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11)1111 iiiu: a coutimioiis layor about | mm. tliie-k and 4-0 cm. loiiu' and 

 \vid)>. Tlie Ptroiiia is very scanty, covorinu- the jicritliccia with a 

 thill, lihick strntmii mammillose above from the siiiilitly i)i'(tjectin<j' 

 ]icritiiecia witli their )»a])illironn. deciduous ostiohi. In the -specimens 

 ill Hav. Car., as well as in the Louisiana specc, the surface of the 

 stiomn has a distinct ])urplish tinue. We have not seen the asci, luit 

 the sporidia are oblonu', pale brown, G-IO (mostly fi-S) x 3-4 //. //. 

 cff'ii.siun, Nitsclike, is closely allied to this. 



On rotten wood, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Scliw.i, Alaliama 

 ( IJeanniont). on Snlix, Louisiana (Langlois), Te.xas (Wi'iuiitj. 



H. fui'les, (Scliw.) 



Sfilicsiia caiii's, Scliw. Syii. N. Am. 1222. 

 tiypoxy Ion caries, Sacc. Syll. 1510, Cke. Syii. loii. 



Sti'oma efl'iised, bhick within and without, colliculose and uneven 

 t'roiii lieinu' composed apparently of many smaller stromata 3-10 mm. 

 diiim., fused tou'ether laterally more or less peri'ectly into a continuous 

 1)1' partially interrupted crust, irregular in outline and several centi- 

 iiH'tcrs in ('xtent. Perithecin subgloliose, ^-.| mm. diam., their apices 

 slightly jiroiiiiiKJut with a subacute, ])apilliform ostioliim siirrounde<l 

 liy an indistinct, lighter colored ring which, however, is not impressed 

 or sunk in the stroma as in H, atinulatum. In the specimens ex- 

 amined, the asci had disappeared. Sporidia naviculai'-fusoid, (snlt- 

 hyaline) jiale smoky-brown, ends subacute, 10-12 by about 3 /x. 



On rotten wood, Bethljliem, Pa. (Schw.), on rotten oak, Xewfield. 

 X. .!., on rotten elm (Uiimts Americana), Missouri (Denietrio). 



H. Raven^lii, Relini, lledwigia, 1882, ji. 137. 



Ifypoxyloii conjliii'iis, l-'r. in Rav. F. Am. 34S. 



Peritliecia single or concrescent, 2-8 together, occasionally seriate, 

 (!-12 in a series .3-(i mm. long, nearly globose, |-1 mm. diam., with 

 their bases slightly sunk in the wood (our spec, is on wood and not on 

 bark). Ostiolum distinct, papilliform, black and shining. The peri- 



tliecia are ol' a dead grayish-hlack. Asci very long, cylindrical, with 

 aliiindant well-developed paraphyses. Sporidia elliptical, obtuse, jiale 

 Itrown, with 1-2 large nuclei, uniseriate, 10x5 /i. 



Op Iiark ol' decaying oak, Darien, (}a. (Ravenel). 



Tins is eiitiridy dilVerciit from H. liavenelii, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 3S1), 

 (//. erinaveuni, B. it Kav.) which sec. Cke. Grev. XI, j). 128, is a 

 ValMt with long-necked peritliecia and hyaline, alhiiitoid sjioridia. 

 Whether the altove described fungus is the Sphwrkt conjfi/e.ns, Tode, 





