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OSTROPA, hi: 



■ Suiuina Vfg. Scaiul. p. (oi. 



Poritliecia iniiiiorsiHl, orlticular, of a corky, lioni-liko tcxtiiic. fnin. 

 with n jti'ouiiiKMit piipillii. niflior Iiiru'O, with a htim'itiidiiial (Iciiiscciicc 

 and swcHpii lips. Asci (.•ylimlrical. Sporidia lyiiiu' parallel, el(i<i'lv 

 packed, typically lililonii. iiiultise|>tate oi- iiiultiu'iittulate, hyaline, 

 Para})iiy?*cs slondor. 



Place<l hv Dr. i?eliiii ainoiiu' the Z?/.sco»>>/ce/e,s, ( Die l'il/,e 111, 

 p. 1S5). 



0. cinerea, (Pers.) 



Ilyitetium chieiciiiti, I'crs. Syii. p. 99. 

 Sp/iiriiu haihaia, Ir, S. M. II, p. ,i6S. 

 Rxsicc. Moug. & Nest, yfifi.— Ofsiii. I'l, Crypt. K<1. I, fi-'i. 



Peritliocia scattered, tin; liase iiimiersed in the wood or. inure 

 rarely, in the l)ark, liiially ein(>r,i:'ent. ti'ray-cinereons, linally shiiiiim- 

 Idack, rather lar<i-e. with a prominent ]tapilla, depres,sed-spha'ri)i(l, 

 opciiinti' with an eloni>'ated lissnre extondinti' neai'ly across. \<v\ 

 cylindrical or tilitorni, lS0-2()t) x T- 10 /<, thickened at the apex. 

 8-sp()red. Sporidia liliroi-ni, 18()x 1 J, //, ninlfi.-<'ptate. hyaline or yd 

 lowi.sli-hyaline. I'araphyses very slender, In'anchin^', evanescent. 



Fi'ies*, in S. M. M, p. 4()(S, doui)tfnlly refers lo this species, speci- 

 mens on wood of Li(/uidi(inh(n' from Carolina. 



About as laru'c as a h<'mp seed. The conical or papillii'oiiii 

 ostiolnm is rai'cly seen, the perithecinm lieing genei-ally split across 

 the top like a Hysterium. 



0. spliiirioides, St-liw. Syn. N. Am. 1820. 



Poritliecia scattered or asru'roirated, lint not conlhient, I'athei' laruc 

 orlticulai'-ellii>tical, eruinpent, suhcompn^scd, l)lack, .sul)nii>-osc. optn- 

 inii' with a -ihort transvei-se cleft, almost like the ostiolnm ol Tniiinlo- 

 splxvi'ia pcrfiim. 



On a )iiece of dry wood. New Kngland (Tori-ey). 



(K I'li^'iiSsa, Sehw. I.e. 1830. 



Poritliecia arrangeil in long, elViised, confluent groups, the siiiLiJi' 

 porithocia scai'cely distinct, carhonaccous, very black outside, brown 

 inside, sti'iato-rimose, innate in the cinei'oous colored wood which is 

 raised into a tubercle, at length sulideliiscent. 'I'he .surface of the 

 pei'ithecia is generally llattened and rugulose. 



On decorticated spots on a decaying log o\ Jnghina rinerea, Kric 

 Co., Pa. (Schw.). 



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