t'onvcrfriiiii. 

 >stioIn soon 

 iiiai'ii'in. Iiiit 

 ■)-30x') 



^ 0-8. X 1.1- 



»i) liraiic'lics 



^iii.p. i;{) 



re |)iistiil(s 

 )soly alliV'd. 



S. Xo. Hx. 



I l»y ti'aiis- 

 ^sci laiifcn- 



1111., closolv 

 ' projoctiua 

 within and 

 I sulistaiirc 

 ks, and tin- 

 lit scarcely 

 ilil)iseriat('. 



lu'laiid and 





4s'.> 



Km. caiiillata. K. iV E. .lomn. Myini, I\', p, "1. 



Stioniiita |iiistidit'iiiiii, 'l-'A iihij. diani.. nnihcrdiis :iiid cldsriy cun- 

 ri^nniis lor "i-liO ciii.. liliickcmim and carlioni'/iim' tlic liai'k.aiid lionndcd 

 li\ ,1 lilack line wiiicli |)i'in'tiiiti'> tlic u<n)d, luit not (|c<'|ilv. I'l'iitliccia 

 iiiciiilir:ma('('(ins, tliick-uallcil. lilnck and sliininiz within (v.li"n dry)- 

 i; lli in a L!rfin|i, not distinctly ciiTinatiiiii', i-^ mm. diam,. \ o Iimscs 

 diiihtly sunk in tlic wood. Ostiola capillary, vci'y lonu' i^-l cm.), 

 iinokcd. I'ouuh. lii'ittic (rrailily lircakint!' si|iiar(' oil' when dry), apices 

 Kiimded and 'l-^Vsulcate. altogether rcsenililinna mass iif lilack. striii'ose. 



■oiirsc hair coverinu' the niatri.x with a nearly continiions cont. Asei 

 rliivate. truncate aiiove, ].') \ IM^ a. (p. sp.), with a slender liase aliout I "> // 

 iiiuu. without paraphyses. Sporidia s, eiowded. yellowisli in the mass, 

 -ti'dimly em\c(|. with a inicieus in each end, aliont ."U .\ .^ /i. In its 

 -nialler sporiilia and very lonii ostiola. this apjiears distinct Irom A'// 

 iijiicllii Honiiricnsis, Spe<.i-.. an<l trom Vulsd sropitr'in . Sidiw. \'ar. 

 ■<Nlisnnitli\i' has the pcrithecia laiLici' ( J,-,j mm.), more dec|ily Imried in 

 ijir wood, and only \-'l in a <ti'oma. which is I'ounded ami ] rotnliei'ant 

 like tlie pcrithecia of some larLic. ,<nl>erniiipent, sini])le Sji/hi'//(i. 



< )ii deeayinti' limlis lyini; on the ground, ."^f. .Martinsville. La 



Lanizlois). 



Kii. (lei'isfa. (K. & E.) 



/■<;/»; ifiio/,1. H >V H Joiiiii Myoil. IV, \>. h.\ 



Peritliceia 4-() louelher. sunk in the sni't'ace of the wood, witii 

 thick, niemliianaceous walls, shiniii'i-ldack insi<le(when dry), raisini: 

 'he liaik into distinct pustules. ( )stioia ernmpent in a compact Cascicde 



irt-cvlindrical (.', aim.), oiiluse. (piadrisnlcate 



<ci (11. sii. ( 



lavafi 



.iliout l.").\l//. ."^poijijia crowded.^ in an ascns, allantoid, stronuly 

 ■ nrvi'd. minute (3^-4 .\ ^,-"j //.). The i'uti(4e is soon thrown oil', leaviiit' 

 'III' e.xposcd siirlace ol'tln' inner liark iniiroiiuly Idackeiied. 

 Hn ilecuyiiiij' \\u\\)< (\{' (Ji'ri/'f. Louisiana (Lanulois). 



Ell. sh'lliilata. (Fr.) 



urronndcd 

 ral layers, 

 alls, black 

 (Vsci lonu- 

 liiie. 

 Isa is till' 



S/i/i^n ui .^/./lii/atii. Vr. A M. 11, ji ,;Ni 



/iii/y/'tZ/ti slilliiUila, Sacc Syll. 571 



I'alsii viiiti Ktm, C. & K. (■rev. VI, ]>. y^. 



yahii iiiiuimiiahili.\, I'k ,otli Reii N Y St,Tto Mtis p ■ ^ 



I 'i;/ii; liliiijihiti, II. & C. ("■rtv. V, \t js 

 Ivx-icc l-"ckl. V Kh 597. — Kze H Sel. u'"'. K;ib )•■ I-: i,i;s -KII N .A F 17>, ■■-..,, ,vv. 

 K.'iv. H. Am. 190, 361, ,sfi2, (>''',!. —IMowr. V Urit. (i. - L,iii F Hiiii^; I7s--Kritsr 

 F. S;ix 4,?ii.— Syilow, M Mnrcl; "fur— Kclim .\>io. 7V' X'izt Mitr iMiiigi, if\) 

 K'Uim I-, ("■[ill. 5,v)"- 



"'ti'oiniila olituselv conic;)! or -ulwiiht'iii-id, rareh' -n'lefl'n-ed 1 -'2 



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