•-Mr) 



Irltlikc siiliiciiliim '2 4 iiiiii. across, and ••onipuscd ol" closclv inter- 

 wiivi'ii. pnic lirowti. I»iiui('li('(l iiiid s|tiiiiiiyly s('|itiiit' liy|»lia', v'l"'"''^''. 

 «(M»ii dcfply cnlljiiiscd, iihoul ^ iiiiii. diaiii., furiaccoiis, stii;'(»s(' IicIkw . 

 trhilnous altove. Asci clavatc, 70-T.'» x 10-12 ft, (|iani|»liysat(')? ^]\n- 

 ridiii dt'iiscly packed, very iiiiincroiis, liyaliiio. oldoiij;', <I-S x l^-'JA /» 

 witli a luiflcus in each end. 



On liai'k i)\' Corn IIS. Carolina. IViinsylvania ami Canada. 



Fr. hievibarb^ta. (B. & i.) 



I'm iitbilami htn'iharbala, II. & C. C.rev. IV. p. 47 

 I'mcchiica htnihathala, Sacc. Syll. T,Sh 



•' Cespitose, ^lolio.se, not coliap.-iinLr. niinntely tonientose. A»<i 

 clavale, stiifVcMl with the allaiitoid sporidia." 



N't) haliitat, huiality or nicasiirenient."* are juiven. 



MTSCHKIA, <mh. 



Ill Hckl. Syiiib. p i6s. 



Terithecia (•espito.<e-eriiinp(>nt, or. when on decorticated \vu(m|. 

 -iipi I licial, spherical, colhipsinii' to cnji-sliaped. hald and Mack: texlnrr 

 -iiliciiiiaceons. A.-^ci clavate. Sporidia sli(trt-cylindi-ical or rod-shaped, 

 continuous, hyaline. 



.\. ciipiilhris, (Pel's.) 



(Plate 2<;) 



l)aeeo-l»ro\\ ri 



S/>hir>ia iit/inUirii, Pers. Syii. p. $.\. 



Sp/iiniii ni, iiibilii/it. f>. nii;ii5Cens, TcKle KiiiiKi Mtckl p ,^9. 

 I'lK III fiitciria infinlai li. Cke. IIii(n)k. p. S4J. 

 .Xilit^itiu /■'iiiit/ii. Nits, in I*"ckl. Symli. p. 165 

 .\'i/.st/Ui\i tii/'iiliiiii, Karst. Myc. Ftiin. II. p. -^i 

 Orldsphiei ia Fiickilii, Sacc. M. Veil. Spec, p n.s 

 Civlosphieria ciipulaih, Sacc. SyU. I. p. 91. 

 I'Asicc. Hckl. F. Kli y6,'^ — Tliiini. Myc. I'liiv. ly^;. 



Perithecla cespitose, eninipent in small (2 mm.j, dense clusters 

 cld.M'ly surrounded Ity the iiiptured epidermis, spherical, lait <*ollapsinu 

 tn cup-shaped, 200-300 fi diain. Asci 40-r.O x 7-8 ft, contracted lielow 

 intii II stijie-like Ita.^e, and surroiindetl l>y liliform paraphyses, S-sporeij. 

 Sporidia .sultbi.seriate, allantoid, sli<^litly curved, hyaline, with a nucleus 

 in each end, 9-lOJ x2-3 [t. 



On dead branches of various deciduous trees. Tilia, Acer. Pni 

 mis, iVc, on Iiark of Negiinilo Acerofiles, Montana (Anderson. 27<!). 



The Montana specimens are the only American specimens we 

 li;ive ,<cen. They atrree in all respects with the specc. in Thiim. M. I'. 

 and with the description of this species in Winter's Pilze and Sac- 

 cardo's Svllo<re. 



