(I I "".1 II '. 



121 



jtillatc. StyI()S|)(Hcs lanceolate, olttiise, s<li<;litly curved, H-septJite, hya- 

 line, .'{() x H /i. 



On liark ol' FIviih, (Jalilornia ( Harkness). 



Asci and sjioiidia not seen. StA losjMtre.x evitlently ditlbrent fi'oni 

 those of (i. pulirariff. 



tii- 



MKLANOSFOKA, ( oi-da. 



icuiits I, |>. 24. 



I'eiithecia snjieilicial l»nl with the base nioi-o or less slink in a 

 tliick hiyei-ol" interwoven hy|tha'. witiiout any true stroma, of soft, Hesliy 

 siilislance, translucent, jiIoliosc-|iyrilorni with a Ion;; lieak. Sporidia 

 elliptical, mostly continncuis, daik. 



A. Sporidia vontitiuous. 



M. chioiiea. (Fr.) (Plate 14) 



SplKCi HI iliioiiea, Fr. S. M. II, p. 44(1. 

 i'iiiili>.\li>mii cliiiiiiiuiii. \'x. 01)s. II. p 340. 

 MrltiHO.'./Kim cliidiua, Conla Icon. I. p. 25. 

 Kxsicc. I'ckl. I'". Kh. 2ui.s.— Tliutii. M. I'. 1^44. —Krgr Kungi. Sax. 27.;. 



IN'rithecia ^iie^i'arions or scattered, sii|ierticial,;«lolio.se. white-woolly, 

 J^(K)-4(U) // diain.. witii a strai^iht, reddish-yellow, stout l»eak alKuit 1 

 mm. lon^r and having; a few spreading!' hairs at its apex. A.sei obovate- 

 clavate. stijiitate. N-spored, ;>")-4r) x 1. ■>-!(> (j». s|i.) Sporidia crowded 

 or imperfectly lii.<eriate. ^lolMK^e-elliptical. Iirowii. 10-12 x !)-!(• /i. 



On decaying' pine leaves and on leaves of deciduous trees, liondon, 

 ('anada (I)<'arness). The hairs at the end of the lieak are not as di.<- 

 tinct as in the European specimens. 



M. lageiiaria. (IVrs.) 



Splnriia liixeiiniiit, IVis. Syii p. sS. 

 i',ttili»loin,i /iijii'iiui mm, l''r. Sumtii. Vts. Sc. p. 3y6. 

 Aiifisuahiiii tatiinui la, Kril>. Iltdw. I. p. iifi. tab. XV, fij; 2. 

 MeUimn'/'oni lagi'iiat ia, I'ckl. Syiiil>. p. 126. 

 Kxsicc. Kckl. F. Kli. S07.— Rcliin A.sc. 699. 



I'eritlipcia scattered or greiiarions. emeriicnt-superticial. .■^pha'roid 

 or suliovoid, rn^iidose, at tirst yellowish, then liver color and linallv 

 hlack. 400-420 // diam., with a very lonu- (2-2| //), straight or flexu- 

 ous heak tippeil with white hairs. Asci hroad-clavate. stipitate. 8")-40 

 X 12-1 ") /i. Sporidia irre^jularly crowded, elliptical with ends atten- 

 uate(l, 11-14 X (1 /<, Itecomin^i' lirown. 



(liven on the aulhoiity of Peck (27th Kep. p. 110), who lonnd it 

 in the Adirondack Mts.. X. V., on the hymenium ol" some old Poly- 

 jxji'un, lie savs: ''A,<ci vei-y liroad. spore?: crowdfMl. simjile. elliptical, 

 colored 121 x7J ,,." 

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