• l(M'iiiili;il 



• •I iiiin'uu 



Sciittciril. iiiiiiifi>c(l. lilMckciiiiiu the wood. Ostioln w!iifi.-|i. 

 A.-( i (N liiidi'iciil. S|iori(li!i iiiiiscriiiti', f'Ili|iticiil, ti'isi'jitiitc, lirowii. 

 1 :>- 1 N \ s //. 



Oil 'ftinliivnis. |)iiri('ii. (iii. ( HmvciicI ). 



K. Fisixini. (K. & K.) 



'I'liM itliu lit /'ill. I nil. ].. Si }■'.. I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'liil. July, iNic. ]). 223. 



rcrillicciii tliickly sciittiTiMl. luiricd in mid almost Hlliiiti' llic liark 

 which is iiiiiroiiiily lp|a( Ixciicd on the iiiiK-r surliit't' Imt othciw isc iin- 

 ciiiiiiLicd ; iiloliosi', .l-;i mill. dinm.. coriiH-eoiis with thick walls. Idack 

 and shiiiiiii:' iiisido, contracted aliovc into a >liorl neck tciniiiiatod \>y 

 iih criiiiiiM'iit. siilili('iiiis|iin'ric-tiili('rciiliroriii. Idat k ostioliim iiioif or 

 Ic-s disliiictiv radiiitv-siilcatc. Asci clavatc, with a slender liase. 



(i-l(IO.\ liV-jO 



/'• 



jporei 



I.* i'araiih 



•lis 



piloses oiisciiie. >))ori(iia coii- 



ci 



doiiierale, veriiiiloriii-cviiiidi ical. lirowii. o-(i-se)itate. moderately 

 lived, •20-'J() x I ;i. The central scjitiim is distinct, the others 



iilliter, 



lieriiioudiiia 



[Ci/tisj 



toriiKi F ro.i-lni) central. Siioiules lili 



Iniiu, curved. 4(1 n loiiu' . near TJnji'nUiriii invnista 



/IK. ^ac(•. 



On dead liiiilis ol F nixitnis (and <iii majtle)? liondoii, Canadi 



( nearness). 



cttiiie iiiii 



iiiiiiieroii.- 



F.VMILV. MKLAN((»MI>E.+:. 



Stroma valsoid, |nil\ iiiate. conical (»i- hemisjiliorical, ul'teii iiicoii- 

 >|iiciioiis or wantiiiu. I'erilhecia Iniried more or less dee])ly in tlie 

 ^l|■ollla. Coiiidial stroma rr<'e <»r covered liy the ejiidermis. 



'I'lie Mddui'oniih'if are se|iaiated as a laiiiily Irom the Vdhcii'. 

 nidy Ipy the accoirpanyiiiii' coiiidia whi(li are |iioiliiced in a stroma not 

 unlike the asci,t:ci<pii> ^t^on.a. uciieially ((.veied at first liy the e]iidei- 

 iiii.-. ami tlii(kl\ stiiddeil on its ii| ]ier muriate with closely jiaiked 

 li:i>idia which. Iiv < oiisti ictioii ol the leriiiinal c(dl. jirodace am! tliri 



th 



i\\ 



oil an aoiindaiice ol (diiidia. which soon iiii.tiire the uveiiyiiig- i pider- 

 iiiis and esca])e. The peiithecia are develoiied alter the coiiidia. and 

 are eillier produced in the same stroma or in a separate stroma. 



MKliXCOMS, Till. 



Sfl. Ciiip. II, J). IIS 



Stroma sidiconical. pidviiiate or liemisplierical. small, lairied. with 

 ly the apex eriliiipeiit. olteii ilii|ierteclly developeil. I'eritliecia 

 ied. mostly uloliose. with Iuhl-'. cylindrical necks. Asci ^-spored. 

 typically paraphysate. Sporidia iiniscptate. hyaline or colored. 



Ill tile i>iiv;iiial ilia^;iiiisis tliL asii win iiiailvi 1 1< iitly said tn Ix. i)olysi)<)r<)iis. Tliiv an 

 iilv "--spuri'd. 



(it; 



nil 



mi 



