On Iiiirk, Ottiiwn, Ciiiinil;) f Mncoiiii), mi hsiik .iiid wood, 'ro|i»'l<!i, 

 Kiiiis. (Criiuiii). mill f)ii luirk of UIiihih Aiiifriciiiin, .Misr^oiiri (I>('iii- 

 ilrio). Koiiiiil ill KiirojM' on Itriinclics iiml trunks of ,S'o/-/>//.s f///f■//yK//v■(^ 



X. siilu'oiicava. (Scliw.) 



Sp/i,ri III siihDHiiii II. Schw. Syii. N. Am, usi. 



(!ro<rari<iii- iiml ol'tfii conlliK'nt, <'i'iiiii|ioiit. \-'^ cm. lu'ross. siir- 

 roiiii(l(M| l»y tlio i'ii|itiir<'(| ciiidninis, and coiisistiiijf of a lilack, cnista- 

 (M'oiis slicll, inclosiiin' tlw \\'\\\ ratlicr lar'^^c, i:lolioso-d(']»i'('ss('d iicritliccia. 

 ciiiiiicctcd \>\ a yvvy scanty stroma. I>isk siiliconcavc, snliriiLi'osc and 

 Mack. Ostiola u'loliox'-iiapillatc. cicvatcil, few, Itlack, sonictiincs con- 

 tinent, coiiiioctcd liy a scry short neck with the |M'rithccia, which have 

 llic asciii'ci'oiis iiiudciis white. Sporidia (sec. Stc\eiisoiij olilonu', liy'ht 

 liiown. 1 0-1!) X ").T-T '. //, some ot them sliirlitly constricted in the mid- 

 dle, lint not septate. 



On lii'aiichesor Vihitnnni) (hiitnfinii, Hethleliem, l*a. (."*cliweiiiitzt. 

 X. siieceiitmiata. (T«(le). 



Si'liiriiii .Sinn II /hi ill til. Tcxli.' I'uii>;i, .Meckl. II. p. 37. 

 Ilv/iiiryliiii siirifiiliii iiiliiiii, Hr. Siiinnifi Vovt. Sciiiid. p. 3^,^. 

 .\ II III III II /ill ill siinrii/iirialii. Nits. Tyr. C.tnn. p. 5S. 



Stroma at first ('riim|ieiit tlir(jiiuli tlio closely atlherciit epidermic : 

 linally, alti'r the lM''k has lalleii away, snperlicial, seated on the wood 

 and sniroiinded hy a lilack, circiimscriliiii^' line, 2 cm. or mori" lono', 

 I'itlier (doiiuated, idliptical or orliiciilar at liase, piilviiiate, thick and 

 llatteiied aliovc, or sniicoiistricti'd at the liase, with tli(> orliiciilar disk 

 <liulitly concave, dark hrowii and nij>ose-eorriit>ated outside, dark 

 Liiay, lii'comiiiii" lilack within. Perithecia irre<!;iilarly distichous or 

 -oiiictimes nioiiostichoiis, ovate or oMonji', often compre.sscd, tolei'ahly 

 la rue, with very thick, linn wiiils. .siihcrect. entirely sniik in the stroma, 

 with necks more or less eloniralecl accordin«>' to their jiositioii, and 

 small, not project iii.u", perliirated ostiola. Asci cyliiidrii-al, sessile. 

 S-sporeil, I'JOxS-!) //. with lililorm paraphyses. Sporidia oliliijiiely 

 uniseriate, liisoid, or ovoid, olitnse at the eiid.s, straiu'iit or suliineijiii- 

 lateral. lii'own. l(')-lSx'>-7 ft. 



On liraiiches, nethlehem, I*a. (Schw.); rather rare. 



The stroma varies in size, G-1) mm. long hy 4-() mm. Itroad, or 

 sometinies not more than '1 mm. liroad, UJ-3 mm. thick, pulvinate and 

 Hat or concave aliove. The altove diagnusi.s i.s from Winter's Pilze. 



