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I';iiii|ilivs('s iiitt olisci'vt'd. S|i(ti'i(liii lii^criiitr, iilliintoMl, liviiliiic 



On v;irii)iis dry, dciid limits. Xcwlicld, N. .1. 

 Cal. rimicola, (Scliw.) 



Spluniii liiiiiidla. Scliw. Syn. N. Am. 1397. 

 V'liha (iiiitrdf/iniir) 1 iiiiiot/n , Cke. Syn. 17^;. 



I'critlM'ciii ill coniiiiict circiiiatf uMnips ol' ;{-l'J. siilici'cct. oviito- 

 ololidsc. iili(piit .', iiiiii. diniii.. (il'li'ii cDlliii'siiiti', sciitcd on the surliicr of 

 ilic iiiiK.'!' Itiirl< iiiid sliiiiitly siiiiU in it, clo.-icly covorcd \)\ the cpidcr- 

 iiiis. wiiii-li is riiiscd into sliii'lit imsfiilcs iiiid rii|itiir('(| in niirnnv. (nins- 

 vi'isc crncks, lliroiii^ii wliicli issue tlic slender, cylindriejil. siikioiIi. 

 hhick (isliuiii in ii loose tiiseicle. not united in miiv disk jiiid liinvHy 

 ri~iiiii' iiliove till' siirliice of the liiirk. Asei (p. s|).) 'J2-1*") .\ ;"> r/, with 

 -Idiil. liilieeoliite |iiir;i|iliy-^es iniicli i()n'.i'er thiiii the iisei. S|ioridiii 

 crowded-liiseiiiite. nlliinlftid. 4-') .\ 1 //. 



(Ml deini \\n\\>^ iA' ('oi/i/ifo/u'ii nsjiIcitJfoIid, I'eiiiisyiviiliiii (Scliw.), 

 New .lei's<>y (Mllisi. 



When the e|ii(h'i'inis is peeled oil', the peiitlieciii sometimes 

 iidhere to it. mid sometiiiies not. The speeimens oi' this speeies in 

 Ilerli. .<cliw. lire very poor, Imt iire iippiirently wliiit we luive here 

 descrilieij. Scliweiiiitz siiys the pustules lire imniersed in the inner 

 liMik iiml closely covereil iiy i|, liiit in our s]iccc. the pei'itheciii ;ire 

 <eiited on the inner liiirk mid not covered liy it. 



("al. Cookel, K. \.K. (in llerl..) 



I'lt/fii />(iiiiiiti,i>, C. ft I'',. C.rcv. VII, p. ). 



l*ei'itlieciii circiniite, deciinilient, soft iind jiMle, limilly colliipsiiii.i', 

 ir)()-2(H) // iliaiii., lyinu' on the siiifiice of the iniiei' bark, idiove the 

 pustules of sonu! Vufsit. Ostiohi slender, pide, soft (ciiriiose). yellow- 

 ish honi-coloi" when dry, cylindriciil. deciimi'cnt, coiiveruinu'. Asci 

 cliiviite. 25-30 x ,') //. There is no note of the parajiliyses in the I'rosli 

 .-tiite, and they ure not visiltle in the dry speciiiuMi. Sporidia siihhi.ser- 

 iate, allantoid, moderately curved. ,") x 1 //. 



On an oak lou' (Qiicrriis rowinca), Xewlield, N. .1. 



IJeadily distin.uuislied liy its soft, carnose ti^xtui'e, and its lialtitat. 



(al. siibciiticiilaris, (C. & E.) 



/'(i/.vi/ .yiihfiiliiiihii is, C. {fc K. (ii'cv. VIII, p. i.|. 



I'alsa (li(hmi»/'tna, IvU. DiiU. Torr. Hot. Chih, IX, p. yS. 



Peritlieciii snuiU (2(M)//), u-lohosc or ovate, (5-15 togotlior in com- 

 pMct clusters, seated on the inner liark, with o.stiola ei'cct-coiivorji-iiiii' 

 or Iviiiu' in a circle, with slender, documlicnt ostiola conver<>'in<)' to the 



