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jiiinipliysatf. S]»(»ri(liii liisoi'iiitc. ol>l(»ii<i'. 3-so)»tiit('. Inown. constricted 

 3111(1 scpaviitiii^' iit tlic middle sei)tmii. DilVeis Iroiii Trciiititoxplnvriu 

 jirincipidly in its sporidiii separiitina' in the nnddle. 



0. 1'li^iilosa, Fckl. 1. c, 



Kxsicc. ]';il. N. A. V. fiy.). 



Stroniii iiic»»nspicuous oi- none. Peritliecia jiica'arioiis. adnate- 

 siipeilicial, c<)nic-<;l(>li(>se. aluMit \ mm. diam.. cariionaceoiis, lilack. snl)- 

 vcliitinous Itelow. Ostiolnm conic-lulterciiliH)rm. soon |H'rlorated. 

 Asci clavato-cylindrical. stipitate, S0-ll().\7-S n, para]»liysate. Spo- 

 lidia Itiseriate, fiisoid-oldoiia-. ^^-septati". Itrown, constricted and sejia- 

 latinu- in the middle. lO-'iOx 4-4.1 ,,_ (I4_if, x4|-r) //, Winter and 

 .^^yih^u'e). 



On the hard wood (d' a decayinu' oak stump, Newfield. \. .1. 

 Kouml also in Florida by \\ . \V. Calkins. 



0. inodesta, Fekl. 1. c. 



Kxsicc. Fckl. K. Rh. 217:,.— KU. N. A. K. 694 \\-,). 



Differs from the jjrocodinjj: in its distinct. |»ulvernlent-velulinou,^ 

 suhiculnni and ratlier smallei- sporidia (14-l(i x 3|— ^/). 

 On a decaying- oak stum]), Xe\\fi<dd, N. .1. * 



WIXTEKIA, Relim. 



Ascom. Diag. No. 2S6. 



IVrithecia rather sol't. inend)ranaceous. not cai'bonaceoiis, greenish- 

 or re(ldisli-parenchymatous. <ienei'ally collaj)sin,i>' tt) cnp-shajtod. Osti- 

 olnm jter'brated. Sporidia hyaline, 2- or more-septate, and .«onietinKv« 

 suliliisiform. 



W. fOPi'iilea, E. & E. Journ. Mycid. 1. )». 01. 



Peritliecia scattered, incnd>ranaceous, flattened. \-l mm. diam.. 

 covered by the thin epidermis, through which they are ))Iainly visible. 

 Ostiolum broad-j)aj)illiform. obtuse, collapsing when dry so that the 

 peritliecia a)»pear nmbilicate. Asci 7o-114xlG-17 //. oblong-cyliii- 

 lirical. al>ru)»tly contracted below into a short, stout base, and sur- 

 rounded l»y lililorm ]>arapliyses. Sjxiridia 8 in an ascus. broad fusitbrm 

 or clavate-rusirorm, narrowed below into an acute, awl-shai)ed base, 

 yellowish, multi- (8-12-) septate and subnniriform. 80-35x7-8 //. 



On bark of some living conil'erous tree, Wa,*hingtoa (leg. Suks- 

 doii, com. C. .1. Spragiie). 



