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X. multiplex, (Kze. & Fr.) 



Spkaria mullif>lex, Kze. & I''r. in I.inti. iS.^o. p. 336. 

 Xyhuia miiltiphw H. Jt C. Cuban Fungi, No. 795. 



(^cs])itos('. siil)croso, dark hrown, fertile heads torete-coiiipressed. 

 siiltdivided, sinootli, wliite inside. Stipes elonuatcd, h'prose-villiw. 

 P(!iitliecia entiiely iiiiinersed, <>l()l)ose, ei'owded. Ostiola punctironii, 

 then subdihited. Sporidia ovoid, 20-22 /i long. 



On trunks, in Mexico (Fliigherg). 



X. fastif^iata, Fr. Nov. Synib. p. 127. 



Stipes densely cespitose-fascicnlate, joined at the base, and oltcn 

 grown together so as to appeal" hianclied, very variable, conij)re.<s('i|. 

 angulai', or often toi'idose and flcxuous, an ineh or in<ire long, aliont a 

 line thick, not villose, l>ut covercMl at first with an appi-essed, scaly 

 l»rown coat wliicli finally disapjiears. Head not sepai-ated from the 

 stipe, on which also scattered perithccia occur, slightly swollen, scarcely 

 2 lines (4 mm.) thick, uneciual, l)are, fastigiate, black. Perithccia 

 ssnall, in a thin, hhick, peripherical layci-, globose and slightly promi- 

 nent. Asci (in the sp^cc. examined) dissolved. Spoi'idia oldong. 

 somewhat curved, opake. 



On trunks, in Costa Rica (Oersted;. 



Allied to X. Kvrupom and ^Y. viulf/'plcx. 



*"" Ihad clavafe, stipe short. 

 X. coiiiitoi'iiiis, Fr. Summa Veg. Sc. j). 381. 



Sphaiia cmniformis, Fr. FJencli. II, p. 57. 

 Kxsicc. Rav. Fungi Car. IV, 30.— Ell. N. A. F. S2, id. S3 (couiciia). 



Stroniata scattered or subgrogarious, sometimes two or three con- 

 nected at base, simple, davate, not comi)ressed, obtuse at the apex, 

 3-5 cm. high and 4-0 nun. thick, white at first, b<>coming brownish- 

 black, surface often minutely areolate-rimose. Head davate, 2-3 cm. 

 long, surface roughened by the slightly prominent, papilliform osti(jla. 

 white inside. Stipe short, black, arising from a spongy tubercular 

 base. I'crithecia monostichous, {)eripherical, small {\ mm.). Asci 

 cylindrical, stijtitate, 8-spored, p. sp. GO-TO x 5-0 //. Sjtoridia obIi(iiiely 

 uniseriate, inequilaterally elliptical, obtuse at the ends, brown, 8-l<»x 

 41-5 n. 



On decaying trunks of magnolia, maple, itc, from Now York to 

 Michigan and Te.xas. 



SphvriaJlaheUiformis, Schw, Syn. N. Am. 1164, is an abortive 

 form in which the liead consists of a tuft of flattened, palmately 



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