407 



IN'ritlicciii iiHistIv tliifkly sciiltcicil, jficirni'ioii,"*, uc (»cnisii»iinlly 

 stiiinliiiu' sillily, |M'iiimii('iitly ('ovcrnl \>\ tlii' sli]i'lilly niisc(| <'|ii(|i'iiiii^. 

 ilfprcsHnl-ulnliosc, mostly rdricciihinilly riiri-owcil or /oikmI, ami iiiii> 

 l.iliciitc, tli(! ti|M'.\ I'f'tlilisli, iM'rl'oriitf'tl itinl sli^ilitly iTiiiiipfiit. Ostinlmn 

 lidciiilily liirir*'. It'lnclx. siiiroiiiHlcd l»y a liliit'k, rnislaccoiis muss. Asri 

 r\ limiiifiil. atl<'iiiiatc-sti|»iliit<' lirlnw. olttusc almvc, ,s-s|h»i('(|. par- 

 iipliysatc. 1 .'jO-lTO X H>-1"J /<. Spuiiflia iiiiiHriiatf. olduiij:', sliylitly 

 altt'iiuatrtj and n»iiii<l<'(| iit tli<' ciids. iimstly .'{-si'ptatc, foiistrictcd at 

 till' st'pta. Ill-own, <r<>n<Tally with on*' or two of the inner cflls ilividcd 

 hy a loiiLMtudinal si'ptnm, IS--27 x 7-!* //. 



On /t/niiiiiiiisj'rtni(fii/<i. in Sweden. (Scrmany, Knuland and Italy. 



We find no record of this speeies lia\ intr Iteen met with in this 

 coiiiitry. and when the drawinii' on plate .'{() was made, we wer(; not 



aware that any speeies u[ PIvoiiKissiirid had I n loinid here. Itnt had 



the sporidiinn (I'roni speee. in Krieirer's Knniri Saxoidei) litrnretl to 

 illnstrate that ueiuis. Sint'e then. PI. sl/iaria and /V. (^ir/t/'tu liiive 

 been lliund in Iowa and New Yoik. and the diaj^nosis iA' PI. i-Ztodos- 

 foiiiti hn.- \»'rn added in antieipation of that species al.so i)ein^ yi>t 

 I'onnd in America. The ^cniis l\<n'stciinhi, Saec.. distiniiuishcd from 

 Ph'oiiKissiiriii only liy the aWsence of any <i-elatinoiis envelope around 

 the spoiidia. can hardly he worthy orjieiieric distinction. 



IM. sipaiia, (B. & Kr.) 



S/tli.niii .\//<tiiiii, II. it Ilr. Not, Ilrit. KuhkI No. ()25. 

 .\/iiy\iii III M/iiiii(i, Ccs. N: Do Not. Schema, |). 43. 

 J'liiimassanti Mpuiiii, Sacc. Syll. .^To**. 

 Kxsicc. l-ckl. !••. Rh. 2nii. Knb. K. V.. i6<). 



I'eritlieciii scattered or ol'tener crowfled and siiitconnate. attached 

 to till' inner l»iii'k and covered liy the piistuliform-elevateil epidermis, 

 depressed-spherical, J-.^ mm. diaiii. (exceptionally 1 iiim.), Iilack. the 

 minute ostiohiiii piercin^i- the epidermis, linally umliilicate. Asci cla- 

 vate, very Inrge, atteiiuate-stiiiitate, ( 1 1)0-2 1(» x 38-44 it Winter). 

 S-sj)orcd, paruphyses very lon<i,' and llliform. Sjioridia elliptic-oldoiijr. 

 trradually and only slij>litly narrowed towards ouch end, obtuse, 7-8- 

 .-icptate and constricted at the sepia, the middle cells divided by a 

 loiifritudiiial septum, •••olden-browii, r)(!-(i5 x 15-17 /i, with a <j;elatin- 

 oiis envelope. 



On birch, Decorah, Iowa (Flol way). 



The low'a specc. were immature, the sporidia lu'lnir still hyaline. 

 3 ")-8 ") X ") () //(mostly 40-GU x o-O //), vermilbrm-cylimlrical, 5-G-nu- 

 cleate and ^ri'aiiular. 



PI. Cai'piiii, (Fckl.) 



Mdssan'a Cmpiiii. Fckl. Symb. p. i.s.^, tab. VI, fig. 35. 

 I'lcomassai lit Carpini, Sacc. SyU. 3710. 

 Kxsicc. M. March. 1928. — Krieg. F. Sax. 234. 



