r.24 



I). St 



rovHi ro'ivcr. 



hi 



X. BiilliaiMli, Till. Sol. Caii.. II, p. 43. tab. V, liirs 1 1-1!», 



Ifypoxylitn unmmiilariiini, Hull. Cliainp. tal). .\(\S, fi);, 4. 



S/thinhi II II HI mil /ill III, DC. I'lorc Fr. II, \>. .'90. 



S/thiCiia iiiillnaciiia. Scliin. & Kzc. Mycol. Ili-ftc, I. p 55. 



xsicc. KM. N. A. V. S.s.— Rab. F. E. 2956.— Relim Asc. 



I'oiiin 



977- 



Sll 



Stroma at first covorod hy tlio o|ii(k'riiiis, soon ciiioruciit, aliiKi.^t 

 pcrlicial and free, convex, orliictilar or oval, rarely of irrcuiilar 

 sliapo. soniotiinos hroadly eOiiscd, lilack inside and outside, ininctiilate 

 IVoni the sliu'litly j»r(»niiiient ostiola, elotlied at first witli tlie rnfli-t'errii- 

 eineous eonidial layer. IVrithecia rather lar'ie. ovate. Itlaek. loosclv 

 included in closely |tacko<l cells in the stroma, somotliinir as in JJal 

 (liiiiu vonceiitt'iva. Asci cylindrical. Iiriefly iiedicellatc. 100-1 1,') x 

 10 ,«, with very lonu' and stout paraphyses, Sporidia aniseriate. ellip- 

 tical, hyaline at first, scjon opake, lli-1') x 7-i) /i. 



(/'omnion on (h'ad trunks and limits of various deciduous trees 

 around Xcwiield, N. .J. Mostly confined to dead oak. 



u! hymenium in this species, as in Ilypoxi/lon PvtcrsH. 15. k ('.. 



le, which soon di.<- 



Tl 



is at first covered liy a carnose-coriaceous nuMnlirai 

 appears, except aroinid the margin. 



N. f^lyt'yrrliiza, (B. & (!.) 



H\>poxyloHglycyrylii:a. H. Si C. K.\nl. l-'uniji, Scluv. p. 2S5. 

 j\'iimmiilai lit x'^lyiyi > /licii, S.icc. Syll. im'-— Ckc. Syii. 822. 



Sultorliicular, thin (aliout 1 mm.), .'>-') cm. diam., convex, maikcd 

 in the center Ity the papilliioi'in ostiola which are depressed in the 

 center. I'erithecia oltlong, '^ mm. in height, crowded. Asci (p. sp. i 



On Itark, i)hio (Morgan, No. 2S4). 



DiiVers from X. litdliavd!. which it lesemhk's. in its cjo.^ely 

 packed perithecia ami nmliilicate o^ti(»la. as well as in its smaller spc- 

 ridia. 'I'he Ohio specimen agrei-s with (»ne in llerh. Schw. 



N. obulaiia, (Fr.) 



lf\f>n\yli'n ('hiilii)iiiiii. Fr. Nma Syiiil> p i.io- 

 .\iimniiilaiia ohiilaria, siacc. SyU. i.vjo. 



Immei 'm1, erumpent, at length Itroadly (>tVused. doterininat<'. not 

 polished, si .ina Itlaek, perithecia immersed, oldong. Osti(»la lienii 

 spheric-suliprominent, umltilicate. 



On dead trunks, ('osta Hica (Oersted). 



(Jlosely all'ed to N. liulUnrdi, 'i'ul., Itut ilill'ers in having it~ 

 stroma connate with the matrix and inseparalde from it, at first stili 

 rotund, then concrescent in !i continuous crust, generally elongated. 



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