672 



X. cai'popliila, (Pei-s.) 



iH 



Sf)hiriia <a>t<i>/>hilii, I'crs. <il)S. Mycol. I, p. in. 

 XyliDiii <ii>/iiif>/ii/ii. Vr. Siiiiinia W'H- Sciiiid, p. .^Si. 

 Kxsicc. Kckl. V. Kll. iof>(i,--Kzi'. !•'. Sel. 15(1.— Rcliiti Asc. i,<ii).— TI111111. M. f 

 Syilow, M. March. iiy>.v— Rouiil. F. (1. 13S3. 



n(A 



Stroma erect or aseeiidinti', slender, laiieeohite. ol'ten ciirMMl. 

 simple oi- siiatlmlate-eiilariied at tlie aj>e.\ and clelt or two-partial, oi' 

 sometimes witli two heads on one stipe, mostly round, Imt sometiiiii's 

 sul)conipressed, Idack, more or less woolly-tomentose at liase. Cliili 

 tliieker and m(»stly sliorter tiian the stem, mostly eylindrit'daii"<'tiliitc. 

 liearinj*' only a few, sometimes only one, i>critheeium, the sterile iipe\ 

 sMl)idate. otherwise ronuhened Iiy the somewhat prominent, ffloliosc or 

 ovate perithocia. with papillilorm ostiola. Asei cylindrical, stipitntc. 

 8-spored, p. sp. 80 x (! //. S|)oridia ninseriate, olitnse-liisoid. ilmk 

 hrown, ineijuihiteral, 1*2-1(5 \*i //. Conidia ovate, very small. 



On nuts oi' Liijuhlamfjiir, South (-arolina (Havenel), on decayiiiii 

 hickory nuts. Pennsylvania (Kverhart), on old cones of maunolia, New- 

 field, N. J. 



The len<>th of the stem varies accordinu' to the depth at which 

 the nuts fiom which it urows are Ituried. 



** Stroma furcate or dhu'ded. 

 X. Hypoxyloii, (Linn.) 



Claiaiia Hypoxylon, I.iiin. Flora Suec. Kd. 11. p. .),S7. 

 ■ Clavaiia hiita. Hatscli Klciicli, Coiit. I, p. 229. 



Clavaria ciniiii/a, Itull. Cliainp. toiii. I, p. Iy3, tab. CI.XX.K. 

 I'a/sii t/iX'itiihi. Scopoli, I'lora Cartiiol. II, p. 398, 

 Sfi/iarn'a lomiita, HofT. Vt-R. Crypl. I, p, 11. 

 Spliteiia (li\;ilalii, Itolloii FuiiKi Hal. III. p. 1,^0. 

 Sfilliliia Hypiiyylon, I'lT.s. Olis. Mycol. I. p. 20. 

 Splmria iiimi).\ii, Dicks. IMaiil. Crypl. Brit. IV, p. 27. 

 Xylaiia Hypaxyton. C.riv. F'lor. Kdiii. p. 355. 

 Kxsicc. ThuMi. V. Austr. 766.— Cke. F. Brit. Scr. I. ,^f>3. Scr. II. 215.— Roiim. F. C.all. 17^ 

 Kzc. F. Sel. 153.— Kriegr, F. Sax. 141— I.inlil. F. IIiiiiK. 71.— Sydow. M. Miucli. 

 342.-Rehm Asc. K2,s.— Rav. F. Am, f)4S.— FMl. N. A. F. if)2.-I)csm. I'l, Crypt cU 

 Fraucc, E<1. I, 331. 



Sti'oma erect, simple or variously liranched, round or coiniiresscd. 

 black, woolly-tonientose at Itase, 5-8 cm. high, lanceolate, with ii 

 sterile tip: stem mostly slioi-t, distinct irom the fertile head, which is 

 roughened l)y the more or less jtromineut, ovate, thickly crowded. 

 black }»erithecia with papillifbrm ostiola. Asci cylindrical, loiiii- 

 stipitate, 8-spored, )>. sp. 75-80 .\ 7-8 //. Sporidia obliijuely unik-riiitc 

 fusoid, ineipiilateral, obtu.se at each end, black, 12-16 x 5-6 /i. 



On rotten wood, eomnion. 



The conidial hymenium which covers the young stroma is white: 

 conidia fusoid, 10 x 3 //. 



