:)ii 



ANTIIOSTOMA. Xitsclike. 



I'yr. rFfnii. p. im. 



StiDiiiii more or loss cII'iiscmI (diiitryiioiil), or imlviniite. ('oiiic!!! or 

 liiiiii.-lihcrii'iil (valsoid). oik'ii oiiiy |»;irti!illy (l('V(.'lo|if'(l. Pcritlicci!! 

 -link ill tlic stroiiiii or in tlic iiintrix. mostly witli cIoiiirMtod necks 

 wliU'li. ill the piiK iiifit" sti-oma. u'cncnilly convci'irc imd iirc oi'iiiii|i(';ir 

 toiidlicr iis in Valsu. Asci cyliiKli'icnl or cluvnte. with ])fir!i|(liys('s 

 iiinrc or less distinct. S|ioridi;i oiilonu or i'lli|iticnl. continnoiis. Iirown. 

 ■'•■ titromd cJfiiHcd E>t(i)itli()stf»ii(i). 



A. inelaiHttes. (B. iV Bi'.) 



Sphaiitt iiuianotfi, I!, ^i lir. Ilrit. FmiKi. No. 634, tab, >j. fifj ^. 

 Anllinsluma wc/aiio/fs, Sncc. Midi. I. p. ,^2fi. 



Stroma oiViisod. oiitirely iminorsed in tlio wood, which is l)hickoiic(l 

 on the snrfnce roriiiiim' I'lonaated spots oCteii conlltient; liiiiilly lilackeii- 

 inu' the wood more (h'e|iiy,iinil with a lihick. circniiisci'il)iii!.f line. Peri- 

 thecin .small, dopressed-nloliose. entirely l)iiried in the wood, moiios- 

 tii'hoiis. loosely scattered. Ostiola oxserted. miiinte. entire, conical or 

 hi'iiiispherical, sliiniiijr. at leniith porlbrated. Asci cylindrical, short- 

 -ii|iit:ite,S-s|iored, iiaraphysate, 70x7 /t. .'-^poridia olili(iuely unisei'iate 

 ulitiisely-iiisirorm, straight or rarely snliiiie(iiiilateral, liecomiim' dark 

 lirown. 12-14x 5-0 n. 



On decorticated oak limits, Xewiield, X .). 



A. si"»n'liiH*'»f (K. «S: Uav.) 



Diiihypr s;iamliiica. I!, ti Rav. drev. IV, p. yj. 

 Aii//ii>f/'>»ni XKiiiifiiiiii. Sacc. Syll. 1114. 

 Camtiiof'S i;iaii(liiiia, Cke. Syii. I46i> 

 Kxsicc. FIl. N. A. V. 4'i4.— Rav. Car. IV, 90. 



Stroma oiViise<l, thin, crnstacoous, overspreading the surface of the 

 inner liark, and throwini:' oil' the epidei'inis for fi inches or more in ex- 

 tent. l)rownisli at lirst with a rnl'ons tint, finally darker, less than I mm. 

 thick and easily ovcrlooke(|. lieinu' of about the same color as the l)ark. 

 surface minrdely jtapillose-rouuhencd liy the sliuhtly prominent, sul)- 

 heiiiisphei'ical or obtusely-conical ostiola. I'erithecia covered above 

 liy the stroma, small, less than \ mm. diam.. de})rcssed-,u'l()l)Ose, thin- 

 walle(l, white inside, narrowed directly into the ostiola. which are 

 sometimes faintly radiate suleate. Asci clavate. fjO-tiO x 10 // (p. sp. 

 40 X 10 a), shoi't-sti|)itate. with imperfectly devcdopeil paraphyses. 

 .'"poi'idia siibbiseriate aliove. short-elliittical or siibi>'lobo.^e, 7-10 x 

 ■')-8 ti. liecominu' iiearlv lilack. 1 -'2-iiiicleate. but not .<entatc. 



On bark of dead (^ncrcus rorchi((i. Carolina and New .Jersey. 

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