(IT.". 



\. coniii-daiiisi', (Scliw.) 



S/iharia coniii-iliimie, Scliw. Syii. N. Am. in^.i 

 Xylmia cnninilaiiur, Ilcik. (irtv. IV, p. i^. 

 i;xsicc. Kav. l-'liiixi Car. I'asc. I, Nn. t.s- 



SiiIkto.-^o, siiliradiciitc. 1-4 inclirs liiiili. siiii|ilr nml cvliiKlricjil or 

 (ilti'ii coiiiiH'csscd iiiid liircalely dividcti aliovc. ."idincliinos llii'rr nr 

 iiiipic cliilis Ixd'iic iit tlic iipcx of 11 siiiirlr sti|M'. ciivcrcd at lirst witli 

 the wliitc roiiidial liyaiciiiiuii, liiially \vv\ l>lack: licads i'rrtilc to the 

 >uli(»l>tns(' apex oi' ol'tciici' with a narrow, sliurt. sterile tip. \-l i-iii. 

 (liiiiii.. cuiili'actcil ratlicr alu'iipllv liclow into tlic I'atlicr slender 

 {\-l cm. lonii') sti|ic. which arises IVmii a piirplish-lijack tonientnni. 

 i'crilliecia uIciIkw, J mm. diam.. i-ather prominent. l>!ack. with a papil- 

 lil'nrni or short-cylindrical ostiolinn. .\.<ci narrow-cylindrical, p. sp. 

 10(t-l!0 .\ .") //. Sporidia uniseriate. Iiisoid. slightly curved, lirowii. 

 licconiinu' nearly Mack, continuous. 14-2(» x 0^,-4}, // (nxtstly nlioiit 



On rotten wo(»d. Carolina ami I'ennsylvania (Schw.). 



The nieastirenients are Irom the specc. in Merit. Schw. and in 

 \h\\. F. Car. DilVers from A". Ilypoxi/loit in its more robust <.>'r(iwth 

 and larticr sporidia. 



.\. pciliinciiiata, (IMcks). 



Sfilnriht piiiiiiiculata, Dicks. Crypt. lirit. IV, p. 27. tab. .\II, fin. i^. 

 .VvA/"i( f>iiliini iihtlit. I''r. Siiimna Vti;. Scaud. p. ,",S2. 



Stroma emerii'iim' from the uround, rather thick, llexuons, dark 

 hrown, sini|»le or rarely 8parint>'ly liranclie(|. covered at first liy the 

 cinereous conidial hyinenium. Fei'tiie head snltalolxtse, routihened 

 .liy the pnmiinent jteritliecia, acutely conical and sterile at the apex. 

 Asci cylindrical, slmrt-stipitate, 8-s|iored. Sporidia broadly ovate, 

 verv olttuse. straialit. obliouelv uniseriate, l)rown. becominu' black and 

 opake, surrounded by a thick, hyaline, melatinons stratum. 40 x 2(1 //. 



On muddy ground mixed with manure. Missouri f Kniielman). 



We have seen no Ainei'ican specc. and cannot say whether this 

 is the <renuine A", pcdiinciihita. ( Dicks.) or var. pi/s/'ff</. Tid. Sel. Carp. 

 II. p. IS, tab. II, ligs. l-'iS, which is the Xi/lan'a Tii/oKiicf. Nit.^chke 

 I'yr. (Jerm. ]». 8. 



SIBORDER. H^ STERI ACE.*:. 



Peritlieeia simitle. erumpent-sn|»erficial, obloni!' or linear, mem- 

 liranaccons, coi'iaceous, or carbonaceous, rarely snbearno.se at fii'st. 

 becominii- black, openinii' by a narrow crack or clel't extendinti' aloiiir 

 the entire len<i"th of the perithecium. Asci ])araphy.-'ate. 4-8-spored. 

 (Sacc. Syll. 11. p. 721). 

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