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'I'lic s|i('ciiii('iis iiii'rcc so well with tlic (l('sci'i]itioii (>{'/{. indcrns- 

 toiiHi, Fckl., tlmt tlicrc ciiii In- luirdly iuiy doiilpt tliiil tlicv nrc rcl'cr- 

 Jililc to tliiit s|i('('i«'s. Tlic li!il)itiit iiiid c'oiitiiitioiis s|ini'i(iiji s('|(iir,itc 

 \\\'\< [nnw E. ixi nil I (hi. (Fr.l. iiiid llic sjiliirroid. not |i('zi/oid ostii 



muld seem to scpariitc if from E. opcrciihiln. (A. ii S.), il', in lini. 



E. 



iiHici'osloind is rcidiv distinct from E 



"I 



icmildiii 



hit(. 



■■•"■••' S/ioi'id-id one- or iiiori'-.^cptiitc { Kaliiniiiiii). 

 K. paiallela, (Fr.) 



S/'li<nia t>aii\U,la, I-'r. S. M, II. p. 37,^. 

 Sl<liiciia iitla. Schiiiii. Iviiiim. plant. Siill. II, p. iCu. 

 /■:iil\/>ii I'liuillclii. K.Tist. Mycol. I''(.'iiii. II, p. lyi. 

 I'd/Ml />anillfUi. Nits, I'yr. Ccriii. p. i,s|. 

 l'iHli<xyhi fnuillild, I'lkl. Symb. Naclitr, I, p. y.22. 

 ICxsicc. Rat). I''. K. li-i-t.— KU. N. A. I', if/ (spccc, on pine), id. 194, 



Pcritlit'fiii tol('nil)lv Imi'lic, sunk in the iiiiiillcrcd sulisfiiiicc 



01 III!' 



ill, SIllR'OlllllH'llt 



Wood, mostly ci-owiiod 111 siiiiill, siiiR'oiilliH'iit i!i'oii|is loiniinii- ihii'mIIcI 

 .MM'ii's or iiiics. alirii|itly conti'iictfMl into siiort. slender ne(d(s teniiinat- 

 inij- in sniiill. sliulitly fliitdieneil. "loliose. entire, siiiootli. lilack oslioja 

 erowdeil in small, siiperlieial <:i'ou|is, linally )iei'l'orateil. Asei narinu 

 ejaxate, loim-sti]iitale. S-s|iored. p. sp. od-lid x (i-7 //. Sporidia siili 

 liisoriate, allantoi<l. moderately cnrveil. inownisli or olivaeeons. "J-."!- 

 niK'leate, lieeoniinu' nniseptale. 10-14 xJ} //. 



On deeayinu' pine wood, Newlield, N. .1. 



In the New .Jersey speee.. as widl as those in oiii' llerli. IVoni 

 Kai'sten. and s]ieee. I'rom I'^ries (com. l>y (!ooke), nnd the <pee. in llerii. 

 Aead. Xat. Sci. at I'hilada. (I'ldiii Fries), the sporidia lieconie iini 

 septate. 



E. eiifyiMMde.s, (K. & E.) 



/'Iiy idani! i-i(/\l>iiiii,-s. I-'., iS: I-;, Journ. MvcdI, IV, p, 7.^. 



IV'ritheeia minute (IKt-l'JO //. diametei'). imiMer,<e(l. scattered 

 (piite iiiiirormly thioiiuli the Mackened and sulicarlioiii/.eil sidistance ol 

 the Itark, Imt lyinji' mostly near the snrl'ace, and here ami there col 

 lected in valsil'oi'm uronps. Ostiola short-cylindrical, with a iniiinl 

 openiim- at the siiiitrnncate and sliuhtly swollen apex, and so niimeroii,-- 

 as to a]i]iear under the lens like a fine Idack pidiescence. Asei (p. sp i 

 aliont H.') X 7 //. or with the short, stipe-liki' lia.-e 10— la n. lonu, sur- 

 rounded with aomidant, filiform p;irapliyses. ."^poiidia lu-;eriate, oK 

 loUL'' or chivate oMoiiii', .'i-septate and siiii'htly consli-icte(| at the si'pla 

 ♦ ilive-iirown, sliulitly curved, ends stdiohtuse. lO-Ti x "J.',-.') //. 



On hark (»!' ilecayinu' .Uc/iii. Louisiana ( IjaiiLilois). 



E. iiiiista. (Cke.) 



.S/'/i:i~i Id iinisia, Ckf, Orcv, VII. p, ,s,i. 

 h'atimt^iii inn.\/d, Sacc, Sylt. 3,17^. 

 Xy/ni/i/iisn III iniisia, Cke. Syn. .^y7.^. 



