•2(»!t 



iiso, smootli, 

 middle iiiid 

 )xl4//. 



:iinniliii' ('II- 

 ti and fiiiiit- 



:^'-l mill, ill 

 ifiiitly clevfi- 

 rm ostioliiiii. 



ir)()xl2 n. 



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or MKH'C in 



: ()-!() //. oi 

 iiiiii^' Iti'dwii 

 sporidiii arc 

 on Olio side. 

 V ])roniin('iil. 

 lividcd \)\ a 



N. J. 



tsp/xi'i'/a, on 



II the matrix. 

 1 nearly. Iml 

 1 a distinct. 

 1 mm. diaiii. 

 th al undant. 

 I at the ends. 



Ill (!rcv. IV. |». 144. Mcikeley rcjinrfs this IVoni North Carolina. 

 till Frii.viiiiix. with sjioi'idia shortly riisiliirm. .')-se|itafc. rJJ-l.") u. jonii'. 

 Tiic descri|ttioii and 'syiiniiyins aliovc nre t'roiii WintcrV i*il/e. We 

 hiivc seen no s|icciiiieii>. This species a|i|ieais to diU'er Ironi tiie otlier 

 iiicii;licrs of the u'ciiiis in its liyaline sjntridia. 



Ti*. semiiiiiila. (IVrs.) 



Sf>liiri ill sfiiniiiiiin. I'lrs. Syn. p. 70. 

 7'i,»icitii.s/i/i,ri III .\i iJiimiiiii. I''ikl. Synih. ji. i(i.'. 



j'critiiecia scattered or "J -."{ connate, aiioiit hall' sunk in a white, 

 Icll-like siiliiciilnm. the ii)i|)er, |irojectiiii:' jmit hald. witli a sharp, 

 (■(iiiiciil o<tiohiiii. .\si'i ehjiiLfatcd-cyiindricai. S-spored. Sporidia iiiii- 

 -ciiiite. Iiiowii. ovate <•!• olijonti'. olitiise aliove and Itroailer. tlie lower 

 fiid attennateil. .'i-septate. coiistricteij at the septa. M x (1 it. 



Koiiml (sec. Scliw.) on liaik. Carolina and I'eiiiisylvania. 



The aliove description is IVoni Winter's I*il/e. 'I'liis iiiiist not lie 

 coiiroiiinled with Tridiosiioru si'in/innlii. he \ot. (Syll. II. p. 2!>7 ). 



^.VR^6sI•(^u.\. !)«• N»t. 



Microiiiyrito lt.il. Dec IX. 



I'eritliecia as in T I'cnnttitsiiliivi'id. A.<ci laru'e, 2-S-spori'd. S)io- 

 ridiii lariic. liiconical, with a snoiil-like (olteii l-i»-sej>tate) prolonu'ation 

 at each vw\. This is iiardly more than a siilijiciins ol' Triiniifitxitliiirin. 



(". |)iitaiiiii)iim. (SpIuv.) (IMate 24) 



Sl>!i,n HI fiKlaiiiiiniiii, Scliw. Syii. C.Ti. No. i6,^. 

 l'iii\iii/>i'iii/>ii/iii)ii)iii»i. I)c Not. Micr. Ital. I.\. 

 lixsicc. K.'ili-WinUr H. Kiir. ,i,^.|.;.— Kll. N. .■V. I''. .s,,s. 



I'eritlK'cia scattered, adnate-snperlicial, alioiit 1 iiiiii. diani.. liemi- 

 -|iliciic;il. with a larue tnlierciililorm. liroadly peiforatecl ;iiid at leiiLith 

 dccidiioiis oslioliini. carlioiiaceoiis. smooth or concentrically Avi'inkled. 

 Iiliii'k. .\sci liroad-olilonu'. veiitricose. stijiitate. para]iliysate, ("JS(»- 

 .'11(1 .\ Tn M. Winteri. Sporidia overlappiiiLi'-nniseriate. 'J-S in nii asciis. 

 Iiicniiical or liroad-eliiptical. constricted and septate in the middle. 

 liKiwii. SO-KHtxIO-;").-) n ( l(»S-14(t X oO-i;.") //, Winter). The pro- 

 Imiiiiitioii at the ends is often oliscnrely l-;)-septate. lint tlie.<e addi- 

 liniial septa are easily overlooked and are not always pri'sent. 1'he 

 -pnridia are olten surrounded liy a liroad liyaline eiivelo)ie. 



On old |M'aeh jiits lyiiiu' on the ground. Common in the peach 

 rcjioii. 



The asci are very evanescent, so that it is difficult (o lind an I'litire 

 ascii- cdiitainiiiii' mature sporidia. Those we have seen were 1 .')( »-:!( to 



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