n ( 



lipinisplioi'ical, dooph' 4-.')-siil('ato-cloi't. Awi (j). ?\).) 40-4ox7-8/a 

 witli stout pariijjliyscs and allantoid, yellowish, iiiodcratoly ' '.lived, 8- 

 12 X 2^ /i spoi'idia. S]»eeillc Daino from Floelielajia, an Indian name 

 for the St. I^awrence Hivor. 



On decorticated elm wood, London, Canada (Deai'ness). 



1). tiemellopliora. Ell. in Am. Nat. March, 1882, p. 239. 



Diativpe disci/ormis, \\ & C. 



Dialiyfie disci/ormis, var. .'^fag»oli(C, Thuiii. in IJiilI. Torr. Bot. Club, VI, p. 95. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 360.— Thum. M. U. 359.— KH. N. A. F. 775. 



Stroma as in IJ. dific/fonn/'s, only mostly smalior and closely 

 (»nil»racod l)y the laciniio of the rnjitui'ed epidermis, at first concave 

 and covered I)y a thin, circular, tremelloid, redilish oi-anae-colored 

 iiiomWrano which soon turns Idack and falls off, revoalinii' the disk of 

 the stroma heneath it minutely white-punctate from the inci])ient 

 ostiola. The stroma finally liecomes more orumpent, (lattish-convex, 

 Itrown, and suhrimose, and the ))unctiform ostiola darker l)nt not 

 prominent. Asci and sj)oridia as in IJ. discf'foi'mis. 



On dead trunks of Mugnolia r/laucd, New Jei'sey and Carolina. 



D. iiiiiiiHin, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 01. 



Stroma cortical, formed of the scarcely altered substance of the 

 hark, elliptical, 1-2 mm. diam., limited liy a black, circumscrilnnii- line 

 which penetrates the wood heneath. Perithecia 8-12 in a stronui. 

 lying in a sini^le layer, <rloltose, 150-200 /i diam., memiiranaceous. 

 with l)lack, i-ather thick walls and short, olttuse ostiola, their apices 

 papilliform, l)lack and shinint;- at first, then distinctly perforated with 

 a rather hi'oad openinuf. Asci cylindrical, 70-80 x 2^-.3 //. Par- 

 iijihyses obscure (or none?). S])oridia uniseriate, lying- end to end, 

 oblong-ellij)tical, 2-nucleate, yellowish, nearly hyaline, o-7 x 2 /t. The 

 l)lack, scarcely ])rqjectin,ir ostiola which dot the small, tuberculiforn» 

 stroma, are visilde through short, longitudinal cracks oi- chinks in the 

 slightly elevated epidei-nn's. 



On dead shoots and lindis of Jftr/nol/'a ghmca, Newfield, N. J. 

 Probably not uncommon, but (\asily ovei-looked. 



D. spliarospora, E. & E. Journ. Glycol, ill, ]>, 42. 



Stroma formed of the scarcely altered sulistancc of the bark, 

 erumpent, but not very pi-ominent, surrotmded by the ruptured epi- 

 dermis, small (|-1 mm.). Perithecia in a single layer, 3-12, black, 

 membranaceous, minute (160-200 /i), their smooth, black, obtusely 



