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(566 



X. conocepliah, B. & V. Cuban Fungi, Xo. 781. 



Very l«irge, cespitose from ai' obtusely conical base, nnibor color, 

 riumloae, here and there contracted H drying. Ostiola scattered, siih- 

 promincnt. Stipe short, longitudinally siUcate. 



On rotten wood, Ohio (Morgan). 



The Ohio specc. were determined by Cooke, and from them wo 

 add the following notes: Fertile heads 6-9 cm. long, about 1 cin. 

 thick, subcylindrical, dii-ty-bi-own outside, (pjite hai'd when di-y ami 

 lacunose-wriukled, arising fi'om a common, subtuberculifoi-m bnsc 

 4-5 X 2-3 cm. I'erithecia sunk in the stronui, ovate, about 1 nun. 

 high by I nun. wide, nocks short, terminating in the scattered, lioiiii- 

 .spheric-prominent, rather large, l)lack ostiola (about like those dI' 

 Numnmlaria Bidlianli). Asci cylindi'ical, p. sp. 80-8.5 /i lon^'. 

 Si)oriilia uniseriate, navicular-i'usoid, opake, 15-18x 4^-5 //. 



X. castorea, Berk. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 204, tal). 105, iig. 10. 



Sti{)e short, at first sj)ongy-velutinous, then bare, rugose. Ileai! 

 clavate, elliptical or ovate, obtusely rotnided at the apex, much com- 

 pressed, minutely areolate and i-oughened I»y the more or less j)r()iiii- 

 nent ostiola. Asci narrow. Sporidia ovoid-oblong, fuliginous, 10 // 

 long. 



On rotten wood, Ohio (Morgan). 



The above diagnosis is from Saccai'do's Sylloge. The Ohio spocc. 

 (det. by Cke.) arc ccspitose, arising from a common spongy-velutinoiis, 

 irregular-shaped base 1-2 cm. high, stipes less than 1 cm. long; heads 

 lJ-3 cm. long, J-1 cm. wide, (lattoned, l)rown. Perithecia ovate- 

 globose, about J mm. high, monostichous, buried. Ostiola papillil'orin 

 or sul)hemispherical, prominent in the mature specc. Asci (p. sp.) 

 .50-60x5 /i, with a slender stipe about one-half as long. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, elliptical, sh'ghtly ino(iuilatei-aI, 7-8x4-5 //. The surface 

 of the clul)S, especially in the innnature, dry specc, is cracked into 

 minute areola*. Resembles A', coniiformis, Fr., only broader and 

 compressed. 



X. Titan, B. & i\ Giev. IV, p. 47. 



"Five inches long, 2 inches wide, sausage-shaped, convex on one 

 side, hollow on the other, hard, solid, dirty-white, stained with tlie 

 sporidia and dotted with the |)rominent ostiola." 



(On wood)? Texas (Lindlieimer). 



X. fiilv^Ila, B. & C. Cuban Fungi, No. 788. 



Clavate, rubiginose, papillate. Perithecia subprominent. Ostiola 



