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A. teR'idicolum, B. & ('. 25tli Uv\k N. Y. State Mus. \k 101. 



Diali y/>c ci I ciclitohi , H. S: C. in Herb. Curtis. 

 Aiilliosloiiia ccrcidii Ilium, Sacc. Syll. 1136. 



Stfuiii!) ItJack plane, siihorlticular. H-S iiiiii. <liaiii., thin, seated ini 

 the innei- Itark, stii'ioiuuh'd liy the I'Mptni-ed ejn'dennis, doited liy tlic 

 minute, depressed or innliilieate, at leii,t>'tli iierCorated ostiola. Perithc- 

 eia crowded, elliptieal or ovate. Sporidia iiiie(|ually ovate, colored. 

 10 /i lon<>'. 



On l)ark of unknown wood, liulValo, N. Y. (Clinton). 



The inner surl'ace of the liark is stained lilack. 



A. mii'i'ospoiiim, Kai'sf. Funui Fenn. .sOO. 



I'litcosfinma lulvclica, Hckl. Synil). p. 22.), tab. VI, fig. 40 (fide Kar.st.). 

 llialiype tnicicnpoya, V.W. Hull. Torr. Hot. Club, VIII, p. 7.). 

 Aniliostoma, Ellhii, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 30S. 



Stroma veiitricose-heniisjdierical, swollen, Idack inside ami out, 

 the ujjper part ei'umj)ent, rounded. sul>viscosc when {i\A\, apiieariuii 

 like a mass of black, exuding' g'um, 2-0 mm. lii-oad, 2-3 mm. tliick. 

 ol'ten (ionfliient. IVrithecia deej^'v immersed in the stroma, oltlonu. 

 ieatherv. closely packed. Ostiola 'apillate, only siiuhtly prominent. 

 Iiroadly and ii'i'egiilarly perl'orateil. \,<ci clavate-cylindi'ical, stipitatc. 

 p. sp. 25-30 x o //, S-spored, parapli\sate. Sporidia olditpiely uniso- 

 riate, (jldonii'. ol>tuse. l-2-nii(deate. olive-ln'own, 4-5 x 1 ;j-2 //. Var. 

 exudans, Pk. 40tli Rep. ji. (IT. has the perithecia ctdlccted in a thin, 

 crowded, auiiular, cortical sti'oma. clustdy covered liy the pustulate- 

 elevated, irregulai'ly rnjitiired epidermis. ( )stioia oliscuve or concealed 

 beneath the deliled epidei'mi,<. Asci veiy slender, cylindrical. 40 xA n 

 Sporidia minute, oblonu', straight, colored. 5 // long, oo/.ing out and 

 staining the surlace ol" the mati-ix. 



On dead alders, Maine (IJlake), New York (Peck). 



Sec. Karsten ostiola exserted, 1 mm. long, hut specc. sent liy him 

 have short, olituse ostiola just like the American specc. 



A. fiibeioiilosiiiii, (SckiU.) 



S/iluniii liihiinildia. Scliw. Syn. Car. N'o. 164. 

 Xvldsfihcri ill {Aiitliosliiiiia] hiheri iilit^n. Cke. Syn. },^y)f''. 



Perithecia ovate, immersed, ylalirous. Ostiola superficial, very 

 large, oltlong-ovati\ tulKM'ciiio.-^e-rougliened, scattere(l oi' augregateil. 

 large, lihick Itut without any Idack spot, only the spluvriiloi'iu ostiola 

 hall" as large as the [lerithecia pi'ojecting. 



On decaying l»irch wood, Carolina, and on lioJi'n.ia rhcom, in 

 Pennsvlvauia (Schw.). 



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