14') 



wood, riiially more coiiipitct and iiitorwovcii. Pcritliccia ovatc-coincal. 

 rii<iuloso, black or hrowii. confluoiit witli the ostioluin. and clothed 

 with iiiiiuorous lonji', divcrjiciit, Mack, loos^o (not ripd) hairs. At a 

 irtorc advanced stajic tlic itcritliccia arc often found broken, leavinjr 

 little pits in the sid)icuhnn. Sjioiidia (sec. Cooko, (Jrev. XV. j». 82) 

 :H)-S2 u h nji'. 



On rotten \vo<kI, iJethleheni, I*a, (Schweinitz). 



Allie(l to L. lihiii'OiJhtiit. Dillerinff principally (sec. Schw.) in 

 th(^ loose snrl'aee <»f the sidiiciduni, the shape of the j)erithocia, and 

 their loose, hairy covorin'i'. 



L. hispida. (Tude.) 



St<h<r)ia /iisfiida. Tode. Fungi Meckl. II, p. 17. 

 /.asiosp/iiri ill /iii/>i(ia, I''ckl. Syinl). p. 147. 

 Exsicc. I"ckl. I'". Kh. 949, 2039. — Tluiiii. M. t'. 1745.— Sydow M. March. 1482. 



I'eritliecia mostly clo,-:ely ,ure<rari(»us, ovate-jiiolK),>je. ^ nnn. diain,, 

 with a lar<re, sultconical, often compressed or deeply (piadrisidcate 

 ostiolum, (tlothe(| with spreadinir, hi'ownish-ldack, .-Jcattei-ing, l)i"istlc-like 

 hairs, which are joniicr ludow, and pass jiradnally into a loosely inter- 

 woven suliicnlinii of hi-anched, septate, creepinji' hyphii' f(jrminfr a more 

 or less distinct layer on the matrix. Asci cylindrical, with a short 

 stipe, l.")(>-ir»(t X 14— Ki //. Sporidia vermiform-cylindi-ical, curved he- 

 low, hecominji' Itrown, and ()-7-septate, oo-G2 x 5-7 /i. 



On wood i)W/ii(/ltiiis it/'(/ra, Xoi'th Cai'olina (Curtis). 



Winter makes th(! sporidia 70-80x7-8 it. \\v cannot tind any 

 in specimens issued Ity Thiimen «fc Sydow (»vei' '!2 or (V.i ft lon<r, (mostly 

 lietwcen ;)") and (iO //). 



This .-leems to (liiVer from L. hi)\si(fa principally in its l)i'istly per- 

 ithecia, L. hirxiita, L. liharodiiim, and L. liispiihi arc veiT clo.sely 

 allied. Fri<'s (in S. M. II, p. 4r)()). ex])resses some doulit as to whether 

 they are sjtecilically distinct, or at least, says that it is dillicult to sep- 

 arate them. 



L oilliotiidin, (B. & ('.) 



Sp/icriKi oillHilrului, II. & C. Crcv. IV, p. loS. 

 /.iisi<isfi/itrna "il/iuli ic/ia. Sacc. Syll. 3551. 



IVrilhecia <>rejiarious hut scarcely crowded, clothed with long', 

 straiuht, acute hairs. Sporidia linear, with (i .>iepta, ')(Mi2 // lonji-, 

 dark Itrown, sometimes slitrhtly curvetl. 



On decayed ]Vi/s,s(i. South Carolina, 



The characters given do not separate this accurately from L. 

 fiispnUi. (Tode), 

 19 





