1!)') 



V. sti'icfa, (IVi's.) 



Splurria stu'ita, I'ers. Syii, p. ,sv. 

 Ceralnsliima siticlum. I'ckl. Syinl). p. u; 

 Crnilin-loiiiflhi i/nitti. Slice. Syll. 1555. 



Pcritliccia crowded or scriiilc-coiiiiloiiicriitc, sciirccly ciiu'rii'ciit, 

 spliii'ioid, smooth, riuid, IViijiilc. jiln'ii'oiis, Iihick. Ostioliiin striii,i:lit. 

 liuid. erect, ratlier olitiise, twice lonjicr tlinii the peiitheciniii. Asci 

 iitteiiiiiifed into a slender pedicel, (yiindiic-chivate. .'{O-^") x ') //()». sp.). 

 S-sporcd. Sporidia Itiseriate, ehtnuated. sliiilitly curved, continuous, 

 (1 S .\ 1^-2 //, 2-4-11 ucieate, hyaline. 



On lotten wood, ('arolina ami Pennsylvania, common. 



('. ecliiiiella, K. vV K. (in llerl..) 

 (Jretiarious. I'eritliecia altout \ mm. diam., i>Ioliose, covei'ed, i»ut 

 not ileeply. nieinliranaceo-carltonaceous. Ostiola exserted, 1 mm. lon<>'. 

 roiiiih and lihuxlulai-puliescent lielow. liecomiiiu' ,uIal)rous, more or less 

 licnt or umlulate, sli<ilitly thickened at tlie tips. A.<ci davate, 25-30 

 .\ 4-."» //. Sporidia crowded-liiseriate. cylindr' "al, hyaline, curv(Ml,3-4 

 X I //. 



On tlie inner surface of cast-otV maple liark. New Jersey, and Ohio 

 (Morii-an. 1)28). 



('. alliocdroiiata, (Kll.) 



C'l-KitiiituHiii iilhiHOHiiutlniii, V',\\. Am. Xat. |S'^^, p. 31S. 

 Ceidldstomi'lla nl/iiituKniala, Sacc. Syll. 51)97. 



I'eritliecia conical, minute, voiiiitinu' forth the asciticrous niicl(Mi> 

 ill the form of a white uloliiile. Asci cylindrical, 3 .'» x 7 //. Sj)oridia 

 imiseriate or partly Itiseriate, elli]>tical, hyaline, 1 2-nucleate, 7J-!)J x 

 3-3^ 11. Accompanied l>y ohovate. lii<»wn. 2-3-septate conidia liorne 

 siiiii'ly on the apices of erect, inown. simple hyphiu thickly scattered 

 over the matrix. 



On rotten wood. Newlield, X. .1. 



r. rostrata, (Fr.) 



SphceiHi rosliala, Vv. .S. M. II, ]). .173. 

 Ce>a/osfoHiii lostiatiim. Hckl. Syml). p. 127. 

 Cfraldsliimella lostiata, Sacc. Syll. I5fi4. 



• Peritiiecia tjrejrai'ious or scattered, imiiier.sed or free, ,<>lol»ose. 

 runoso, liald, black, variable in si/e from 3(K)-7((() // diam , with a very 

 loiiii-, uneipial. rather ohtuse, lontritudinally striate, 4-cornere(l. mostly 

 curved, ri<>id iieak. Asci clavate-cylindrical, sessile, S-s|)ored, 40 ox 

 S !) //. Sporidia oUlonsr or (dlipticnl, continuous or ohscurely uni- 

 scptate. hyaline. 0-12x4 //. 



