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!i|>hysat(', SO-l()")x lO-l'J //. S|M)ii(lia liiscriat*', Ciisiloiin, slijihtly 

 (•nivcil. liviiliiH". 22-80 x 4-() //, soiiiotimcs witli n short, livaliiir 

 iipixMiiiii^T at cacli <Mi(l. 



Oil ilcad lierl»art'()tis stoiiis. Louisiana (Lanjflois, \4'il}. 



Till" sporidia arc; for some time only 1 •s('pt4itf', l»iit linally Iiccoimc 

 3_.",.s('ptat(' and ycllowisli liyalinc. The lius. 7-!), tali. Ill, Hoilc-c 

 Iconcs, ropifscnt the sjioridia very accnralcly. 



Of tilt' two Nos. ill SydowV Mycotlicca Man-hica issued as A. 

 pnviiKn'siiin.'l^) Tis a I)i]>Jo<lin and DSo a hrown-sporcd Lophiostntmi. 

 (at least in oiir copy). 



LOPHIhllM, Sacc. 



Michelin I, p. (o. 



I'ciitlitria as in I.itph'inntonm. ."^poiidia ovate or oitlonji. lirowii, 

 nini-ironii. 



L. diminiieiis, (Pers.) 



Spliuiia i/iiiiniii,iis. I'ers Syii. p 57? Fr. S. M II, 171 

 /.ophiiist'iiiia iliniimietif. I)u Not. Scheni.T, p. .>2i). 

 IjtphidiuHi ciniiiiiiifiis. Ccs. Mt Ue Not. Si'liiMlia, p. 220. 



I'ciitiicfia s(.'att('i'('(|. prominent, founded, snlidepres.sed, idaek. 

 Ostiolnni narrow, conipresso" I . small, sometimes snliconical. Sp(»ridi;i 

 fdoiit>ateil-oldon,<i'. ti-7-septiile. with <»iie or more cells divided liy ;i 

 loni>'itndinal septum. 



On liranclies of C/'^^'W/'/.s, C''>/'/*?/.'<. Ac. ( Kurope), Carolina ami 

 I'ennsylvania (Scliweinit/). 



There is no Idack spot. The peritliecia on decorticated liranche- 

 arel>are; on limlis with the liark on. emer^'ent, unequal, soon empty 

 and the ostiolnni liroken. truncate, sometime-* conical. 



\i. coiiiiuessiiiii, (Hers.) 



Sfi/iiriia rompti-s.sii, I'crs. Syti. p. 56. 

 Sf>h(rna an);iistalii. Pcrs. Syii. p. 55. 

 Ixiphiiiitiima ii»npii.\sH»i. Ccs. & l)e Not. Schema, p. .\%. 

 /.■ifiliii»tiiiiia ti»i:ii\lalH»i, I'"ckl. Syml). p. 15S, 

 l.iipludinni i(impi,\siiiii. ,Sacc. Mich. I, p. 340. 

 Kxsiic. Hi kl I' Rh iJi, i.'s. Kze Iv Sfl. ,^ii .— Rt-Oini Ascotii 1S2. — Tluim M r i.)S7 



IVrithecia scattered or i>re,irarious, mostly iniinersed except the 

 loiiii'. thin, toothed oi- entire-marii'ined ostioliun, sometimes linalh 

 ernmpeiit. spherical or somewhat compressed and tdliptical. A.-;ci 

 clavate-cyiindrical. stipitate, S-sporcd, 1 lO-lHO x 1(1-1!) /i. Sporidiii 

 oiilit|Uely uni.seriatc or partly lii.seriate. oidoiiu' or clavate-oliloni:. 

 straijiht or slitihtly ciirve(|, .Vseptate, with one or two c(dls divided li_\ 



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