.-.(i;5 



l\t'll('(| linlh 



irk l)i()\\ii. 



rniiu'liciinl 

 If'lt nstiolii. 

 'CiittcnMl. 

 'il, slender 

 p. 20-;{(l.x 

 7xl-i| .. 

 lllDllS tl'ee.-. 

 mil (Utri/<i. 

 It least. iHit 



raised su 

 PoritIieci;i 

 ; iiiiii.). dc- 

 tiola iMirst 

 lid reiidei 



•liw.). • 

 I>. Scliw. 



35-4 2. 



75. .^'>1-'. — Kill. 

 . 690 



clusters (i| 

 liner liaik 

 ,!i', |iieree(i 

 iiti' tlii'Diiui. 



tl piileiiiiis (wliicli is not -plit nr tonii in iittle l;i<cieies. with 



niniii'ioiis liulit t>r<>\vii. coarse, tow-like liaiis as Ioiil;- as or a little loiiLicr 

 than llie ostiola. and caiisiiiL;' tin' siirlace of the hark to a|i|iear as if 

 covereil with cliiin|is ol iiiiniatiiic lirnsh-likc hairs. The ostiola are o| 

 ;i carlionaceoiis character, as they readily lireak sipiare olV. so as to 

 ;i|i|M'ai' Iriiiicate. The idiisti'rs of |ierithecia lie in parallel serie-:. or 

 lines, exteiidinu' lor ihi'ce oi' nioii' ceiitiineti'rs. and the epidermis, 

 which remains closely attached. i< scarc(dy elevaleil liy the siil>jacent 

 jierilhecia. Asci clavate. witli a slender. tliread-lik(^ liase. spoi'c-liear- 

 iii'i' part 1 S-2li x ') //. with the iippei' part liroader and olitiise. Spo- 

 riilia cylindrical, hyaline. Ol' with a I'aint yidlow tint, rathi-r stroiiii'lv 

 rurved. a'loiit .") x 1 //. with a I'aint nucleus near each end. 



On liai'k of a decayin'.i' I-'li' of (Juri/u ol/nifornil.s. I.oiiisiaiia 

 (LaiiLiloisi. on liark oi' ]'" ruximiK. Siaitli Carolina (Ra\('n(di. 



.■^accardo liiids conidia on the liyphoinycet(ais i>rowtli anaiiid tin' 

 o.-tiola. olio\(iid. I) X ."» (1 /(. dark lirown, 1-niicleate. llurixxirdiiliimn 

 f'(is</'(iih//ini/. >;\vv. {S. .\. V. "JOOO) he considers the macroconidial 

 -ta'^e. 'I'he species is wiihdy dilVn-^ed in l-lnrope andjirolialdv here. 



Kii. veliifiiia. (Wallr) 



S/>/i,n ill Tclutiiia. Wnllr. l-'l. Cv. No. .(f/Zi. 



Sf>liif>iii iiii'hi, Scluv. Syu. N. Am. i.v^. .'^cc. spec, in Herb. Sclnv. 

 I'.iil\fa -•■liuthiii, S;icc. V. Veil. Ser. I\'. p. \i'\ V. Ital. lali. 472. 

 lAsice. V.W. N. A. I'. fiSii.— Kclini .\sc. 976.— Syilow, M. March. 2062. 



Stroma Inoadly elVnsed. oriLi'iiiatinu- under the liark. wliicdi is soon 

 ihidwii oil'. I'erithecia uloliose. lilack. thickly .scattered, sunk in the 

 wood, the siiiiace of which is not swollen or pii>tiilat(' lait even, atten- 

 uated aliove into short necks with conical, hlack. sliiniiiu' ostiola 

 rounded and smooth at the apex. Iiarely eriiin])piit but not oxserted. 

 .Vsci Insoid. loiiii-stipitate. p. sji. •22-2(» x .■>J,-4 //. Sjioridia allaiitoiil. 

 pale olivaceous, sliu'htly curved, "j-li x 1 n. 



On dead trunks and iiinlis of Qiicrcnx ohfuailoha. Xewlield. \. J.. 



'I 



>tl 



on oaU wood. Iiethleliem. la. (>cliw.). 



Specc. on Acer (■(iiii/ir.sfrr. t'oimil liy Saccardo in Italv. have the 

 asci and sporidia laru'er, 'S,'> \4l n. and T-!) x- //. 



Kh. i'iviil«"»sa, (Scliw.) 



S/>liit-n\i ii:iil'>sii, Schw. Syii. N. .\in. i,VJ|. 



Strtmia elonii'ated. reacliiiiL;' mie foot loiiii' and one inch wide, at 

 first siiliiiiinier.-ed and covered liy the cinerasceut filters of the wood, 

 finally entirely emeriit'iit, with, an irreunlar outline, surface riviilose 

 and undulate, and when oM iiarrowlv silicate loiiuitudinallv, and col- 



