2(»*) 



iMislv (■()ni|Mt>.''s(M| iiikI liiiallv rc^iiliii'ly iM-rrnnitiMl or sulnitiiosr. 



On (lead ili'i-orticiitcd triiiikf* ol' Si/iiiiiju, Hctlih'iM'iii, I'li. (Schw.) 



A. aqiiiiticii, (K. ^ K.) 



Mfihtetiii ai/Hiiticii. }>,. Ik K. Dull, Torr. Hot. Club, XI, p. 42. 

 .tiii/>>ii\/i/i<riiii iii/iiiititii, »ncc Syll. 6M7, Cke. Syil. ,vi,^o. 



rciillicciii sciillcrcd, iiM'iiilirtiiiii(('nii?i, Imricil or snln'rimi|i('iit, 

 'j.'»() // (liiilii.. silliiilolntsc ni- sliulillv cloiipitrd, with ii |iii|)illirui'lil 

 (ir'tinliiiii. Asci iiiiiin\v-(_vliii<lii(iil, I ")(lx H-10 //, with iil)iiii<hiiit piir- 

 ii|ihvHos. Spoiiiliii iiiiisniiitc, olihin;*', iiiiiscptiitr iiml sliuhtly roii- 

 strictcil at the s('|itiiin, stniiirht or slij^htly curved, pah' at liist with a 

 ^iiiLiic lai'ut' iinclcns in each crll. at h'li^ith dark lirowii, I '> 20 x (i 7 //. 



Inside a cedar water-pail in constant us<', Newlield, N. .1., ]HX'.i, 



A. liiUi^loiKii, K. &. K. in Ilerl). 



I'crilliecia ^z'reuarinns. hemispherical. I mm. diam.. Itsise sank in 

 the wood, Itlack, ronuhish, thin and laittle. Ostiolnm prondnent. stout, 

 lulicrc'do-conical, olitusc and at length iierlorated. Asci clavate-cylin- 

 drical, p. sp. lOO-TJ.') x Ifj-'iO /<, with tilihtrm jtaraphyscs. Sporidia 

 ovcrliippinLi-uniseriale, or liiseriate al»ove. I'lisoid-oldonir, uniseptate 

 and suliconstricted. luown. sul»ine<|uilateral, H(>-4()x 10-12 //. 



On a decayinj:' lo;>' o\'Cari/ii (?), houisiana (Laujiiois 2171). 



The pci'ithecia rcscnddo thoso of A. iimhi'liin, l»nt the sporidni 

 are much larfrcr. 



.\. IMsitaiil, K. & K. i n lierh.) 



I'erithecia .scattered, convex, hends])horit'al, altont I mm. diam.. 

 covei'cd ity tlu.' sliiihtly blackened epidenni.s which is pierced l»y the 

 talicicuIo-pa]iillirorm ostiolnm. Asci stipitate. p. sp. 40-50 x 10-12 (t, 

 witli aliundant paraphyses. Sporidia oMonir-ovate or oMonnwdliptical. 

 liidWM, uniseptate, sli,u:htly constricted, sometimes sliirhtly curved and 

 sliuiitiy attenuated at the ends. Il-l')x4-r) fi, crowded-hiseriate, pale 

 lirown at lirst, then dark lirown. 



On loose bark oi' Pintatius, Louisiana ( lianjiflois 2213). 



imVers from \. full ox, A. iinihriiiu and .1. jisetafo-nuthrhui, in 

 its smaller, bisei'iate sporidia. and from the last two. in its smaller, cov- 

 I'ltMJ pcrithecia. Allie(l to A. ilothhlvoKporu, Cke. it Hark. 



A. quci'cHis, Cke. & JLiss. (Jiev. XVI, p. 02. 



reiithecia gregarious, large (1 nini. diam.), at first imniei-sed then 

 scniicmergent, conic-convex, for a long time covered by the epidermis. 

 pajiilhite, black, flattened at base. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Spo- 



