)iii(' Islan<l. 



1!»3 



(liiuii.. i)n)l(>n,tr('(l above into a filit'onn. siiltHo.\iK>ns ostiolnni noarly 

 I mill, lonjr. 'riio pci'itliccia coiitiiiii an almndaiicc ol' iiiiiiiit(\ liyalino, 

 oliloiiii' spcnuatia 4 x 1-1 ,',//, of'fcii collcclcil into a suliii'Iolifisc mass. 

 On pine Inmlicr icccntly cat ami (•i(»s('ly packed. Xcwfif Id, X. .1- 

 !)oal>tfally distinet from C. pill/rrtini, (Fr.). wliieli is also nsually 

 sterile. 



('. pilifeiiim, (Fi.) 



\r<t>li(rria pili/cia, Vr. S. M. II. p. 472. 

 Sfi/urrui iDslrala, Schuiii.' Kmim. Kl. Saell. p. 12S. 

 Cf>al<)!,to»ia pilifei iiiii. I-'cltl. Syiiib. p. 12S. 

 Exsicc. Rab. 1-. Iv 1525. 2327. 



IVritlieeia <ii('<iai'ioiis, naked, lilaek. very small. ,ul<»liose, sniootli. 

 Ostiolum capillary, vei-y lonii', acuminate. Spoi-idia (sec. liei'k. Grev. 

 IV. p. 140) saiisajie-sliaped. 5 n lonu'. 



On i»ino rails. Carolina, on o'dv. Alal)ama. Found also in Penn- 

 .<iylvania by Or. Micliener. 



('. miu'roiiatiim. (Sclnv.) 



Sphieiia iiincyoiiala, Scliw. Syii. Car. No. 4.— l-'r. S. M. 11, p. 475. 

 O'rtitti.sliiiiui miiiiuiiatiim. Cke. Syn. 3^*14. 



Peritliecia u'reifarious. minute, lilack, bare, conical, ii'laltrous, some- 

 times confluent lait not crowded, innate-superficial, smooth, riji'id, con- 

 tracted above into a siiort-cylindrical, rather obtuse ostiolum. 



On dead wood, Carolina, liare. 



('. (Iriipivoiiim, (Sclnv.) 



Sphcrria diiipivora, Schw. Syn, N. Am. 1613. 

 CeraloslDiiiu drupivoi urn, Ckc. Syn. ,;^I9. 



I'eritliecia rather lai'ge, hemispherical, densely crowded, black, 

 involved in a white, byssoid tomentuin (which jierliaps is only acci- 

 dental). Ostiola very lon<r, dark liver-color, straight. 



On decayinj; wwir^ o{ Jufihtnx vim- rca. very rare, Hethlehein, Pa. 



(!. investitiim. (Seliw.) 



Splnriia iiivrs/ini, Schw. Syn. N. .■\in. 1621. 



Perithecia g'h»bose. lather large, at length free. Idack, at first 

 iuimersed in the wood and covereil with tomentum. Ostiola larffe, 

 long, rigid, sulcate-tuberculose, thickened above, black. 



On rotten wood, emei'ging from a rather thick, cottony, lu'ownisli 

 rust-colored, or light yellow tomentum, with which it is entirely cov- 

 ered. In other respects like C. t'ontrnta. 

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