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N. |)iiii)fiil:itii, (K. \ Hiiv.) 



Diiih \f>i f>iitieliihilii. I!. iSi Kiiv, Cirev. IV, ]> Ml 

 l/yft(>\ yliiii f'inicliiUiliDii. Ckf. Syil. mis. 

 ,\iiiiiiiiiiliii ill /iiimhiUila, Sacc. Syll. IMI- 

 lix-icc. K:iv. I-". Car, III, No, 51 --Kav. V Am. ''5J, — l-Ml. N .X V. ->) 



( h'iiiiiiiiliii!^ lit'iicjilli tlic cuticle wliicli i.» ,<(i(iii tliiou ii oil. cl(i.-('l\ 

 iidiiiitc. liliick. r-iiKxitli iiiid |i()lisli('i|, clVii,'«c(| iiiHi .<|iit'iiiliiii;' for ."i-"J(l cm. 

 (11- iiKHc. lull not |ir<>j<'cliii!i' iiIhim' the Imik. ((,-titilii |)iii' .ironn. 

 (|c)ii('>,~ci|. ii|i|i('iiriim' like iiiinntc |iiirctiirc< iiindc with the |)oiiit ol' ii 

 iiiii, iiiiiiuiii ,-lri'ilc. tliiii. I*ciiili!'ci;i iii(iiui,<ticli(>ii>, cl(iim;it('il-(ivni(|, 

 iiitlicr iiKiic tliiiii .', nun. Iiiuh. covered nliove liy the thin, cnilioiuiceon,- 

 -troniii. Asci e\ lindricMl. with n slender Imse. I(M».\7 //. with iililiti'in 

 |i;ir:i|ili\s<'s. i|i. ,-|i. T")~N(l // lonii i. Sporidiii iiniseriate. <'Ili|iticid 

 \c||(iwisli-li\idine. 'J-nnclenle. T S x A /<. ends lliittened while lyini;' in 

 the a^ci. We liiive not si-eii tliem IVee, and cannot ,-av whether thev 

 iicconie opake. The a.sei ami sporidia are u'enerally poorlv developed. 



( hi liai'k ol dead oak. common. 



N. tiiictoi'. (Heik.) 



Spliifiia liiiiliii . Itcrk, llcMik. I.oiid. Jouiii Hut, IV, \> ui 

 llvpiixylon /iiiifoi. Ckc. Syil. 996. 

 l-x^io-. i;il, i"^ I'.viht, N. A. U. M Sur, I7'^>i. 



Stroma el1'ii,«ed. .lull Idack. very hard. e.xhiiiitiiiL: all the iiie(|iial 

 ilio ol' the matri.x. I mm. thick. .")-2<t ciii Ioiih-. ;iiii| i! ."i cm. wide 

 iiiariiiii thill and sterile, surface nearly smooth, lait under the h'ii> 

 distinctly papillose IVoiii the the sliLihtly proiniiieiit ostiola. The -uh 

 iad'iit wood is deeply tiiiu'cd oran^e-rei|. and i> reiidereil very hard, 

 I'eritliecia moiiostii lioiis. crowdecj. ejoniiuted (| min.l. covei'ed aliove 

 uilh the hard, luitlle. shiiiiiii;' Id ick stromatic layer, .\sci I I'J I p. sp. 

 ',•(1-1(1(1) x 7-> /'. with aliiiiidant, liiilorni paraphy-es. ."-^poridia iiiii- 

 -ciiate. pale lirowii. with a simple rather laru'e niKleiis. olilomj. 

 iia\ iciilar. !.') .\ (1 //. with the cimIs siilioliliise. 



On dead tiiiiik^ and limlis ol' \arioiis decidiioii- liec~. Irom (>liio 

 \\c,-| jo Kansas, and >oiilli to l,oiiisiaiia. l''lorida. and 'l"e.\as. 



The ^lldma orii;iiiale> iiinler the ciiliele which is ,»oon thrown oil'. 

 The general appearance i> that o|' //. iiimil iihihini. I!. A IJav., and it 

 ha- the same hard, iii'illle stroma a> that specie,-. 



\. «I.V|MMis. (Sriiw.) 



.Sf'liirtiii I It/'t II > . Scliw, Syil, Car. Ni>, ,|a, 

 Diiiltyfi- il}pfiis. \\ iSi C. Crcv, IV. p, ^i.s, 

 .\ II III III II /lit id (/l/.H.^, Ckt. Cirtv. .XII, i> fy 



Mlliplicai ill outline. Ilalteiied. immerseil, shiiiiiiudihick, rouLihened 



