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I'oiiiiii iiml 



ill. (is. lio.'j. 



Hill i'oi'in. OH 



On outer l»iirk of wliitc oiik, Xcwficld. N. .1. 



We have iciiincfl this to L. miicrosimrniii, S|«'<>\, tliouii'li we liiivc 

 not seen i\\\\ iippfiifliiizes on tlio sporidiii or iiny hyaline (Mivclopc, \n\X 

 !is the specimens ai'O tnatnre, these may have disappeareil. 



L erosiim, E. & K. .Fourn. Mycol. II, p. 44. 



I'erithecia iMiried in the siilistanee of the \\«Ktd, jrloliose. ^-| nun. 

 (liani. ( )stiola ernmpent. narrow. (»nly sliuhtly pronn'iient. Asei cla- 

 viite-evliiidrical. 1)0-100 x 12-1") a. with al»nndant lililorm parajdiyses. 

 SiMiridia snltl>iseriate aliov(!. olilonLi-fusoid or sultpavicnlar, aliont 

 fi-sejilate. hyaline at first, then yellowish and liiiitlly nearly opake. 

 iiinstiv 20-25 x7-S //. witli a shriveled apperrance. The peritheeia 

 ,iie ureedily eaten oat l»y a small l)cetlc. Allied to L. nvcIc.iitKin, 

 ('. A- K.. lail with smaller sporidia. PilVers from L. mairostomo'nleH, 

 l)c Not, in its immerse(| and smaller peritheeia, and its somewhat 

 smaller sporidia. 



On deeayiiitr wood of Sdlix. A'ineland, X. .1., Canada (Dearness). 



li. fonfi:rfS!itiim, Hark. Hull. Cal. Acad., Fell., 18S4. p. 47. 



Peritheeia semiinimersed, hlaek. lii'oad (.^-1 mm.). Ostiolnm 

 prominent, extendin.u' \-\ way aei-oss the p(>ritheeinni. Asei elavate. 

 S-spored. 70x12 //. Sporidia liiseriate. Iiisiform, widest aliove tin; 

 middle, curved, (5-S-septate, constricted, yellow-lirown, cells minutely 

 liinii(leatt\ end cells jialer, 80 x i) //. 



On decorticated liranclies of Samhtivus racemosd, Sierra Nevada 

 .Mts.. Cala. 



li. scelestiim, ('. & E. 



iMphiosloma niicyostomiim, C. & I?. Grev. IV. p. 179 fnoii Niessl). 

 Splurtia pachyascm:, C. & V,. Grev. IV, p. 179, tab. 6S, fig. i. 

 Ijiphiostoma .sielfstum, C. & K. (Cke. in literi.s). Sacc. SyM. ,S479. 

 I'Asicc. KIl. N. A. F. Xo. 96. 



I'erithecia scattered, immersed, coriaceous, ulobose or ellijiticai. 

 .', ■{ mm. diam. Ostiolnm alone erumiient, small, nari-ow and com- 

 pres.<ed. Asei clavate-cylindrical, jiaraphysate, 10t)-120x 1 ') /a Spo- 

 ridia ol)li(|uely bisei'iate, olilong-fusoid, 5-7 -septate, brown, 25-45 x 

 s_10 n (^40-50 X 10 //, Cke.) 



On decorticatcil, weather-lieaten oak, maple, Vthinunm and |)ear, 

 Newlield. N. .1., on decayin*'' wood of pear tree, lleldorliei-j^ Mts., 

 .\. V. (Teck). 



or 



The sporidia air mostly 25-35 // lon«>- and aliout S (i wide, more 

 less constricted, especially at the middle septum. 



