rdiiiorsinii. 

 iii, it scciiis 



rciillKiiii iri<'«riiriniis. iiiinicisrd nr sciiiiiiiinicrscd in llic wuud. 



^Ilhy'loliiisc, SlllllII |"JOO-'J'>() ^/;. (Jstinliiiii i'ii|ii|ilTs.-('i|. Il'llliciltc. ciiicr- 

 nviit. Asfi cliivMtc. <ii(ii'l-sfi|tit:it('. "<• 7") x 7 /i (NO x Kt-lli //. Siicci. 

 (ilitii-c iiiid wiili iilMiiiiluiil |iiirii|iliy.«cs. S-sporcil. S|ioii(liii liiscriiitc 

 liicoiiic-rii-oid. 1- IS X'l-.") /« (IS -JO x4J,-.'» //. Slice), iiciirly strniu'lit. 

 iiiii~c|it;itr iiinl cKiistriftcd. iiViiliiK'. willi ii vcrv siinrt. liyiiliiii- !i|i|i('iid- 

 ;iHv ill ciH'li end. 



On luttcii \v(Mid. liUiiisiiiiiii ( liMiiu'lois. 1770). 



'I'lic ii|»|»('lidim'('s iii'c very lailit :ind ciisily nM-i'Iookrd. 

 I.. Iietei'oshmiiini. K. iV K. .lomii. .Mycol. II. p. ".»',). 



/.(iphiiist'liifiii li,li-i:istii)iiii. Ilerlisf Icoiios Hmsc. 1, till). Ill, fiR. 2. 



I'critlicciii ('i-iiiii|M'iit. sfiittrrcd or .siiliurcuiiriniis. \^~'^ niiii. diiini.. 

 d('lir('ss('i|-s|ili<'ric!ii. lli«' lower liiilf sunk in the wood, the iipitcr liiilt' 

 ciiiri'idnu'. Ostioliiiii liifLrt'. <'oiii|ircss('d. cxtcndiim- nt (irst nrnrlv or 

 (|iiil(' iicross tlic |n'ritli('ciiiiii. iit N-nnlli dcfidiioiis. Iciivinu' the iicri- 

 lln'i iiiin pirrccd mIiovc witli ii siiiiill, round oiicniiiii'. Asci (diiviitc- 

 (•vliiidri(.'id, roundcil idiovc iind (■oiitractcil hrlow into ji slender, stipe- 

 like liiise. 7(>-S()x()-7 //. surrounded with iilniiidiiiit, riitlier stout 

 panipliyses and ('(Hitiiiiiinu' eiulit I'lisoid, iiniseptate, liyiiline. sliulitly 

 curved, iippeiidieuliite spoi'idiii, IS-2()x4J,-') //, 3-4-nucleiite at liist. 

 lull llie nuclei and stout. S-IO _^/ lonu, liyaliiif ajipendaji-es at lenutli 

 disappear, and the sporidia lieconie coiisfrii'ted in tl.o middle with the 

 ends ronndeil (rnsoid-oliloiiL!'). often with a distinct ycllow-lirown shade. 

 The wood just Ik'Iow the sniface assiinies a nniroriii )>iirplisli-red color. 

 This iiiitiht. perhajis. lie considoreil a var. of LopliioKfonid pitict :•- 

 (irciiin, Sacc., lint dilVers in the staineil matrix, larii'cr ]ierithocia and 

 deciduous ostiola. 



On an oak liarnd-Iioltom, Fiouisinna, and on decorticated wood in 

 Northern New .Jersey. 



L. Kl(H'i(laiuiiii. E. & E. .lourn. Mycol. II, ]». 40. 



I'erithecia ,u're,<i,-!irioiis or sciitteri.'d, heiiiisphei'ical, black and 

 roiiiih, aliout \ mm. diam. Ostiolnm linear, exteiidinij' (piite aci'oss 

 the apex of the perithecium, lint scarcely prominent. Asci (davate- 

 ry liiidrical, 80x8 //, with an (donaated. slender liase and surroinidecl 

 witii aliiiiidant, tililorm pai-aphyse.s. Spoi-idia liiseriate, tiisilorm. 

 sli^ihtly, curved, olivaceous, 4-uueleato, unis(>ptate, constricted at the 

 scptiini, just altove which they are slightly swollen, 18-20 x4-4.\ /i. 

 The matrix is overrun with a hyphoinyeetous irrowth, whieii also 



