iMii 



!i; 



4(12 



lu'iit, crowiicirwitli a very sniitll disk, wliicli iK'iicti'iiti'S the cpidcrini.-. 

 itiit liai'dly rises alxtvo it. I'eritlieeia 4-12 in a stroma, siiheireiiiiiic. 

 l)ui'ied in the inialtei'ed sniistanee of the l)ark, crowded, small, uiohosc. 

 with very small, short, hlaek and shiiiinu. erow led ostiola jtiereinji' tiic 

 fiiiiall, Hat disk. Asei narrow-clavate, sessile, 24-2S x 4 //. Sjioridiii 

 liiseriate, allantoid. hyaline, (1-7 .\ 1 ^ ;t. 



On <lead twin's of Cosftiiiea and B/'f/noiiia, Cai'olina (Curtis), on 

 dead lindis oi' Cor/iihs. Canada (Dearnoss). 



This a]»i)ears to dilVer iVoni V. crnif op/mm, Ttd., in its sninllei 

 disk, and peiitheeia only 4-12 in a stroma. 



V. iutescens, Ell. JJnll. Torr. ]}ot. Clnh. IX. |.. 1 1 1. 



Kxsicc. KU. N. A. F. S76. 



Stroinata cortical, dark l»rown inside, conical, ahont ^ mm. hroad 

 at liase, not circnniscrilied, thickly .-scattered ovei' tlie matri.x. I'eri- 

 thecia 10-20, suhcii'cinate in the liotfom of the stroma, small (|gr'nini. 

 or loss), necks converg'inji', slender, with their short-cylindrical, stout. 

 ohtuse, smooth or sometimes suhstidlale-liirrowed, soon broadly and 

 irregulai'ly perCoi'atcd ostiola erum)>ent around tlu! c(»nic-conve.\, snli- 

 coriaceous tohacco-ltrown disk. Asei lanceolate-clavate, 35 x ')-(> //. 

 S])oridia suhliiseriate, allantoid, hyaline, 5-7 x H- li. Spermoiionium 

 occupyinti' the center of the stroma, pierced above, lined inside with 



innumeraltle, slender, simple or l»ranched l)asidia. beai'inii- minute (4-5 

 X 1 /i), hyaline spi'rmatia. 



On dead limbs of QiierviiK corc/'iica, Newlield, X. .1. 



' The wood lieneath the stroma is s>eiiei'ally tinu'ed with yellow. 

 This (tillers I'rom V. chtuKft. C. tV- K. in its smaller sporidia and smaller 

 ])Crithecia. 



V. Pini, (A. & S.) 



Sftlttti ia I'iiii. A. & S. Coiisp. [). Jo. 

 1'alm Pini, Hr. Snimiia Veg. Sc. p. 412. 

 I'lxsicc. I'ckl. l". Rh. 60S.— Rab. I'. K. 147, 634. 1013.— Kehm Asc. 432. — S\'(low Myc. March 

 477, ly.so, 1S29. — Thuni. M. l'. 22,sC) — Roiiiu. F. O. 5028. 



Stromata evenly scattered or subgreirarious, hemisjtherical, 1^-2,'. 

 mm. across, covered by the jmstuliform-elcvated epidermis, which is 

 pierced or ruptured by the closely packed, short ostiola with I'ounded 

 or obtuse tips, forming a Idack, Hat or concave disk. Sometimes the 

 marginal ones and sometimes all are elongated (J-1 mm.), but usiiall\ 

 they remain short. Perithecia very small but numerous, 2()-;)0 in 

 a stroma, closely packed, gloliose. with short necks. Asei narrow-cla- 

 vate, sessile, 25-30 x 5-() /i. Sporidia iiregnlarly crowded, cylindrical, 

 curved, hyaline, O-H x 1^ /i. 



