''•• ■ fj 



424 



1>. ilioiiia. (('. Hi K.) 



/)i(i/iy/"' 1 1 ■ "". ^- ^ '*•• Orev. VII, i>. t*. Cke. Syn. tCi2^ 

 ('a/i>.\fiiiiii i/iniiiii. Sacc, Syll. .^707. 

 MxMicc. K1I. *: Kvrlit. N. A. K. 2(1 Scr. 1953. 



I'critliociii siiliriiciiiiitc, S-'JO in a fiioii)), jilolioso, J^-^ nun. diiini,. 

 llio lower piiit snnk in tlic woixl. necks convcrireiit iind crnnijHMit in m 

 cfinipact liiscirlc oi'stont Init, short, cylindricnl ostiola, wliicli poiliorarr 

 tli(> cpidcnnis. Imt <1(> not rise much aho/c it, tlicir tips rounded or 

 olttnsciy conical, and liiially with a larjro incjjuhir opcninir. Stioma 

 '. iial»h', oiliicuhii'. irrctrular in outline, ol'tcn wi(h'ly conliuent and con- 

 tinuous lor several inches, faintly circninscril»ed. Asci ol)loni;-»davate. 

 p. sp. (1('.\)S-I(> //. Sporidia hiseriate, ol»I<in<if-rnsoid, •J-4-nucleate. 

 iie«'onHn«>- museptate and slij^htly constricted, 12-1 ') x 2.\-3//. 



(Ml dead 7f/tii.s rciiPiiuta, Newlield. N. .1. 



On a section exiiosint>- tlie pei'ithecia they seem to lie almost 

 evenly scattered. Sec. ('ooke, the sporidia ar<' l-iVseptate, 40 x 4 it. 

 itiit we can only find them as staled altove, 



U. aceriiia. (Fk.) 



I'a/s(i aieihia, Pk. i^tli Kcp. (). 74. 

 />iat>i>)llir tireiiiia, Sacc. Sylt. 2,'AS- 

 I'lilsa aihiiiiiiila. C. & P. in Cki-. Viilsei of the ('. S. No. (>.i, (fide IVck). 



I'eritliecia sunk in the wood, 



-,f iiini. tliaiii., in sulicirciiiatt 



uronps of 0-10, circninscriited Ity a black line which penetrates deepl\ 

 into the wood and encloses a space consideialtly laiirer than that occu- 

 pied l»y the perithecia. Ostiola ernmfx'nt throiiirh the rupliired epi- 

 dermis (which is also sli<:litly raised), stout, sliort-cylimlrical, olstiiso, 

 pcM-forated. env(d(»ped in a Hiilphnr-yellow, ii'iumoiis substance which 

 linally disappears. The wood of the stroma within the circnniscril)iii<i 

 line is also tiiiired sulphur-yellow. Asci oMoiiir-l'iisoid. j). sp. alioiil 

 (?0xS-10 If.. SpiU'idia Itiseriate. oMonu- or sidielliptical, siiliolitiise. 

 12-15x4 11, iiniseptate and constricted. 



On <lead Acer ttpicatutu, Indian Lake, N. V. (I'eckl, [iond(»n. 

 ('jiiiada ( Dearness). 



D. eiisticlia, K. & K. (in Ileih.; 



i'erilhecia small {\ mm. <iiam.), imried in tli(.> unaltered substance 

 ol" th<' inner Iiark in irroups orS-12. the ostiola converjiin^'and seriate- 

 cmmpent in a black, convex-hemispherical disc which is loosely sur- 

 rounded by the rupliired epidermis. .Vsci davate, 40-')0 x (i 7 //. 

 a|»araphysate, 8-sporeil. Sporidia iiiseriate. cylindric-fiisoid. 4-niicleate. 

 hyaline, straiji'ht. unisepliite. scarcely constrict«'d. 12-l')x3-;>^ //. 



