1!)!) 



f'ldiiuntt'd 

 ';irii|iliy,scs 



(Plate 22) 



II-. iiiiiiiilc, 

 oiii:', I'diiuli 

 . linwcNcr, 

 v;il('-c\ iin- 

 i;iiii|iliys('s. 

 )it!it(' ;iM(l 



\„\.. .Iiiiii' 



iliii-c. with 

 •I -ijlirvliii- 

 hv.'iliiic. 

 (I, li\;iliii('. 



i| uliicli IS 

 tout. Iiliick, 

 nccon,- ;iiiil 

 liter with ;i 

 ■ pcritliccin 

 link in the 



ntiiiih ami 

 lii'ciikiiiii' "»i" 

 I' siiil';i»'(^ (>r 



iu'h.w. !)(l- 

 irnsciciiliitc. 

 ■I' :ilini)itly 

 il and siili- 



kmI spi^cics. 





HVPSOTHECA, Kll. & Eviht. 



Joiirii. Mycol. I, j>, 12S. 



PciitlM'cia snltiiliitc, stylosporiU'roiis at liasc. and with a medial 

 or siiliapical cnlarucnicnt above. (•ontaiiiin<r tin' aseiiferons tiucleus. 

 Tlii.< latter eliaracter will di.-stinjiiiisli tliis <icnu.«s fntni Ccrtitostotmi. 

 Cdliiinpsls, I'k. is also closely allie(|. lait is placed liy its author anion^' 

 the J)i)<i'0)iiyv('te.H. 



H. siik'oi'ticalis, (C & E.) 1. c. p. 128. (Plate 22) 



Sfilitfioiiiiiia MifiDi/iia/i; C. iSi I',., Ctcv. VI, p. s,;, 

 //yp.\ii//ir(ii .\iihiiiituali.\, V.. it l-;. Jourii. Mycol. I. p. uy, 



IVritlieeia sul>cylindrical, ai»oiit IJ nun. hij^h and KM) // thick, 

 (tnlv sliirhtly enlarjicd at Itase, and containinji' sul><rIol)ose. continuous, 

 iirowii slylospores W-h fi iliain.. or ol)lon,<r-ovate, a-lOx 4—5 /^ and 2-3- 

 st ptate. Asei-ieroiis cavity siihapical. Ibrined l»y a trradiial. sul)ovate 

 eiilarji'einent lAO-ITo // diani., in the middle, ami closely packed with 

 the oliloiiii-ovate oi- siilielliptical, 8-spored asci, l2-ir)x 7-!) //.on slen- 

 der pedicels 1 5-20// long, and without paraphyses. The asci ai-e hya- 

 line and smaller at first. Sporidia conglomerated, suligloliose, hrown- 

 isli. 3-3| //. 



(Jrowing from tlu; imier surlace of the loosened bark or Irom the 

 e.\posed edges ol' htosened j>ieces of bark, on dry, decaying oak limbs 

 lying on the ground, Xewiield, N. .1., Sept., 1877, and March, 1883. 



This description was made from a recxamiimtion of the original 

 spe(!imens. 



H. calicioides, (Fr.) 



Spoiocyhe calicioides, Vr. S. M. Ill, p. 342. 

 Hypsothira ca/icioides, E. & E. I. c. 

 H.xsicc. Rav. Huiigi Car. I, p. 83. 



(iregai'ious, subulate, black and smooth, about 1| mm. high, 115// 

 thick, the swollen, subelli[)tical, ascigenms cavity, about midway be- 

 tween the base and the apex, 250 // thick. Asci (spore bearing part) 

 oltlong or ovate, 15-20x 8-11 //, with a thread-like stipe of about the 

 same length. Sporidia conglomerated, elliptical, hyaline, becoming 

 brown, continuous, 6-7 x -3-31 //. 



Ravenel's specimens are on poplar bark. Mi-. C. J, Sprague has 

 sent s|)ecimens collected by W. N. Suksdorf in Washington, and 

 whii'li agrc«.' in all respects with Ravenel's specimens. Suksdorfs 

 specimens are also, apparently, on bark of poj)Iar. 



H. thiijiiia, E. & E. 1. c {>. 128. 



I*eritheeia subulate, 700-800 // high and 55-60 /i thick below. 



