oil I'otlni 



>('. IlK'llKllllL 



24!> 

 0. hypoxyloldes, (E. & E.) (Plate 2fi) 



Amt>liistiluriui Hy/>o\yliiii, V.. & E. Jourii. Mycol 11. i> 41 



I'ciitlict'iii luiiiutc (S(Mt(»//). ()vat('-<>l()li(tst', white iiipidc, i-oujrli 

 iiiid lilack (tiitsidc, iiuistly rmliiitc-siilcato around the ostioliiiii, wliicli is 

 not itroiiiinciit a.id finally ratlicr Itroadly jicrforatcd. densely emwded 

 tiiid partly si'.iik in a Mat. lilaekisli-ltrown. siilieai'lioiuu'eons stroma 

 ^-1 em. aeross ».r liy eoiilliieiiee, moi-e. iniieli reseinlilintr the sterile 

 stroma n\' <o\uv Ilypo.' 'on. Asci elavate-eylindrical, oo-CtOx 10-12 /i. 

 u itii ahundaiit paraphx ses. r>]i(»i'idi.' oMiquely uniseriate, ovate, uiii- 

 septate, lirowii. <!-*.» x .'{^-4^ it. 



On rotten wood. lionisiana ( Iianj.dois). iV'laware (Cominoiis). 



0. Syiii|)liori('S*.r|)i, (E- A: E.) 



I'lir,v>iglilia Syiiiplioiiaiifii. V,.lk.V, I'roc Acnd Nnt Sci Phil. July 1R90, p 14Q, 

 K.ssicc. VM. & ICvrlit. N A. V 2<1 St-r 2.^7). 



Stroma eoiivex, peiietratiiiti' to the wood, luit not limited Ity any 

 liiack eirciim<eriliiiij.f line. lirowiiisli-ldaeU. whitish within, 1^-2 mm. 

 diaiii. I'eritlieeia 10-1;') in a stroma, j^ mm. diain., the upper part 

 mostly |(i'oiiiiiieiit and IVee. Sometimes the stroma is waiitiii<>'. th<' 

 pciitheeia lieiuir then simply cespitose or sultsolitary. (►stiola olitusely 

 coiiieal, nearly smooth or indislinelly radiate-.^uleate. Asci elavnte- 

 cylindrieal, sult.sessiU'. 7o-S0x 12 /^ with parajihyses. Sporidia uni- 

 seiiate or suliliiseriate ahove. ovate-ellii)tieal, uiiisejitate and eon- 

 stiieted, hyaline ami <rraiuilar at (irst. lteeoiiiiii<>' yelIow-l(n)Wii. 15- 

 ls.\ 10//. 



(hi ilead Itranehes itWSi/niji/ioricarpuK occH/ehftili,s, Sand C'oidee. 

 Cascade C<»., Montana (Anderson. No. 210). 



U. Aceiis, Winter. Iledw. 1871. p. 1(12. 



Perithecia eespitose. depressed-;>|ol(ose. lirowni.xh-lilaek, jiapillat'-. 

 thill. I mm. diaiii.. seated on the surfaee ol' the inner liark in a'ronps ol' 

 •i-lO. soon eriimpent through the ruptured epidi'rmis. and then almost 

 supeilieial. Asei eyiindiieal. sessile, parapliy.sate. 180-200x35 //. 

 Sjioiidia overla]»]>in,<r-uniseriate or Itiseriate. ohlonir. uniseiitate and 

 (•(nistrieted at the septum, hyaline, with a Itroad, hyaline eiivelojie, 

 liceominir l»ri»wn, 50-(J0 x 15-18 //.each cell with a larut" niielens. 



On Itark of dead maple liml»s. riyndonville. N. V. (Fairinan). 



The sporidia exeeetl the measurements si'iven hy Winter, luit 

 otherwise the sjieeimeiis agree with his diagnosis. The spece. in 

 h'oimi. F. (J. 50)3(1. are only /)//>/nil/a. 

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