A. sain'opliiliiiii. E. A: E. .loiiin. .Mycol. 111. ]>. 43. 



Strom;! clVusril. l)liK'kiMiiii.i>' tlic siiiTiicc ol' the woiid Iiiit not <li-- 

 fojoriiiti' it inside, fii'( iinisiTitu'ij, torniinu' lilai'k. siilicloiiiinlcd, sidicon- 

 lliiiMit. in<l('tinit(' spots ^,-1 cm. or moi'c in extent, rei'itliecia meni- 

 laaniiceoiis. li'loliose {l-\ mm.), Imi'ied in the wood and irreijidai'lv 

 aii'aiiiied in iii'on|is of (1-10 or more, with their iieinis|iherie-conieal 

 (istidhi distinctly pronunent and linMlly perl'orateil. Sporidia elliptical. 

 ]iah' lirown. l-'2-nucleate. uniscriate. ")-() X '2!-;} //.. .Mncli resendtle- 

 A. iiic/ii/iofrs. I). iV I'r.. lint readily distiniiiiisheil liy its nnicli smaller 

 ^poridia. 



On rotten inaph; wood. Newlielil, X. .1. 



A. amnlisporiim. (Cke.) 



I'.H-lciiia iiiii^/ii/f)iii, Ckf. (Ircv. .\II. p. ^i. 



Stroma jiiistnlate. at first covered liy the epidermis, which i- 

 iiiially stellate-lissnri'd. sidiprominent. l-l2 nun. diam. I'erithccia few, 

 niniiostii'hons. 4-() in a sti'oma, rather laru'e. uiohose. thin-walled. 

 Asci cylindrical, short-stipitate. Sporidia nniseriale. elliptical, olitnse. 

 laown, 1() X 10 // 



On liark. proliaMy (A' Qi/crcns. United States. 



DIATHVI'ELLA, l)c Xot. 



Scliciu.'i SforiiTC. Itnl. ]>. jS. 



Stroma and pei'itliecia as in Diatrype. Asci polyspoi'oiis. 

 \). qiu'iciiia, (IVis.) 



Sfi/ian'a i/iieithui. Purs. Syii. ]). 2.\. 

 Diiiti yl>c i/iificiiia, Fr. Siimin.T Vc,i>. Scaml. p. 3\t. 

 Vuthyprlhi A'oiissi'/ii, I)e Not. Sfti. Itiil. taf. 32. 

 Di\ihyt>ella qiirtciiia. Nits. Pyr. C'lOnii. p. 71. 

 Kxsici:. Ckf. !•'. Hril. Scr. I, 242; 11, 219.— Desiii. Plantcs Ciypt. Kd. I, J.ijj.— Sacc. M 

 Wii. 1 1*-"^.— I.iii. FutiK. Hung. I7>i.— Syilow, M. March. ,-,11. 



Stromata erumpent. suiTonnded liy the siilistellate-clelt. adiieicnr 

 idermis, pnlvinntc, orliiculai' oi' aim'nlai', rnyulose. thick, disk plano- 

 nnvex, liecominu' Maik. mostly solitaiy. lait sometimes 2-.'! conllnent. 

 '!-[ mm. diam. Perifliecia '2-1") in a stroma, in a single or (hadile 

 layer, ovoid, or snlianunlar Irom compression, i-^ mm. diam.. atteiiu- 

 ati'il into rather loni:' necks risinu' thionuh the lirayish-white stionia 

 with theii' conicdiemisplierical. (piadrisnlcate ostiola distinctly erum- 

 pent. Asci clavate-fusoid, lonu-stipitate, ]). s]i. S(t-1()0 x M-IO /;. Spo- 

 ridia nnmerons. allantoid. yellowish, stroiiu'ly curved. S-r2 x 2-o //. 



On oak lim'is, ('arolina and Pennsylvania (Scliw.), Alaliama 

 (Uerk.), on Cnifd'f/ii.-i. New York (Pe(d\). 



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