ISA 



III. i;;().\ 



i:i\ ii'iihii- 



itcil ill ;i 

 iiliii I '1- 

 liscptiilc. 



Sffrt'iiiit 



'(I. except 

 Im)\c with 



. ;;:. lox 



t<'. I'llSlMil. 



ol' iriiiik- 



leritlieciii. 

 . Iii<);iiler 

 ii|ierlici;il. 



11^ III II. 1. 

 - 1 S x .") „. 



Sviiil). |) 

 III. 



iltei-ed (ir 

 Ml. Iiroiid- 

 ('iv|ii-eii(l- 



iiiir tlie \V(»()(I. (►stiolniii (listinct, tliick, ;it I<'Ii,li1Ii pei lid-iited. 'I'lie 

 licrillieciii, ('XC('|tt the liiire, lilnek (istioliiiii. iiic clollied with ;i siil)- 

 shiiiiiitr. Ii;ilil yclh»\\-liro\vii. \ illosc-siiiiiiiinilosc. piilvenileiit coat, which 

 liiiiilly liccoiucs lihick. Sjioiidii! ((iicv. I. c.), hiiic^'dhitc, .VA-scptato. 

 Iirowii. 20-40 // Idiiii'. 



Oil (l<'<-(Hti(ate(l wood. I!elhh'heiii. I'a. (Schw.) 



M. Aspeif^ienii. (Fi.) 



Sffliin :a .\\f>nf;ifnii, Kr. in Kzc Mycol llefle, II, p. 40. 

 .\filtiiio»iw<i ,ti/>eif;itnii\ I'ckl. Syir.l). p. ly). 



I'eritliecia liTcnai'ioiis oi' scattered, ol" linn texture. s\i|»erlicial, or 

 with the liase sliii'litly sunk in the matrix. Iieniisplierical, with a per- 

 I'oraled. scarcely ])apillirorni ostiolnni. liiiaily nniliilicate-depressed. 

 Iilack and sliiiiiim'. Asci cylindrical, slipitate. .S-spored. Spoi-idia 

 iiiiiseriate. oldoii^-. olitnse at the ends. 4-('elled, scarcely constricted at 

 the septa, olivaceous, 12x4 it. 



On decayinti' wooil, IJethlelieni, I'a. (Schw.) 



The diaji'iiosis is rr<>ni Winter. 



M. liilii^inosiim «'ke.) 



/!\\siisphtri ill iMeliiHoinma) t uhiiiiin'^a. Cke drev. .\V, p. Sn, 



Perithecia lireiiarioiis, superiicial. seated on a thin, lilaniontosc, 

 hrown siiliiciiliiiii, ,uloli(»se,dark riist-c(dor. siil»riiirose. Ostiolnni iiiii)ress- 

 ed. Asci clavate-cylindrieal. 8-spored. Sporidia liiseriate. lant'e<)late. 

 triseptate, coiistricteil in the middle, hyaline, Iteconiinu' pale-lirown. 

 20-24 X 4-(; //. 



On rotten wood, Poiiiiiikeepsie. New Vork ((lerarcl). 



M. lamiiicuhim, (Schw.) 



Spluriiii >(i»ii>irii/ii, Si'liw. in Ilert>. Ilcrk. 

 Melaiiimtmii lawiiicola.Cin-. (".rev. XV, p. S3. 



i'eritliecia sidicespitose, sniijiloltose. linally eollapsing, Idaek, 

 opake. Asci clavato. Sporidia lanceolate, tiisojttate, 'irown, 25 x (!/< 

 On Phi Its pi /tea. 



M. iiis|ussuni, (Schw.) 



Sphiriia iii.spiisa, Schw. Syn. N, Am. I.^fib, 

 ^ff/aiiiii>i»i(i iiispisMim. Cke. <"irev. XV. p. Sv 



I'eritheeia very thickly scattered ainoiiL!: tlie loosened, wea '.er- 

 lii'alen lilires of the wood, and at (ii'st partly covered liy them, Init at 

 lenji'th Itare, lilack, tilohose, rnu'ose. with a jiapillirorin deeidiions ostio- 

 lnni. very minute a)i(l linally collappin.u-. Som('tiniese(>,spito,-;e-crowded. 

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