iHIl 



691 



r ii('cl<. Asci siilM'yliii(li'i(;il, with ;i loiii:' stipr nml lililonii piir- 



;ilili_\>t'<. polvspoi-oiis. p. sp. 



] 12-120 X 1(»-12 



^|ii)nuiii coiiiiloliiitc 



ilhiiitiiiil. ycllowisli, (i-T x 11 ft. 



Oil Coriiiis. \('\v York StiUc (I'ci'k). 



I). Kliois. (Sriiw.) 



SpluTiiti A'/itiis, Schw. Syii. C:ir. N'o. f<}. 



Sti'oiiiii wart-like, oliovati', riiiiosc, lijiick ((.'iiit'n><)iis witliiii), l.'.-^) 

 iiiiii. (liiiiii.. siiltcoiiliiiciit or (Iciisciy ii'ivunrioiis. iiioi'c or less covc^rcil 

 hv the lilicrs of llic wood. I'critlicria lew in a troiiia. Ostiola 

 !. saliproiuiiii'iit. ."^poriilia iiiiiiicroiis, liyaliiii', sliiiiitiy ciirvcil, 



cnniiM 



■) \ 1 It. 



On dead stems of R/nis ,'<i<1!c<iiih. Carolina and P(Mi!isylvania 

 (."^(•liw.), and on lilni.^ (UrcrsiJnha. (' 



In tl 



le spec 



iihlornia ( liarkiiessi. 

 e. in IFerli. Seliw. no asci could lie found. 



1>. ribc'sia, (Si'liw.) 



Sf>lhriia lihfiiii, Scliw. Syii. N. .\iii. i-'.i?. 



l']lViiseil. eonsistiiiLi' of many small. auii'n>uate(l, eonllnent pnlvinnii: 

 very rouu'li aKove IVom tlii' aliiindaiit. jn'omiiiont ostiola, wliieli are 

 tliiek, short, irreiiular, with an (dontiatod, liystoi'iil'orm openinii:. Peri- 

 tliecia rather larti'e. mostly oliovate, in a scanty, whitish stroma. 

 Attached to the wood, and erumpent through the ei)idermis in strips 

 roacliinii' as niiieli as 'lA mm. lonu', liv (1 mm. wide. 



On ilead stems {^^ liihcx riihrniii. I>ethlehein, I'a. (Scln 

 ."^neee in llerli. Schw. have asei (p. so. ) in-AO \ 10 n. 



iioridia 



ler. .')-7 x 1-1.', >t. This is diil'erent from Vulsn 



allaiiloiu. hyaline, slem 

 i'ihc!<l(t Karst isee p. 4(i()). 



1). CVpliali'nithi. (Schw.) 



S/ilitniii Crl'lial.tiifln . Si-liw, Syii. C'lv, No. 59. 

 Ihali ypella Ci'pluihtiillii. S.icc. Syll. 769. 

 Kxsicc. V.W. N. .\. !•. 777. 



Stromata scattered, 'l-'r, mm. diam.. scarcely ]ieiieti'atiim' to the 

 Wood, at first small and -iilitiiliei(MiIar-eriimpeiit, ldack,ape.\ u'enerallv 

 Traver.><ed liy a siiii^'le, lomiiludinal, dei^p furrow, u'ivinii' the appearance 

 '>[' a Ili/fiferiiitit. luit this furrow is soon obliterated as the apex of the 

 stroma proti'mh's itself still further, assumiim' an orl»icnIar or elliptical 

 roiiii, ]-;■> mm. diam. and roUiilM'ncd hy the jirotniiliim'. Iilack, rouuh. 

 <iiliconical ostiola which are olten ;}-4-ste!late-cleft. Perithecia ()-20 

 in a stroma. ( los<'ly packed, ovate or siilianuular, aliotit }, mm. diam.. 

 lyiiiii' in and covered liy the scanty, wl^'tish siilistaiice of the stroma: 



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