070 



Stroiiiiita erect, tufted, coniinte l)elo\v, thick, dark-lirown, Icproso- 

 vclutinoiis, liecoining gluhrous, roniid and sinijdo, griidnally attoiiiiiitoil 

 aliovo, rarely ol>tuse or 2-3-dicli()toiuoiisly divided, rarely iiioic oi' less 

 compressed and forked, covered at lirst with the white conidial hyiiicii- 

 iuiii. Conidla ol)ovato-stiI>glol>ose, veiT small: I'ei-tile head occiipv- 

 iiig the middle of the stroma, attenuated below into a shoi-t stipe and 

 ending altove in a sterile apex, rerithecii numerous, densely crowded, 

 slightly prominent, with pajallifoini ostiola. Asci cylindiical, lonu- 

 jtedicellate, 8-sj)ored, j). sp. 100-120x7 //. Sporidia overlappiim- 

 uniscriate, navicular-fusoid,sul)ol)tusc and slightly curved, dark Iudwii. 

 1 2-16x5-0//. 



On rotten wood, New York (Peck), Ohio (Morgan), Caioliim 

 (Ravenel), Texas (Lindheimer). 



All the specc. we have seen have the fertile stroma distinctly com- 

 pressed, and sporidia shorter than the nieasui-ements (18-20 x ')-(! //) 

 given for the p]uroi)ean sjiecc. 



*** Stroma filiform. 



X. filiforiiiis, (A. & S.) 



SphcEiia filiforniis, A. & S. Coiispecl. p. 2, tal). Ill, fig. 5. 

 Xylaria filiformis, Fr. Sumina Veg. Hc.Tud. p. 5S2. 

 Kxsicc. Rab. V. K. 57. 917.— KU. N. A. F. 163.— Kll. & Kvrht. N. A. F. 2(1 Str. IQ4S. 

 Koum. F. G. 2091.— Sj-(low, M. March. 2242.— Rav. Fungi Car. II, 55. 



Stromata scattered, erect, filiform, 2-3 inches high, and in the 

 fertile part about 1 mm. thick, at lii'st i-eddish (I'ose-colored) at the 

 elongated, sterile apex, fertile head shorter tiian the stij)e, roughened 

 by the strongly prominent, globose, \ mm. diam. jieritliecia which are 

 almost superficial. Asci cylindrical, 80-100 // long, p. sp. 70-7')// 

 long. Sporidia 1-2-seriate, 2-nucleate, fusoid. sid)ine(iuilateral, olive- 

 lirown, 14-18 x 3-3i /x (13-14 x i^-K^ //, Winter). 



On decaying leaves of Maynolia f/lauca, Xewlield, N. .1.. u\\ 

 decaying leaves. South Carolina (Kavenel), New York (Peck). 



The stroma is often entirely sterile, apjiearing then like a liiiick 

 rhizoniorphoid thread. 



X. subterranea, (Schw.) (Plate IJi)) 



Spharia sublet) anea, Schw. Syii. N. Am. Ii6z. 

 Xylaria sublet ranca, Sacc. Syll. 1281. 

 Ex.sicc. F,U. N. A. F. 771. 



Filiform, simple or branching fronj the base or (the stei-ile jiart) 

 anastomosely branched, attached to the matrix by a thin, felt-Iiko 

 subiculum; stems 3 inches to nearly a foot long, hardly more than 

 2 mm. thick, light-colored at first from the conidial layei-, then black, 



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