423 



Tlio inomltcrs of this liiiiiily frnnv in the linrk or (Iccorticatrd 

 wood ol'tlciKl liiiihs or on (h'ad horluiccons stonis. 



I<'<1, l>lii('k 

 liter, with 

 Sonip. 



,u: l»Iiick. 

 iuii.. with 



• 'iilViltC- 

 iltc IlilSO, 



iitc-clli))- 

 • the mid- 

 '), 12-1;-, 



). 



onit'id, oi' 



U'(\ l»y }» 



Vi'itliecia 



lanicd l»y 

 I hiisidiii 

 ' i^pci'nio- 

 ■'•■itrci'oii^ 

 itvitv mi- 

 nt In the 

 s niosfiy 

 iia-ioscd 

 iill'rcncc 



u'ic |lOIC. 



r lorincd 

 I li<' in M 



niAPORTHE, Nitschke. 



I'yr. f.erm. p. 240. 



Stroniata cortical, snl»valsoid, separate (Chomntatc), or eflnsed. 

 in(h'terniinate, ibnnod from the sliirhtly altered snhstaiuM' of the hark 

 and usually limited l»y a hiaek line {Tftnintagii). or eveidy efiused, 

 hut with the surlaee ol" the matrix finally Idaekened, its sui)stanc<' 

 otherwise unehanued, (tidy in most eases linntcfl l>y a hhiek, eireum- 

 scriltini"; line visible on a horizontal section {Exporthe). Perithecia 

 niendiranaccons or sultcoriaceons, j>cnerally palo cinereous within, 

 with a cylindrical or iiliforni exserted beak. Asci typically apar- 

 apiiysate, I'usoid. 8-spore(l. Sporidia I'usoid or subelliptical, unisep- 

 tate,* '••enerally consti'icteil in the middle, 2— 4-nucleate. hyaline, with 

 or without ap|»enda<>'es, The spernio»onial stage is represented by 

 species (A' J'/ioniit. 



A. Sft'onnt vol mid ; pcrithccld Huhvit'ciiiiite ; oxtioJa fasriculatv. 



{CfiomHtate). 



* Sporulta not appeiixlictildte. 

 1). oiirostoiiia, (Diiby). 



Sphirria oiitosloimi . Diiby in Ral>. Herb. Mycol. No. 2o.s. 

 \'aha feisiiiiala, C. S: H. (Irev. VI, \i. 9. 

 /)iap(iil>r oiiiiislnma. Fckl. Syiiib, p. 205. 

 Sfrluriia eiileinlenia, Vr. Schw. Syn. N. Am. I,ii4? 

 Kxsicc. l'"ckl. K. Kh. i7,!o.— Rati. I. c— KM. & Kvrlit. N. A. K. 2d Ser. I9,S2.— Thiim. M 

 U. iH.s.s-— K/f. !•'. Sfl. sSi.— Sydow. M. March. ,s.si. — Koiim. F. O. 2391. 



Stroniata scattered. i>lol)ose-conical, innatc-erunipent, with a black. 

 ciicumscril)in,<r line which penetrat(!s th<^ v >od. Perithecia subcircin- 

 ate, irloliose. .^-1 nnn. diam., penetrating ,o the wood or partly ini- 

 iiieised in it. Osliola eIoni>ate(l, sultconveru'ent, cylindrical or irregu- 

 lar, erunijient in a rather c(»mpact tult. Asci oblong-clavate. p. sp. 4.")- 

 50 X 8-S) /«, Sporidia biseriate, oldong-fusoid, 12-1(5 x 3-3^ ft, uinsep- 

 tate and Hnally slightly constricted. 



On dead blanches iA Jlobiniit pxeiidnvachi, Newlield, \. J. 



Cke. in (Jrev. makes the spitridia 2r)-2H .x (J ft. We tind them as 

 aliove stated. 



*()aen each oflhc cells is ilividecl by a faint septum but without any constriction, the di 

 visiim bcinn only a separation o( the cell contents aiul inU a true septum. 



