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01)ovatc, erect, sul)sti))itate, outer layer laccate-crustacoous. of ;i 

 ?iliiiiiiij»: l)ro\vn-l>lack eolor. Peritliecia Ixiried in the stroma, zouatdy 

 arranged, white inside. Ostiohi ol)solete. 



On trunks, near New York (Menaud). fc^trouia 1-2 dec. hijili, 

 1 dec. tliick. 



This seems doubtfully distinct from D. vernicosu. 



D. locnlkta, (Lev.) 



Spheeria loculata. Lev. I. c. 



Gloltoso, suhstipitate, l)lack, opake. Pcrithecia ohovatc, ini- 

 uiei-sed in the stroma. Ostiola sultj^-ominont, shining, sultlieniisplici- 

 ical. Asci and sporidia as in the other species. Stipe short, some- 

 what rough. 



On trunks, America. 



USTULIXA, Till. 



Sel. Carp. II, p. 23. 



Stroma superficial, sulieffused, rather thick, determinate, at first 

 carnose-suberose and clotlied with a pulverulent, cinereous, conidial 

 hymenium, finally rigid, cai-honaceous, black and l)are and generally 

 more or less hollow. Pcrithecia immersed, lai-ge, with ])ai)illiforiii 

 ostiola. Asci pedicellate, 8-spored, paraphysate. Sjtoridia ovoid- 

 fusiform, continuous, dark-colored. 



11. vHlj,'ai'is, Till. 1. (^ tal). Ill, figs. 1-6. (Plate 39) 



Sphctria dt'iisla, Iloff. Veg. Crypt. I, p. 3, tal). I, fig. 2. 

 Sphccria TcisipelUf. Tode. KiiiiRi Meckl. II, p. 55. 



Hypnxylon ustiihitiiiii, Hull. Champ, d. Frauce, I, p. 176, tab. 47S. fiR. i. 

 ffypoxylon diiisliiiii, (irev. Scot. Crypt. Flora, IV, tab. 324, fig. 2. 

 Kxsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 1063.— Kze. F. Scl. 154.— Rab. Herb. Mycol. 145,— Tlium. F. Au.str 

 665.— Ell. N. A. F. S60. 



Stroma superficial, sultcffused, 3 cm. diam., repand, pulvinatc, 

 thick (3-4 mm), surface even, white and subtomentose, finally iindulatc- 

 colliculose and black; sultstance almost gelatinous at first, then haid 

 and tough, at length very brittle and hollov , centrally attaclicil. 

 Pcrithecia large, ovate, densely crowded, monostichous, the punctifoini 

 ostiola only projecting. Asci narrow-cylindrical, pedicellate, 8-s])oioil 

 250 X 8-10 /i (p. sp.). Parajdiyses slender, evanescent. Hporidin 

 oblicjuely uniseriate, fusoid, ine([uilateral or slightly curved, finally 

 upake, 32-40 x 8-10 /i. Tode, 1. c, gives a very minute and accurate 

 account of this fungus. 



On roots of decaying stumps; found in Europe, America and 



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