-)81 



A. (tr.vo|iliiliim, (Ciin.) 



J)iiitiy/>i' <lt\ii/i/iiUi, Curr. Mini. Trans. XXII, \>. j;^, I'ik. 75. 

 .\iillio\lnniii ihyiiphiliiiii. Sncc. Syll. ti.|.). 

 i;xsict. lai. N. A. I'. S7. 



Stioiiiiilii .-ciittcrcil, Slink to llic wkmI, circiiiiisi'rilKMl. Iihick inside 

 iiiid Dill, orliiciiliir or cilipticiil ;il tlic Ikisc, siilifoniciil, 8-4 iiini. iliiiiii.. 

 Ill' liy (•oiilliiciicc iiioi'i', ii|M'.\ »'niiii|)('iit iinil iit lirst liilicrciililoini. liiiiilly 

 iriiiiciitc iiiid coiiciiv*', iii'culiitc rri»ni tlic laruc, i»l>tiis('l_v llnttciM'il 

 ustinhi. Asci (|>. sp.) cyliiiili'iciil, iiliuiit liO x 1 n.. |iiirii|»liysat.o, S-sporod. 

 Sporiiliii iiiiiscriiitc, oliloiiLf, iH'coiiiinu' i»|iiiko, I'ontiniiuiis, s-l'J.\.'i- 

 Iji ,<, ( 1(1-1, ■) x3-4 u. Chit.). 



On dciiil wliilc i)iii< limits, Ncwliidd, X. .J., Tcxiis ( K'livciicl). iiinI 

 low II ( llnlwiiy). 



\';ir. iiiiiioi', (.'kc. ((Jrcv. \ , p. ;i2). on iihick iiiid si-iirlct oak. Ncw- 

 licld, N. .1., lias tlic stroma more cIViisimI and less proiiiinrnl. coNcrcd. 

 cxccpl the small, tiilirrciilii'orm disk, liy tin; Idackcncd (>pidcriiiis. 



A. |)liaM>s|i(>rmiiiii. (KM.) 



Dialiypc />li(r<)sf<('i iiui, I'M. in Am. Nat. Vvh. 1SS3, p. ujs. 

 Anthosloma /iheeospenHiim, Sacc. Syll. .sgifi- 



Slroiiiii small (1 mm.), tiilierciiliionii, closely onihraccil liy tlic sidi- 

 laciiiiatc-dclt epidermis. I'eritliecia ()-8 in a str<jma, \ mm. diaiii.. 

 with thick, coriaceous walls, iyini;' in a sini-'le layer in tin.' I)ottoiii of the 

 white substance of the stroma, which is circnniscrihcd hy a lilack line 

 which scarcely jicnctratcs to the wood. Asci clavate-cylindrical. p. sp. 

 iilioiit ")") X 7 //. Sporidia siil>l)iseriatc, cylimlrical, curved, continuous, 

 luown, 10-12 X o-?t\ It, ends ohtiise. 



On dead limlis, Decorah, Iowa (Ilolway). 



A. Oiitiii'ieiise, K. & E. Troc Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. .luly, i8!)0, ]>. 

 228. ^^^ "(Plate ^4) 



Stroma convex, \-l -mm. diani., more or less suiiseriatcly coii- 

 tliient ol'teii for several cm.. foruiiMl of the unaltered suhstanco of the 

 liark and surrounded hy a hiack, circumscril)iii<>- lino which itenetrativ 

 the wood. I'critliecia crowded in the stroma, suhjilobose, ^-.f mm. 

 iliam., with thick, coriaceous walls, contracted altove into a narrow 

 neck terminated i»y the sulij^loliose, dcejily (piadrisulcato, erunipent 

 ostioliim .Asci sleiuler, 8-spored, 1)0-1 U)/i long (]>. s]). 75-80 x 8-10 /i). 

 with aliiiiidant paraphysos. Sjioridia suliliiseriatc, cylindrical, mod- 

 erately curved, lirowii, 20-20 x4-4J //. lias inucli the same general 

 appearance as some compact forms of Vaha .steUnlata, Fi'. 



On dead limlis oi' Scdix, London, Canada (Dcaniess). 



