573 



mill, diiiiii., fit'oply stink in tlio sti'oniii. Osfioln iirnininciit, oUlnsdy 

 conicJil. .-^oint'linios convcru'ont so as to cinisr llic ('iinii|i('iil |tiiit ol' the 

 -tioniii to ;i]i)i('iir (iniidrisMlciitc, Asci sti|iitiit('. ]i. sp. .■>.") x ")-(> it.. 

 Spoiiiliii sMliliisci'inrc, iillantoid, yellow, sliii'litly curved, with a iiiielens 

 in cncli end. (i-S x 1 \-l ii. 



Oil i\v'M\ liinlis o\' CdUiforpd, South Carolina (Itavend). 



(Jlosely allied to the preeediiiti' species. 



1). azedai'i'u'lita', Ckc. (Jiev. XI. p. lOs. 



Kxsicc. Kav. K. .Xiii. 711. 



•■ l']i'iinipeiit. Stroma Idaek, convex, sultorliicnlar. same color 

 wiljiiii. I'erilhecia compressed. Asci clavate. Sporidia allanloid. 

 pale lirown, 12 x ;•> //..'' 



Oil liraiicliesor Jfih'd. South Carolinsi. 



The specc. in Kav. F. Am. have tli<' stroniata thickly scattered, 

 coiivex-tnlierculirorm. i^"- """• diani.. rouuheiied aliove liy the pioni- 

 iiieiit. oiitiisely conical ostiolu. I'erilhecia 4-8 in a stroma, aliout ^ 

 iiiiu. diani., not coiiipresseil. A<ci s(ipitat(>, )». sp. aliout .'_!.") x (i ft. S- 

 spore(|. Sporidia suliiiiseriate, allantoid. yellowish. (i-S x 1 .',-'2 //. 

 The stroma seems to have been liu'ht-colored inside ami out when 

 Ire.sh. 'I'liese notes do \u>\ atiree well with the pulilished characters 

 i|iiote(l altove. The specc. do not tliller essentially (only in the rather 

 lariicr stroniata) I'roni J). CaU/'carpd', 15. it Hav. 



I), i-adiata, KM. Am. Nut. Fei.. 1883, ji. l!)(i. 



Stroniata 2-8 mm. diaui., orlticular, elli|)tical or sinuous, snMieiiii' 

 spherically rounded aliovo and closely embraced liy the lacinialely 

 clel't e])idermis, circumscrilied liy a lilack line which does not peiK'trate 

 Id the wood. I'erithecia inemlu-anaceous. }^-\ mm. diaiii., ovate- 

 'iloliose, deeply sunk in a liu'lit-coloi'ed, tulierculillu'iii stroma. Ostiola 

 olituse. scarcely prominent. Asci clavate, with a slender stipe, p. s]). 

 aliout 35 X ft. Sporidia conuloineratod, yellowi.^h, allantoid, slinhtly 

 curved, 0-12 x 2-2J, //, with a nucleus in each end. 



On (load liinlis t>\' UHm/.s, Decorali, Iowa (IJolway). 



Outwardly resemliles JJldtri/pcJId rcfnifd-for/nis. 



I), saiiibiicivoi'a, (Scliw.) 



S/tliiriin samhiuiviiiti. Schw. Syii. X. Am. I27,=i. 

 /}/a/i y/>r sam/iinivoia, Ckc. C.rcv. XIII, p. 3S. 



Kniei'u'eiit-sujterlicial, Ixicoiiiinir Mack, lonu'itudinally au-g-rogatod- 

 I'tjulluent, liecouiinii' superlicial as the Itark falls away, surfac-e uneven. 

 rouuh, hut not crusto.se. The separate tubercles are ovate or of 

 irregulai- shape. I'eritliecia rather lai'ge, numerous, pi^lystichuus, 



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