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n.-hi- 



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Sfrohiis. oliscivcd rroiii Miiy to XovciiiIht. showed the two kinds (tf 

 sporidiii mixed I'roiii the first. 



ill. Coiyli, (Fckl.) 



Chih»iiiii ill I iiiuihilKia Sacc. Syll- 11. p. ^s.^P'Tt')')' 

 .\eclria Cotyli. Fckl. Syiiib. p. iHo. 

 Kxsicc. Ell. N. A. V. 159.— Sacc. M. V. 14.16. 



I'critlit'ciii ccspitosc, t'ninijK'iit, siiiootli, siiltastoiiioiis. diiil\ red, 

 (•()ll;ipsiii<i' wlicii div. not ditl'ciinii' in iippcai-nncc from tliosc of tin? 

 |(i('c('(liim' species, unless in lieinu' of !i deejH'r .-slinde of hmI. Asci 

 cliiviile, S')-U)t)x 10-12 /i, mostly filled with minute spoiidiii, exiutly 

 iis ill the preeediny- species, luit some eontnin eylindric-l'iisoid (spor- 

 idiii)? 1 -septate, 10-1 "j x 2^-.'{ //, with a short, curved apiciiliis at each 

 end. These liisoid sporidia. Iyin<i- in two or three series in the asci, 

 are so arraiiji'ed with their conti<>uous ends in contact as to resemlile 

 closely the cylindrical liodies mentioned in the i»rece<lin<i' species, and, 

 like lho.<e. are ol'ten seen filled, more or le.^s completely, with the 

 minute, oltloiifr sjioridia This species is found exclusively on itark 

 and limhs of deciduous trees. 



The specimens of N. iiiaiiiatd. in Saccardo's Mycotheca ^'elleta, 

 No. 144(1. do not differ, as far as we can see, eitli(>r in the perithecia 

 or the fructification, from the .•^jiecimens in N. A. F. loH. In i»oth. the 

 jterithecia are distinctly collap.^ed, 



Ch. ci'iiiigei'a, E. & E. Troc I'hil. Acad. July, 1890. 



.\e,ltia spluriii!.f>iiia, V,. it \\. in Bcsscy ii Wcl>l)er'.>i Cat. Flora Nel)r. iSyo. p. s.v 



Perithecia cespitose on a tiilierciilar stroma, in compact dusters of 

 .■{-12, the sinule perithecia snl);ilol»ose and aliout \ """• diani.. cov- 

 ered at first with a hrownish. farinaceous coat, l)ecoinin<>' nearly lihu k. 

 rounded and obtuse ahove, with a i)a[»illiforin ostiolum which is 

 slitrhtly collajised wIkmi dry. Asci clavate-cylindrical. TO-SOx 12-15 it. 

 attenuated altove when yoiiiiu', l»ut hecomin^' rounded and olitiise. 

 overtoppcil by the aliiindaiit hut evanescent jiarajihyscs and filled with 

 iniiuineral)le sperniatoid. hyaline s])oridia?(2|-3x \-l //). amoiit!' which 

 lie in a siiifijle series eiuht suI»iiiol)ose or siiliollijitical hyaline sporidia. 

 .")->< // diam.. grunular at first, hut at length faintly about 3-septate and 

 miirilbrm, or sometimes marked in a sarciniiliform manner by two septa 

 at rijilit angles to each other. When these sporidia have escaped 

 from the asci it is seen that they are sparingly clothed with spreading, 

 hyaline filaments. 8-10 it long, 2-12 or more in number and standing 

 out on all .sides fnmi the body of the sporidium like rays from :• stjir. 



On bark of dead Fnixinus ciridis, Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1888, 

 (U. J. Webber, No. 18). 



