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lull iilso st'iiMcrtMl. S|M»ri(liii (sec, (^kc. (Jrcv. X V. p. S.'J). tiiscptiilc. 

 Iirowii. 12-14 // l<>ii<>;. 



Oil loKcii wood. I'ciiiisylviiiiiii (Scliw.) 

 M. s|ior:uIi('iiiii, K. & K. (in Iloili.) 



I'ciitlicciii siilKDiiic-uIoliosc. ;{(M)-3r)0 u diiuii.. ronuli. Muck, with 

 II liitlicr liroiid. |)ii|)illiroiiii, iit Iciiiitli pci ronitccj ostioliiiii. <'niiii|)('nl- 

 siipciliL'iiil. standing' siiiulv or orioiici' 2-4 suliscriiitt' in ciacks lictwccii 

 the lilicrs of tlic wood. Asci cliiviift'. siihs('.«;sil('. piii'iipliysatc. H-sporcd. 

 HH) llOxl") 2(t It. Spoiidia siilihisciiatc, oldoiiu' or clavatc-ohloiif''. 

 ;J .')- (niosfiv 3") septate, iirowii. ohtiise. slij»iitly constricted at the 

 septa. ('Specially at tlie middle one. "20 .'><).\S 12 //. very varialde in 

 size and sliape. 



On <lecorticated wood ol' I*/(ttoiius. Canada (Dearness). 



I)it1'ers Iroiii .)/. clnciTtiiH. Ivarst. in its roiiuli peritliecia and 

 varialde. ;{-r)-septate spoiidia; I'roin J/, si/iiaiiiiihitiiin, (Scliw.), in its 

 snialler peritli<'cia and aliseiice ol' any siiiiiculiiin : I'ldiii M. iiisj)/ssi//)i. 

 (Scliw.). in its iniicli larjicr spoiidia. 



ZI«N()KLL.\. Sacr. 



Sylloge II, p 21,1. 



I'eritliecia siilisnperficial, mostly urenarions. carl)oiiac<'oiis. Idack, 

 papillate. i>'enerally small, the lower part more or less sunk in the 

 iiiatri.x. Asci S-spored. licnerally paraphysafe. Sporidia ovat.e or 

 oldoiiii', hyaline, pliiriseptate. DitVers from Mi-tasjthwrid in '\{si snper- 

 licial or siilisiijierficiiil peritliecia. 



Z. pulviscnia, (Cuit.) 



S/)/uri HI fiii/iiicula, Ciirr. I.inu. Trails. .\.\II tab I,\'III, fiR. ,=;2, 

 MelaiiiDiima /iiihi.si Ilia, Sncc, Myi'ol, Ven. Spec. p. 114. 

 mgnnellii piilvisculii, Sacc. Syll, 3627. 



Peritliecia usually uroirarioiis, oltoii crowdecl. sometimes scatteicd. 

 siiperlicial. hemispheric-conoid. l)lack. smooth and liare, earlmnaceoiis. 

 |-i mill. diam.. with a small, papillirorm ostiolum. A.sci elavate- 

 cylindrical, narrowed iielow. S-spored, 7")-S0 \ *.)-I2 /i. Sjioridia 

 iiisei'iate, riisirorm. often sli<>litly <'iirveil, hyaline, liiially ^-.-Jeptate, 

 18-20x3J-4| //. 



On rotten wood, London, Canada (Deariie.<s). 



Sec. Winter tliis should he included in Z. oruidc^i. Vv. 



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