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narrow and not v(>rv distinctly jtroniinoiit ostioliuii. Asci sid»cylindi i 

 cal, oO-GO.xT n. witli al rndant. filiform parapliysos. Sporidia iini 

 seriate or crowded al>ove. olilonir-elliptical, 3-septate, with occasioiiiilly 

 ii partial loii<ritudinal septum, irreenisli-lirown. i)-13x5-7 /i, sometimes 

 with a short, oI)tiise. cylindrical af»|»ejida}fO l)elow. 



On tlead Iiml»- of ,¥//«.«« mvltiflnni. Newfiold, X. .J. 

 L. feiiKstrale, (('. & E.) 



Lophiostoma feni'ihale. C. S K, Grev. VI, p. 12. 



I ii[ihiiiiuni /ennlialf. Sacc. Syll .SS4f'. Berlesc Icones, tnb. XI. fiK- 2 



Immersed, scattered. siibirlol»o.se. Ostiola laterally compressed 

 hysti-riilorm. A.-Jci cylindrical? Sporidia olitu.se. fiisifoi-m, constricted 

 in the middle, fenestrate, olive-lirown. 



On decaying Jforux, New .lei'^ey. 



Not in li'ood condition. Asci dis.<olve(|. Iiut I'voc .><poridia found 

 which were eloniraled-elliptical. ">(M)()x20 /i (Cooke in (Jrev. I.e.) 

 I'lilortiinately our sjtecimens are lost. 



lJerlese(l. c.jirives the followin>r nxvisunMiients from Italian spec 

 imens. I'erithecia 5-I mm., scatterecl. Asci 210-220 x 24-27 /< 

 Sporidia ;')?f-<50Y 17-1 9/7. 



L (.'iii'tiiin, (Fr) 



S/i/in'i lit ( iittii. Kr S. M II. p. 471) 

 l.nftliittium iiitliini .S.icc Mich. I, p. 340 



Terithecia jrreirarioiis. suhprominent, rugulo,*e,conic-<rlobose. lilack. 



Ostioluni short, linear. com|ire.-;,sed, cxtendinjr only partly across the 



apex of till' peritheciiim. sometimes conical, lips linear, closed. Asci 



cylindrical, with a very sliort stipe. 120-130x12 /i. parapliysate. S 



spored. Sporidia fusoid. Iiiconical, 28-30 x 10-12 /i, 7-9-.septatc ami 



murifoini. constricted at the nn'ddle septum, brown (Sacc. in Syll 11 

 p. 714). 



On very rotten limbs. IJethlehem, Pa. (Schweinitz). 



This sjiccies and A. if/inintifiin ]nw{'. not been found in this coun- 

 try -incc Schweinitz" time, and may lie considered doubtful. 



L0PHI()XH:.MA, Sa€c 



SyUoge II, p 717. 



Perirhecia a> ii Lojthiosloiini. Sporidia vermicular or liliform. 

 septate, SHliliyaliiie. 



