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On tlic Itjirk of youiii;' dead Ih'miicIics (if Jiujlinix fomcidosd. 

 Ut'tlilclu'iii, Pn. (Scliw.). 



The spoo. in Ik'i'lt. Scliw. has tlic stroma J-l cm. hmii'. liy 1^-2 

 mill. wide. Ostiola sliulitlv jii'dmiiiciit. Sporidia (IVcc spores, no asci 

 si'i'ii) iiavicnlar-t'Uiptical, 7-!>.\ 3^-4 //. 



H. s|»ii<i>ri6stoiiiiiiii, (Seliw.) 



S/iliiriia ifihtcudslonta. Schw. Syn. N. Ain. I2i.v 

 Hypo.rylon st>litr>i<i.sl(iimi»i, Ckc. Syn. 1033. 



Short, siilipulvinatf. carlionaccous. very Idack, 4-15 mm. hinii'. 

 olihtnu'. aciimiiiatt' at each oiid, snrfaco hmii'itndinally striate. On this 

 lilackcncd surface are sphtcriiform, uloliose, scattered ostiohn. ])or- 

 tbrated with a I'ound opoiiiiiji' and coiinceted Ity a rather hiiiu' tulie 

 witli the siilijaceiit perithccia, which are l)uried in the wood without 

 any real stroma, (tvate. rather harue, tilled with a lilack mass which, 

 uiidei' the lens. ap})ears to lie composed of spores like tliosi' of m 

 Mchtnconhun. 



On .soft, rotten wood, Hetlilehem. I'a. (Scliw.). 



The i'ructification of this species is unknown. 



Hypoxylou Beaiimoiifii, B. & ('. 



Hypoxyioii iiiidicolle, B. A: ('. 



Hypoxyloii ji;«niiiiatiiiii. B. & ('. 



Hypoxyloii j^re^ale. (Selnv.) 



have already lieen de.scrilied mider Vahario. Oi' these, it is prohalde 

 that //. Be(ni)ii()iitil should lie KMiioved to Huitoxi/lon. I'>erkeley in 

 (irev. makes the sporidia niiiseptate, lint Cke. (irev. XII. p. 134. finds 

 llic sporidia in the oriiiinai specimens, in Herli. Berk.. contiiHioiis. 

 //. f/iT(/fi/e. (Schw.) also (.•^ec. spec, in Iferli. Sciiw.) has continnoiis 

 sporidia and is a true //i/po.i-ijIo/i. Ilypoxyloti iiiliiintinn, C'ke. in 

 .loiiiii. Mycol. IV. p. H7. is (sec. Cke.) not that species, and must he 

 rejected from the list o( North American species. 



Hypoxyloii ^lonilis, B. vV (". Ore\. IV. p. 51, has the appearance of 

 ii Didtrype, liut is sterile (Cke. (Jrev. XII. p. 12(1). 



H. siMmclyliiiiiiii, (Fr.) 



Sphatia spondyliua, Vr. S. M. II. p. .V17 



NvfiiiA y/oii s/»mdyli>iiii)i, Vr. Suinin.T Veg. Scaiul. p. 3NV 



Aiitinii itUiiia sfioiniyli'in , Sacc. Syll. 1.S42. 



Kruni]ieiit, varialde. convex, suliru,<>dse, 'dack (>• *«ide and insid(\ 

 Altlioiiuh ei'umpent, it liecomes entirely lre<'. not even adnat(> at tlie 

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