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Miiiiliir to 



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wliieli is coiitliiciit, uitli the iioritlicciuui, Irmiij^ visilde. 

 L. Thaim. 



On dead stalks {>[' PaHf/uuctt, A'c, Ht'tlilehein, Pa. 



L abbreviatuni, (Sclnv.) 



Splitciia ahhiiviittu, Schw. rtyii. N. Am. 1606. 

 Ijtphiostoma ahhu'iialiim, Cke. Syn. 3716. 



Poritliocia siiliaiiun'^attMl, ('niiii|K'iit aiiioiii!' tlic lilicrs 

 liy which tlicy arc covcrcil. except the dihitcMl-cvliinliical. 

 central, sulielonuated ostidliiiii. ulolioso-coiiical. soiiicwiiat 

 not u-hilii'oMs, linally liccominu' ash-color ur lirown. 



On oak In-anches, I>ethleheni, I'a. 



L. subrii^osiiin, (Sclnv.) 



Splnnia siif>i iii^osn. Sclnv. Syn. N. Am. ifioq. 

 /j>/)/iios/timci mhi iigin-iiin. Ckc. Syn. 3712. 



Porithecia scattered or <rre<.^arions, suliinnuerseil. linally ernni|ieni. 

 sjiherieal or olon^at^'d, crowned l»y a hiterally tdon^ated o.tiolinii 

 reachinur halfway aci'oss the ajM'x of tlie perithecinni and openinii' like 

 a JlyHtcriiiiii. Pei'ithccia with a light colored nucleus, at h'liulli 

 empty and Idack, outside niimitely ruiiose-punctate. 



Rarely met with on decaying wood of Cufafjxi. IJethlehem, I'li. 



L. hysterioides, (Schw.) 



Sfi/ierria hysli'iioides. Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1610. 

 iMphiosliima hysteriuiiifs, Sacc. Syll. 5523. 



Porithecia scattered or gregarious and agg'regiited, hemispherical 

 or elli{)tical, or conic-gloliose, proniinent. very Idack and glalirtms. 

 truncate and snhcarnosc above. Ostiolum forming an elongated crack 

 across the truncate apex. The most distinct of the whole lot. 



iJinstiiig out from the Itark and wood of Kaluiia. Bcthlehoni 

 Pa. (Schw.). 



C. Sjxjridia Jnjalhic, tiro- of iiiore-tivptnte (Loji/u'ofrc/iia). 



li. imi'asiticiim, Pk. 4()ili Rep. ]>. 71. 



Porithecia crowded, suhsuperlicial, 350-')0() fi diam., clothed Avitli 

 minute, sulicervine, ]»idveriilent tonientinn, liecoming Idackish-hrown 

 with ago, the itstiohi j)rominoiit, suhtorete or compressed, cdothed like 

 the iiorithecia. Asci suliclavato, 120-150 x 1")-18//. S]ioridia crowd- 

 ed, at first liiconical, then triseptato, constricted in the middle, hyaline. 

 30-40 X 7-8 //. 



On old Hyj)0X)jlou Morsel, Now York. 



