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IVi'itliccia cospitosc. oviitc-tilnltoso. ^-J iiiiii. (liiini.. <lull red. 

 Ocnscly tiiltcrciilosc-gTiiiiiiliir. Ostiolii not jH'oiuincut, iiior*' or less 

 distinctly stcllatc-clcrt iind linnlly (•(»llii|isinj'' sliulitly. Asci siiltlnncro- 

 liite, 75-80 X 10-1*2 ft, without i\\\\ distinc-t jiiHiiphysi's. Sporidia sul»- 

 hisci'ialc, liyalino, oldoniu-cllipt' 1 3-s('i»tatc, sliulitly cuived. ends 

 ohtnsc, lS-2'2 xT-l' /<, Tlic ro ^iia! stajrc is a TithcrruJorla {\\nn\\ 

 2 Mini, liiti'li, Imistiny out in a s('riat<' niannci' tlirou^Ii cracks in the 

 out,<'i' bark, iiavinji' an oran<i('-rcd licad antl Itrick-rod. sti|»itat(' liasc 

 Tlio pcritliccia ori«>inat<' Ironi tlic l(»\v('i- or medial part of tlu> sti)»itatc 

 base, and tiiially entirely surround and overtoj* tlie oran<i'e-colore(l 

 lieads olConidia, wliicli are eitlior entirely hidden or remain partially 

 visibU' in the midst oi' \\\v dense clusters of |ieiit,]ietia. Conidia olilonji- 

 cylindrical, hyaline, continuous, ')-" x 2^ //. 



On bark oi' dead (dm, Ottawa, Canada iMaconn). London, (.^inada 

 (Poai'iiess). 



(\ {lolytlialamn, (Beik.) 



.\iiii id />()h//iii/<ii>ia. Berk. I'l. New Zealand II, ]). 2ojj, C.iev IV, p. .(fi, 

 .\irhiii aniijieitt. H. \. Rav. C.rev. I. c. 

 Kx.sicc. Kav. Car. Ill, 54.— id. V, 60 (iiiidtr the name of .%'. mn ixi'iti. It. >*t Rav.)— Kll. 

 N. A. F. 7<). 



Kriiiiijieiit, cespitose. stroma ]iale brick-red. mostly snbelliptical. 

 I'erithecia uloIio.<e, about f, iiini. diaiii.. covered with a y<dlow ]H»wder. 

 Ostiolnm jiapillirorm. collapsintr. Asci sublanceolale. p. sp., 5r)-r)0x 

 12-15 ft. Sporidia sul)biseriate. oblon<i-cyliiidiical, straiti'ht or slijjjhtly 

 curved, yellowish, (l-S-septate, 20-24 x5-() ii. \\w.ffiivifecta, \\. A- ('. 

 ((Jrev. 1. c.). on lu'i'fid p/tipo/u'ca.hwi^ the "sporidia lartici' and (jiiadri- 

 septate, sometimes with a u'elatinous coat." 



On Ii^ rtf.vi/ins iwul C/i/'ontaif/nix. Carolina and X(»w .lersey. 



There is no shadow oi'ditTtM'ence in the asci and sporidia, at least 

 as the two ore representee! in Hav. Fnnn'i Car., lietween Xertfia 

 oiiriffertf. \>. \ Hav., and ^Y. /toli/f/idhinii/, IJerk.. and if. as tlieii' is 

 no reason to dou'iit, the specimens tliere distril)uted are authentic, the 

 two species are the ,-;ame, and, in that case, the specilic name, jtoh/thal- 

 anm. would have precedence. 



r. cliloiiiiella, (( ke.) 



At'ctiiii chliii im/hi, Cke. (irev. XI. p. loS. 

 Kxsicc. Rav. F. Am. -:,6.— Kll. Kc Kvrht. N. A. F jd Ser. 



254'i 



(iiejiarioiis. ovate-fiiobose. lenion-ycdlow. about ^ or 1 mm. Iiifili. 

 ^ mm. broad, sliiihtly contracted lielow, woolly-tonienlo.<e excep.t the 

 bare, black, stronuly pa])iIlo.>^e ostiolnm. .\sci clavat(>-cvlindrical. 

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