Ob!) 



I). Po|Hili, Kll. & H«l. .I.Mnii. .M.vc.l. 1. p. 4. 



I'crillicciii cnrtiliiiiiiioiis. ovnti* or siiliiiiiunliir IVoiii iiiiitiiiil coiii- 

 |iic<si()ii (J-f iiuii.), cliisciv |)ii('k(Ml ill ftii orliiciiliir. l('iis-sliii|pri| stioiini 

 2 ;! iiiiii. (liiim.. "liirU ln-dwii outside, dirty-wliitc within, iiinl .-(mIciI oh 

 the siii'racc (i| the inner luii'k. Ostiola slioi't, stont. tips oliscnrelv 

 |-(!elt iiml iinite(l in iin olisciire lijack ijisk or |pierciiii!- tlie epidernii- 

 -('|iariiti'lv. Asci lonsi'-cliivate. 1(H) 1 1 ") x ].'> n. 



\( 



llowisli.eiirved. 10-12 x 1' 



'I' 



iioridia eviiiidrieal 



le siirlace ol tlie wnod is lilac 



I'lied except directiv under tlie strtmia, wliere it retains its liulit color. 

 On dead litnlis o|" I'optfh/t<. Iowa (ilohvay). 



I). (Ifcipifil.s. K. (S: K. .lonrn. Mycol. IV. p. SO. 



."^troiiia eriiiii|ieiit. Idack (liiiiiter colored al lirst). oi-'hiciihir or oli- 

 Iniiii'. --<» iiini. across, piilviiiate, convex or. in the lariicr specimens, 

 almost plane, whitish inside, with a Mack, circnniscriiiiiiu' line around 

 Ihe liase. Ostiola sliu'litlv proiniiieiit, (|iiadi'isidcate, situated in sliuht 



I'eritliecia nioiio-ticlioiis. ohloini-ovate, aliout ^ iiiiii. Ion 



ili'jiressioii.- 



rontracted alnnptly into a short neck ahove. Asci (p. sp. ) "jO-TO x 

 (1-7 11, polysporoiis. Sjioridia y(dlowisli. allantoid. iiiodoratelv ciirvi'd. 

 .')^,-4J, ( or exce|)tioiially ;") n. lon^i and less than 1 ti tlii<-k. This can 

 not lie distinu'uishiMl iiy its external cliaracters IVoiii Dhitryjic hiill(if((. 

 (iiolV.). liiit int'rnallv it is very dillei'(Mit. 



On liark ol' dii/)('l/>il<iri</ Californ/ca. Oreuon (Carpenier) 



I), hysferioides. K. iV K. .I<iurii. .Mycol. 11. p. !)!). 



I-:xsii?c. l'",n. .S: I-:vilit. N, .A !•'. Jil Sit. 1790. 



.■^troiiia <'riiiiip<'nt. tiilierculirorui. ]irisniatic, orteii deejdy ijuadri- 



^iilcate and siilicoriiute, J,-l nun. diaiii., yellow inside (alioiit the same 

 -hade of yidlow as in 



Insteriiforni (1.^-- iniii. lom;', with a longitudinal I'lirrow alio\(' like 



lIilj)Ox;/lnii sat^KdfniK, Schw.i. olteii eloim'ated. 



crnnii. 



■rithecia _-(l in a stroma. 



1 1 



mm. diaiii., with tliick. 



Ih/st 



lilack, coriaceous walls, nario\N<Ml aliove into a short neck, the apex ol 

 which is visiiile on the surface ol' the stroma as a small, papillilorm or 

 ~<iiuetiiues conical o,-tioluiii. Asci clavate-cvlindrical. with a slender 



iiase 



lOO-I l.")X 10-12 i>. ,p. sp. 7") -SO //;, 



niKMi w 



ith a miiltitnde ol' 



allantoid, yellowish. 2-nucleate. (i 7 x U //. sporidia. The spt-cies i< 

 widl characterized li_\ its jieciiliar stroma. 'J'lie color ol the youim 

 stroma is miicii deeper, oiiiuue-red. Imt the color linally disappears. 



(.)n a decorticated jioplar limii, iji a willow Junule, LonisianH 

 (Langlois). 



M 



