke, in his syno]»sis. mentions a Xvctrlo Stn/'Inc/s, .-^cliw. We 

 find no such species in Scliw. Synojisis. 



N. mohilis, (Toilel. 



Sphiefia mobilis, Ttxle Kun(;i Meckl. II, tat), y, fig. 71, Hr. S. M. II, p. 461. 



Peritliocia very delicate, sn]ic'rticial, I'ree. so as to he nioveahlc 



(•'«< (fuaqimversiiit fncih .se mover/ sluunt.'^) Ostioluni papillilbr 



in, 



