14i» 



r |i(<i'li!i|)s 

 mralli'hi 



(• Vt'lldW 



ark. very 

 (iiir, slipi- 

 nis('|it;itt'. 



['!•. Osti- 

 •iatc. I'lisi- 



lU'Il. Nl'W 



itic ClllSf. 



»r<'ii(liiii>'. 

 lick iiciii 

 «(p. >|..). 



(»l)tllSt'. 



)(>(-niiiiii>r 



•wii hiiii> 



IV'i'itlicria iisnallv ilciiscly croWflc*!, (oniiiiiL' a iiiiifoini cni.^tiircitns 

 laycf. sphciical ur a little iiairowod liclow. Iihick. Iiistcilcss, roiiiili. 

 carlioiiaccoiis and luittlc. witli a small, |ia|»i!lirnriii osfiuliim (ir soinc- 

 tiiiics sliiilitlv niiiliilifatc. i»r witlioiit any distinrt n«tinluni. .")(»( (-TOO inni. 

 (liain., often overrun with Itrown. creefiint; liyplia-. \M liiSMid-elavate, 

 sliulitlv attenuated above and nanoweil lielow into a lonji' stipe-like 

 Itase. N-spoied, I.'JO-IGO x n-lO^, //. Sporidia impeiieetly Itiseriate. 

 cviindrieal, lient lielow. continuous or indistinctly uniseptate. hyaline. 

 ll)-'22.\-l //. Taiapliyses lililorni, inancliinir. 



On rotten wood, London. Canada ( Deaiiiess). New York State 

 (Clinton). 



li. strif?osa, (A. & S.) 



Sfilnri HI sliiKi'ia. A. &S. Consp. p. .^7. 

 /.r/>/iis/i"i,i shif;iis(i. I'ckl, Syiiib. Mycol. p. 114. 

 I.asii>\f<li<niii ■itri^'tiij, Sncc. SyU. 3574 



I'ei'itliecia crowded, rather larire, suliL'loliose or suliovate. of a 

 dirty Idack c<»lor, sulistance toni>;li, clothed with lonir. still", divei<fent. 

 hoary, liristledike liaii's. (Mti(»luni papillit'orni-conical or (»lisolete. ."-spo- 

 ridia elonuated, s(jiuewliat curved, pale l»rown. continuous. 40 x ;"> //. 



On damp pine wooil, Caroliiui. 



Fries (S. M. II. p. 44S) says tin's species is not easily distiniiiiislied 

 Irorn A. cuiK-srfti)*, l»ut uives these distinctive charactei's: I'erithecia 

 a little laiiicr, toiiuli. covered all over with lontr. ri^id. divergent 

 liristles. much crowdi.'d. lilires of the suliiculuni n<»t luToininu: crus- 

 taceons-concrescent. 



L. iiitricata, I'k. Bull. N. V. State Mm. Nat. Hist. No. 2. p. 'i.J. 



I'erithecia scattered or crowded. .<oinewliat elon<i'ated. t)')0-!>00 ti 

 lonj;, r)0()-(100 // liioad, irenerally narrowed towards the Iiase, olituse. 

 sultlVairile, tonu'iito.sediairy. brown or ldackish-l)rown : subiculiim very 

 thin or none. Asci slender, elonjratetl. I r»0-200 x 1 0- 1 2 /<. Sporidia 

 crowded, linear, curved or llexuous. irreeinsh-ycdlow. 40-(>') x4J-') /i. 



On decaying wood anil leaves, in danij» places. Sandlake, \. V. 

 (Pock). 



Iiiiiii M I'. 



The peiithecia, thouffli small, reseiidde in shajie those of lin 

 bdvdid /'usr/cit/afa. The ndnutcdy papillate ostioluni is often c« 

 cealed l>y the toinentum of the perithecia : this is composed of inl 

 cate, nuitted, slender, septate, Itrown lilaments, which, bv their s( 

 tomento,<e character, readily distin<ruish this species Irom A. sfr/'f/o 

 L. hispidu. L. hit'Kuta, <fcc. 



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