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(lividcd, (losli-colored braiii'lios, thickly dusted over with iiiiiiniicraMo 

 (iltloiiii-enijttical, liyaliiic coiiidia altoiit 3x 1 J //. IVck finds in Now 

 York State a variety of the asoiuorons Ibrni much flattened ami 

 irreaular in shape. The same is found at Newtiehl, N. .1. 



C. Head with the apex sterile; stipe (jhtbroxs {Xylost ijla). 

 " Head clavate, si)iiple. 



X. p'amiiiicola. (ierard, in Peck's 26th Rep. p. 85. 



Slender, simple, 3-.5 om. high. Head eylindricnl, 1| em. lonir. 

 '1 mm. thick, brown-black, coiliculosc-rousrhened by the prominent 

 pcrithecia, apex sterile. Stem slender, gIal)rous, 1 1 cm. long, aiising 

 Ironi a brown, felt-like snbicidnm. Pei-ithecia snmll, \ nnn. or less. 

 Iicriplierical, jti'ominent, with black, pajtillilbrni ostiola. Asci cylin- 

 iliical, stij)itate, p. sp. 5.')-60 X 5 /i, with almndant ](ara|)hyses. Spo- 

 ridia iiniseriate, elliptical, l)rown, continuous, 7-9 x 3i-4 //. 



On decaying roots of grasses. New York ((Jerardj. 



The diaiiiiosis is from spece. sent by Gerard. The head or club 

 is said to l)e greenish-pulverulent at fii'st. 



X. iiiiieroiiata, (Scliw.) 



Sp/itnia iiiiiciiiiiata, Scluv. Syii. Car. Xo. ,), Joiirn. Acad. I'liil. V, t.ib. i, fiR, i. 

 .\y/aiia Hiiuio/ia'a, Sacc. Sj"U. 1279. 



Carnose, simple, liver-color; head thickened, iriegular, becondng 

 yellow, ai)Ox sterile, niucronate. Stipe subs(|uamose, inflexed, coni- 

 ])i('ssed, an inch high, ^ of an inch thick. Asci moniliforni, becoming 

 cylindrical. Sporidia globose, l)lack. 



liare; on a trunk of Liriodendron, ^ovth Carolina (Sehw.). 



X. graiidis, Pk. 26th Rep. p. 85. 



liarge, blackish-broMU, irregular, obtusely ])ointod and rusty- 

 brown at the sterile tip, abruptly nari'owed at l)ase, central substance 

 white. Terithecia sul)globose. Sj)oridia subfusiform, pointed at each 

 end, straight or slightly curved, 20-23 // long. Stem bianohed, radi- 

 cate, often greatly elongated. Plant 3-5 inches high; heads 1^-3 



inches long, i-1 inch thick. 



On the ground. Portage, N. Y. (Clinton). 

 \Vc have seen no specimens. 



** Heads eonnate or branched. 



X. (li^itiita, (Linn.) 



Clavaria digitata, Linn. Syst. Veg. XV, p. loio. 

 Clavaiia ffypoxylon, Schaiflf. Icon. Fung. t.ab. 265 (sec. Fr.). 

 Sphwiia cUiTala, Hoff. Veg. Crypt, i, tab. 4, fig. 2. 

 Sphceria digitata, Elir. Heitrag, VI, p. 7. 

 Xylaiia digi/a/a, Grev. Flora EtUn. p. 356. 

 Hypoxylon digilatiini, Link. Haiulbk. III. p. 34S. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. K. Rh. 2547.— Rab. Herb. Mycol. 46.— Rav. Fungi Car. V, ,so. 



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