■i!^w>W»w.'iWSi"«i" 



•rloliosc, covci-ed, oxcopt tlic piiftillosoi'onical, Idack ostioliiiii, with si 

 (Iciisc. lijilit y<'ll(»\v t^)iiioiitniii composed of l»riiiifliiii«>-. sli<rlitly roiijrli- 

 iMicd liairs. Asci laiicoohitc, rounded and perforated at the aj»ex, 

 l!H)-13(>x IT) //, Sporidia rJ-Ki in an asciiF. at first verniifoiin and 

 <rreenish-yelio\v. finally ahnond-shaped and opal<e, I4-l()\-7-8 /i, with 

 a cylindrical, curved appendafic Ji()-3.')x4 //, attaclie(| to its )»ase and 

 a short, slender appendaj^e, aliont lo x2 //. at the apex. The asci are 

 very evanescent. 'J'lie yellow coat also tarns lilack at niatnrity. A 

 closely allie(l species, with s]»oridia 22-2') x 12-ir) //. has Itecn met 

 with (»n dead hei-iiaceons stems, Init we have not sutticient material to 

 uive a lull description. 



( )u rotten wood ( Acer and KaJjiiia), in swanij»y woods, Xewfield. 

 N. .).. Xovend>er. IS7!>, and Auj-ust, 1^<87. 



The perithecia are icpresented in the drawin<>- (fi<>. 2) as attenu- 

 ateil aliove into a dislinct. Iteak-like neck. This is exceptional. I'su- 

 ally tliei'c is oidy the uloliose-coiiical. Mack ostiolnm without anv 

 distinct neck. 'I'he apical ajtpeMdaiic is often oidy rudimentarv or 

 wantinu'. 



IMi. caiiiiia, (Pk.) 



Sf>l>rriiii iitiiiiin, I'k. 2Sth Kej). X. V. State Mus. p. 78. 

 /'/iih)((>piti ciiiiina, Saci-. Syll.911. 



'■ l*ei-itliecia minute, scattei'cd or crowded, free, suliiiloiiose. i(mI- 

 dish-lirown oi dark anilier cohtr, then Idackish. Asci hroad-oblona- or 

 olilanceolate. Sjtoridia numerous, elliptical, slijiiitlv colored. OJ-S n 

 lonu'."' 



On dniifi' of doj^s. l>cthleheni, N. V. (Peck). 



Ph. iiniltifM'a, (B. & Rav.) 



SphcFthi >iiiillifi)a, II. & Rav. (irev. IV, p. i,),^. 

 I'liilotofiia mitltijna, Sacc. SyU. gi,^. 



" Minute, Mack. sul><>h)l»o,«e. Asci ,-<liort, oltlon<i', hlunt, filled 

 with numerous, suli,ulol)ose, hrown .sj»oiidia (5-7 n diani." 

 On cow duniij, I'ennsvlvania. 



HVPOCOPRA, Ki'. 



Sinuina Ves. Hcaiid. p. ,^97, Winter Die Pilzc, p. 177. (iion I'lickcl). 



Stroma jiresiMit. Perithecia moi'e or Ie.<s sunk in the stroma. 

 Sporidiaone-celled.ltrownor Itlack, without api)cnda,<!(\<. hut suriounded 

 hy a ,«>'elatinous zone. I'araphyses present, filiform. Distin.uuished 

 from the species of Sordiu-io with <ielatin(Mi.<-zoned ,<]M»ii(lia, liv the 

 jtresence of a stroma. 



