_'tliK'lifiii, I'ii 



•22!) 



I/. va^aWiiHluiii. Sace. Midi. I. |». 447.— id. II. p. 72.— F. Itnl. 

 till.. 24(). 



/,. ladiaiiis, H. & i;, Jourii. Mycol. Ill, p. 4.1,. 

 /.(ip/iiti/ii-iiiit ;'ti,i;ii/>ii>iiliim, Sacc. Syll. 5.135. 

 Kxsicc. M. March, 747. 



I'ciiflicciii scnttricd, siimll (1(10 -170 //). lniriod in tlic Wixu], 

 rx('i'|it, llic iiiiiTow, coiiipicsscd, cniiiipciit ostiDJuiii. A.^ci siilicyliii- 

 diiciil. !)0-100 X 10-12 // (sporc-lM'iii'iii.i'' piii't 7')-80 /< l(>ii<>), siii-- 

 ihiiikIimI iiiid ()vcrt<»|i|i<'(| liy almiidiiiit, tlii'caddikc, pariiplivscs. S)m)- 

 ridiii Itiscfiiitr. I'lisiloriii, ^-soptiitc, liyidiiic, siiditly ciii'vr'd and mti.^tly 

 cniistrictcd at tlic middle septum, l.")-20x4-') it. 



On di'coi'ticated, decayinii' stems lA' /i/iiix rat/icatis, Newlitdd. X. J. 



Var. st('iioc(i)'j)inii, K. k K.. im (lecoi-ticated oak liml), Xewru'lfj. 

 N. .1.. lias spoiidia al»(»ut 20 x ."5 //. \x\v. Aufcr/s, on dead stems of 

 A.'ifcr. Louisiana (lianulois 1440) lias sporidia 2")-l}0 x ')-()//, nnisep- 

 tiite. liecomimf tardily ."{-septate. 



L vestitiim. Pk. 4otli Hep. p. 71. 



I'oi'itliecia closely Ln'eu'arions, small (SaO-aOO //). sunk in tl.e 

 wood, erum]K'nt, conical, cIotlie(| witli a sliizlit. tawMy-leriMiuinoiis. 

 ]nilv('i'ident tomentnm. Ostiola nake(l, hlack, siiltterete oi- compress<'d. 

 .\sci clavate, 1 ')0-l!)0 X lo-llS ri. Sporidia ci'owded, sultfusirorm. at 

 lirst l)iconical and uniseptate, then triseptate, or qnadi'inucleato, ton- 

 strictod in tlio middle, hyaline, .SO-40 x 7^-10 /i. 



On decorticated wood o\' Popul iik tromtloldes, New York (Peck). 



L. Iiystei'ioides, Ell. & Fiaiiji^lois. Journ. Mycol. IV, ]>. 7(5 (not Schw ). 



, Lnpliioiiemn /nw/eiiDhiii, Herlese Icoiies. Fasc. I. p. 4, tab. Ill, fig. 4. 



Peritliecia u'reii'ariows, suhu'Ioltose with their liases slightly sunk 

 in the wood, mostly a little less than ^ mm. <liam., ostiolum ibrminu' a 

 narrow ridge entirely across the peritliecia, and thus giving them the 

 aiipearancc of a Ifi/sferhtDi. Asci cylindrical, 60-70 x ')-(! «, with 

 almiidaiit j)ara))hyscs. Sporidia bisoriate. fusoitl, nearly straight, 

 ;5-septate, smoky-hyalino, 14-10 x 3 /i, the next to the u|iper cell 

 swollen. 



On rotten oak stumps, St. Martinsville, La. 



L ipqnivonim, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. Ill, p. 118. 



Peritliecia gregarious, erumpent-sujierficial, black, nearly smooth. 

 deprcs,sed-conical or subgloliose, about J mm. diaiii. Ostiolum sul>- 

 coiiical, slightly coiuprcssccl. Asci subcylindrical, about 80 x 5 fi, 



