HI 



I 



if 



ii 



200 



with ii uraduiilly ('iiliiiiicil or swollen phuc iiciir tin' t<t|i iiliuiit I. "id // 

 loiitr iiiid 1)0-1U(> // thick, iiini aliovc this, iiji'iiin ('(intijictrd to iilmiii 

 till! same size as hclow, roniiiiiii: a tfaiicatc licak To-M* « loiiy. the 

 whole Iteinu', in laet, a hollow cvlinder of lilii(»iis-eelliilar stiiiitinc. 

 sli"iitlv eiilarii'eil at liase ami filled with minute, hvaline. olihtiiii' or 

 evlimlrieal, stiai<:ht or sliiihtly ciirved. 2-'{ x .J /i sjierinatia and tiic 

 swollen part aliove filled with an alaindance of eluli-slia)ied. S-spored 

 asL'i, without parajihyse.*, and eonsistinu' of an (»l»ovate or sMlielli|iti(id 

 head or spore-lieariiiii' part 9-12 x4.J-."»^ //. ami a lilihani l»ase or stipe 

 l')-20 a lonu'. 



On partly dead Ibliaire (A' CitpreKsii.s f/ii/oitfcs. Xewlield. N. .1. 



The iiienilirane ol' the asei is xriy delicate, and scarcely discern- 

 ihle alter the sporidia have matured, lait easily seen in the yoiinji' state. 

 S])orid!a jiloliose, pale Itrown. 2J // diani.. c(»llecled in a mass. 



LKXTOMITA, Xiessl. 



Noti/. iilit-r Pyrcii \>. .\.\. 



Peritliecia sunk in the matrix, linally erumpeiit or free, soft-coria- 

 coous or even niemhranaceous, prolon<>'ed altove into a more or les> 

 evident l>oak. Asci delicate, with the niemlirane thickened at the 

 a|)OX. Sporidia uniseptate, hyaline. I'araphyses present. 



RHAMPHORIA, Xi^-s-sl. I. v. 



Peritliecia as in CemtoKp/iti't'id. Sporidia oldoni:-, elliptical or 

 ovate, nuiriforni. 



No representatives of eitliei- of these two ,<>enei'a have yet lieeii 

 reported in this country. 



FAMILY. ami»hisfh.*:r'ie.*:. 



Stroma wantinjr. Peritliecia either closely adnate or with the 

 base sunk in the matrix, hecoiniim' ernnipent-siiperficial. or sonietime> 

 superficial from the iirst; generally of haril, earl)(»naeeons texture, 

 with a pa)»illiform ostiolum. Asei elonuated. ]>ai'aj»liysate. Dis- 

 tinguished from the next preceding and following families hy the \y.\- 

 jtillifbrni ostiolum. 



AMPHISFHi:RIA. €es. v\ De X«»t. 



Schema. Sferi.acei, p. 4y. 



Peritheei'i at first adnate or more or less sunk in the matrix. 



