r ■[■ 



r-ji) 



(lestioycd the succoctliiif; ycnr l>y the incxomhio jtcst. 'I'lic iiii|iorto(l 

 trees scfiu to In- more injuriously iillecto<l tiiiiii tlio iiiitivo s|H'ci<'s. 



Vi: lepfasca, {('. & F.) 



/k.'m; Uflitsca, C. «: 1'. 2.ith Krp. N. Y. Stiitt- Mus. p. -ig. 



( V \ptospinelhi leplasca, Sacc. Syll. i^i i. 



r<;/Mi (CyyptvsportUa) lepiaica, Ckc. Syii. ly.^i. 



Sultpustuliito. tiiackisli. eruiii|i('iit. I't-ritliccin sniiill. iuhikmoiis. 

 t;i|)('riim iiliovo into the |iii|iilliit(' or siilicoiiiciil ostiolfi. Asci clon- 

 Lratcil. r\ liinlriciii, slender. S|ioriiliii uniseriiitc, eontiniions. oliioiiii' .>;■ 

 olliptic-oliloiiir, usuiiily liinueieate, eolorless, 1\ // lo^lL^ 



(hi dead \>\".inc\\i'it (>\' /i/ins ft/f>/irfin, iJulValo. N. V. (IVci<). 



SoMietinies the |mstides are cniiliueiit or etVused. 



('■■. tariiiosa, (Kll.) 



Valsa/arinosa. Kll. Hull. Tnir. Hot. Club. I.\. p ^jy. 

 CtyptoxporelUi /'aihwsu, Sacc. Syll. 6o2.t. 

 Kx.sicc. HIl. Mt Kviht. N. .\. V. id Scr. 1572. 



Stroinn cortical. I'orithocia low (2-4), pale, '2r)()-8(iO // diaiii.. 

 raisinjr tlie bark int(» little protulteraiicos wliieh indicate llieir position. 

 |)isk tiilierculiforin, ycdlowisli-wliite, of a loose ^'ranulai' or mealy eon 

 sistence. Ostiola lai'^e. pale liorn-eolor, ovate oi- eoiii<'al, at leiiiitli 

 disippearinu' and leavinu' a lartre openintr. Asei clavale-cyliinlrical, 

 olituse. p. sp. 100-1 10 X lii-2(* ^i. witli lilil'orni pai!ipliyse.«i. narrowed 

 lielow into a stipedike liase. Sporidia 1-2-seriale. iiarrow-idliptitnl 

 and siiliaeute. sniiliyaline, willi a laru'e. central nucleus, lH-22 x 10 //. 

 I'ycnidia {/loA-iicsfdti rduildftt. K. tV K. .lonrii. Mycol. 1. p. 1)2). 



On dead oak shoots. .\e\vii(dd. N. .1.. and on dead liiiilw ot fjirio- 

 i/('ii(/r(tn. IMaiiilield. N. .1. ( .Meschnft). 



Cr. coiiipta. (Till.) 



/ ahii Kimptii. Till. Scl. Carp. II, p. ii/> 

 Ctyplitipma rompla. Winter Die Pilzc II, p 771 



Stromata mostly iiuiiierou>. iiieiinlarly si atleicd. pnstidiloiiii, 2-."> 

 nun. liroad. the small, roiiml disk piei-cinii' ilie epidermis, which is llat- 

 teiied or depressed around it. I'eritliecia 2-ti in a stroma, of mediiini 

 size, uloliose. circinatint:' in the unaltered, iniiei' l>ark. aluiiptly con- 

 tracted into slender necks. Ostiola small, scarcely or only a lilllc 

 thickened, hardly projectinti' alxtvc the very small, white-pnlveriilent. 

 then ashy-irray rlisk. .\sci S-spored, iiarrow-cdavate. oMon^' or cylin- 

 drical. .>*essile, lOOx Hi /i. Sporidia Iwoad-ovate. or sometimes cylin- 

 drical, straight or slijrlitly curv<'d. hyaline, 1(1-2^ .\ S-Hi /«. 



