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p. Icpoi'lllii. E. it K. I'nu:. Afiid. Xnt. Sri, I'liil. .Inly, lS!t(i. p. >j-2;). 



(IMah' ;;!)) 



Ivxsicc y.U .S: Kvrlil. N A l-". 2cl Scr. 2;,51. 



Stipitiitc. Ilesli-oolorcil, sniiill, stipo 1-2 iiiiii. loiiu', ^, iinii. tliirk, 

 t'.\|iitii(liii,H aliovc into !i discoid sti'oiiiit 1-2 iniii. diiiiii. iiiid in;iiiiiiiillii<i' 

 iVoiii tlic sli.iilitiy iti'oiiiiiiiMit iKM'itlici'iii wliii-li iii'f •tviito-uloliosc, iiliuiit 

 i iiiiii. diaiii., ()-2() ill a stroma. Osliola laiiic, Maok, convex. \<v\ 

 (davato-cyliiidrical, .S()-l()()(|), s|i. 7 ")-S0) \ 10-12 ft, with olisciirc jui 

 apliysos. Sporidia at lirst .urouiiisli-Iiyaliiic. 1-2-iiiicIt'ato, l»ocoiiiiiiir 

 opako, siil»iii(:'(|iiiIatorally (dliptical, mostly iiiiisei'iatc, 12-ir).\ (i-T //. 



On ral»l»it-diiim', Missouri (Demctrio). 



Pistinu'iiislKMJ IVoiii J*. (Edipnx l»y its smaller si/c. 



The three followinii' species are place(| under Poron'm liy 

 Schweiiiitz in Syn. N. Am. p. IS!). 



&l)h(vvi(t p(wnhi, .*^cli\v. Syn. X. Am. 11(17 (PJiiHlinid pociihi. Vw 

 ."^iimma, j). 3!)!)). This is a Polyposis (P. (nipiihiformis. \\. A' \h\\. 

 in Rav. F. Car. 1, No. It), (irev. I, p. 38; P. poviihi, (]\n.\ \\\ (\\v\. 

 XII, p. 85). 



Sphmrki candidn, Scliw. ."^yii. X. Am. 11 ()5, ami Splid'ila inter 

 media, ^ahw. 1. c. llOfi. We know nothinii' of these. Fries plitccs 

 them in his n'cniis Endiiiia. 



DALDI'MA, (es. & I)e X»t. 



Schein.T Sferiac. Ital. iti Coiniii. Critl. I, p. 197. 



Stroma siiiierlicial, snltiilol)ose, external layer earhonaceous. lie- 

 cominii' hlack, liliroiis within and (joiicentrically zoned. Asei cylin- 

 drical, S-spored, pedicellate. S|H)ridia ovoid or olilonii', dark-colun'd. 

 I'.M'ithecia immersed in the stroma. 



I>. (Mnieentiio, (Bolt.) (Plate :1S) 



Sl>luciiti lonci'iil) iiii. Holt. I''iin,ni H.'il. tali. 1^0. 

 Lycofii'i lion aliiiDi. rtchiuflT. KuiiKi Havnr. IV, p. i,?i, tat). 329. 

 Valsu tuheroMi, Scopoli, Flora Cartiiol, p. ,199. 



SphiCiiii tiinicahi, Todi', I'lintci Meckl. II. p. 59. tab. XVII, fig. i,^) 

 Splucria fraxiiiea. Withering, .\rraiig. lirit. Plants, IV, p. ,49,^. 

 StyDinaliiiphicria cuiitiiilrica, Grt'v. Flora Kdinl). p. XvS. 

 ffypoxyloii couiriihiciiiii, C.rtv. Scott. Crypt. Flora, VI, tab. ,^24. 

 Daldiiiia ronceiilticit, Ces. & De Not. SclR-nia Sft-riac. p. 24. 

 Exsicc. Kab. Herb. Mycol. boiy. — Thuin. F. Austr. 1154. — Thuni. M. U. 69. — Cke. F lirit 

 Ser. I, (Vx), id. Ser. II, 216.— Plowr. Spli. Hrit. 17.— Alle!*cli & ScliiiabI, F. Bav ;') 



Stroma siil)s])licrical or hemispherical, rarely obovoid, siilil'eriii- 

 ginous and softer at first, at length l)lack and carbo \'iccoiis, 2-4 cm. 

 diam., softer inside, of a radiate-fibrous structure and concentrically 



