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A. |(i«a('eiiiii, (('. A; K.) 



Splnei ia picaii\i, C iS: Iv ('.rev VII. )). i. 

 A>illtoili)iiia /ii'iiicfii, C. M: Iv Cke. Syn. 4J07 

 Aiillioitiimrlla • tiiKiii'a. Sncc. Syll. i'v)i. 

 Kxsicc. Kll. N. A. 1-". i^'v 



I'ci'itlici'iii siiliLi'i'ouiiriiiiis, uloliosc, (l('i'|ily luirinl in tin' uihkI, 

 wliicli is liIiR'keiH'il in |i;itcli('.-; (tii tlic siiit'iifc .'iml jiicrccil Ipy ||||. 

 iiiiinitc. (M'lMiiiKMit ostiolii. Asci cyliinlricnl. p. <]\. .')()-.").') x .')-(; n,, |,;ip. 

 iipliysiitc. Sporiditi uiiiscriMtc ni' partly iiiscriati', (iMoiin-cvliiiilrical. 

 lirowii, with a siiiu'lf miclciis. ulitiisc. S-IO x ;»-.'{ J, n IJOx I //. CIom. 



On ilccoi'ticati'il limlis uf Vncclniiiiii ami Acer. Ncwiicld. N, .1. 



A. ji;i;;as|Minim, Cke. iN: Haik. (iicv. XIII. p. is. 



SraltcitMl, siiltiiHiiK'i'siMl, covcrcil liy a raised, ii'loliosc tiiliiavir 

 I'oriuL'd t'ruiu tlic substaiit'c nl' tlic matrix. Pcritlici'ia ulolposc lai'.ii' 

 (_U-2 mm.), Mack-piiiK'tatc, with an olftiisc ostiolnm. Asci ampli', 

 saccute, 8-sp<»r('(|. .'^poridia rlonLzated-rllipticul. sliuhlly narrowed at 

 the ends, eontiniKtus. daik iirown. (!.')-S(>x l!.")-.">0 //. 



On dedirticated twi^s. ('aliloiina ( llai-kness). 



In lialiit resenildiiiu' !Si>Ii(ii'ia cnhicnlitri.^. V\\. i>nt with miicli 

 lai'ii'or spoi'idia. and, as in that species, the peritheeia I'all out, leavinu 

 cavities nut uidike a laru'e iSf/'it/'s. 



A. pulviniceps, Fk. (in Uteris). 



Peritlieeia .S-12 in a pnstnle, snid< to the wood, covered hy tin' 

 Itai'k. Ostiohi eriim])eiit, crowded, prominent, hiack. t'orminu' a enshion- 

 shapcd mass. Asci chivate. ."'^poridia ci'()wde(|.sulielliptieal or Inoadly 

 I'nsilbnn, multinncloate, slightly colored, 10-1.5 ti loni:'. 



On dead stems oi' Sani6nnis C<'ii(/ih'/is/s. New York (Peck). 



A. flavovii'ide, Kll. & Hohv. (Jeol. Snrvey of Minn. JJnll. X(j. ■>. 

 188(), p. 32. 



Stroma etViisod, thin, l-8x.J-l inches, more or less, covered at 

 first with a thin coat of iireenish-yellow. sliort, matted hyphiv, liearinii 

 small (1-1 o- /-«). sul)u'loliose, snbhyaline conidia, Imt finally hare and 

 black. Peritliecia niond)nuiaceous, black, ji'lobose, (i nun.), snnk in 

 the scarcely altoi'cil substance of the wood, contracted al)ove into short, 

 nari'ow necks with theii- l)Iack. pajiillilbrm ostiola erumi)ent. Asci 

 (p. sp.) 7.5 x ()-T n, or with th(> slender base 120 // lon<>'. Sjioridia 

 uniseriate, nari'ow-elliptical, continuous, nearly hyaline at first, becom- 

 ing dark, 10-12x4-4^ //. The stroma is limited l»y a dark, circnni- 

 scrii)in,i>' line penetrating the wood. 



On decaying po) lar wooil. Verndlion Lake, Minn, (llolway). 



