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ridia iiiiisoriato, cUipticiil, foiiiidccl nt tlir cikIs. sliulitly constricted ainl 

 iiniscptiitc in tlic middle. Iirown. US x 10 tt. 



On liiii'i< {){' (Jii('rcn,'< (ilha, North Carolinii (Curtis), 



A. (MHifei'ta (Sclnv.) 



SplifFi lit loiiffi tula. Sctuv. Syii. N. Am. lyiH. 



Sfilifnia aiiifeiia. Sclnv. Syii. Car. 1S7, Hr. S. M. II, p. 444. 



/hs.uisfi/iinia (.tm/i/iisfi/iu-iiti) mii/iihi. Cke. (;rfv. XV, p. M. 



I'eritliocia crowded, f>loliose, <rnuudar, depressed at the apex iind 

 8nl»pai»iiiate, very Idack. seatetl on a radiate-lilii'o.>ie, cree]>in<i' iny- 

 celiuiii. When the ]iei'itlieciii occur siiijily, seated in the center of the 

 radiate sul)icidnni, they jtrcsent a very eie.iiant appearance. Spoi'idjii 

 (st'c. Ci\e, (Jrev. XV', p. SI) nni.^eptale, lii'own, olilnse at tiie (mkU, 

 constricted in the iniddh'. 12x4 it. 



On dead Taiki'iik BciiMtin. North 'Carolina (Schweinitz), 



A. papillata, (Scliiim.) 



Sphiniii papillalii. Sctiuin. l^niiin. Sitll. II, p. ifii. 



Amphiiphifiia piipilhila, I)c Not. Sfir. Ital. tiS, lij{. 71, Sacc. Myc Veil. Spec, 

 p. 112, tal). Xi, fig. 24. 



Perithecia scattered or s( ■iiefimes 2 oi- iJ condnent, half sunk in 

 the matrix, s]>lierical. depressed 'onnd the papillilorin ostioiinn, al)out 

 1 mm. diani., hai'd, smooth, ihirk 'own, chtthed with a thin, lloccose 

 coat. Asci cylindrical, S-sj)orcd. with lililorm pai-aphyses. Sj)oridia 

 elliptical, sometimes rather acute at the emis. nniseptate, luown, not 

 constricted, 15 x 8 a. 



Connnon on wood oi' Sali.r. I><'thleliem. I'a. (Scliw.) 



A. applaiiata, (Fr.) 



Sphinia iipphniala, Fr. S. M. II. p. 46.5. 

 TrcinalMpliirriu apphiuatu, l"ckl. Syml). p. 16.'. 

 AmpUisplnciia applanala, Cos. & I)c Nut. Schema. 224. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. y,^.-". 



Perithecia scatteicd. black, innate-supei Hcial. Ilattened at Itase. 

 smooth, convex, at lenii'lli c.»llaj)sinii' to jilano-concave. ru,u'ose under 

 tlie lens, sometimes conlhient, (Asci)? S])oridia <ihU)n<r, unc(pially 

 nniseptate, njiper cell smaller, lower larger and ventricose, acuminate. 

 24x8/i. 



Fretpient on decnrticated trunks of Rohiniit. netiilehem. Pa. 

 (Schw.) 



A. Welliiistonis*', (Cke. & Haik.) 



Sphcnia (Aniphisphcrtia) li'illiiinliiiiur. Cke. & Hark. Orev. XIII, p. ly. 

 Amphisplunia U'ellinglonur, Sacc. Syll. 6615. 



Perithecia greuarious. immersed, Idack, elonjrate-compressed. 



