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0. Iiysfei'ioides, Sclnv. I. c. No. 1831. 



IVritliocia often lonji-itiitliiially (.'oiilliiciit. iiiiviciilar. stiiiitc, lilnck. 

 nl'tcii (Icroniied: (Icliiscciicc triinsvcrso, lijts siiliolituso, iidnafc-cniiii- 

 |i('iit. visihlv (•((utractfMl towanls the l)ase. so that soiiicti'' . s it licc'oiiics 

 siilistipitatc liko a Lop/iiiitn. Asci (lillliioiit. 



Jiiirc: oil old Ideaclicd oak wood. i><'thl('li('iii, Pa. (Scliw.). 



0. ciiierasceiis, Sdnv. 1. c No. 1S32. 



IVritliOfia thickly scattcfod. niinutc, l)ro\vii-l)l;i(jk, laisinii' tiic 

 wood into tMhcrclcs. iuark(>d with a loiiu'itudiii;d cleft, olliplical. innate: 

 ,it lirst covere(l with a veil. The ostioloiil clcl't is slitihtly itroniinent. 



On liare wood oi' L/r/odendron, which is faintly cincrascont. luit 



not covei'cd with a ci'ust. IJethlcheni, Pa. (Scliw.). 



The IVu( tification of this and the three jji'ecedinjj,' Schweinitzian 

 ^|iecios is nnknowii. The specimens in llerli. Scliw. are all sterile. 

 ;niil the species innst 1)0 ('onsidered jis yory doniitful |)rodiictions. 



AVLO(JR.\l'Hl M, Lib. 



Crypt. .■\rd. No. 272. 



Perithooia minute, snblinear. simi)le or .somewhat branched, nieni- 

 liranaceotis, opening with a narrow cleft or crack. Asci short, typically 

 "^-sporeil and apai-aphysate. Spoi'idia ovatc-oblonu', uniseptiite. hyaline 

 or Iti'owii. 



* Spoi'idid hyaline. 



\. Vi'ipim, Desm. Ann. Sci. Xat. XIX, p. 3(52. 



llyUnium micyogiaphum^ De Not. Micr. Ital. dec. IV, fijjf. III. 

 Kxsicc. Dlsiii. pi. Crypt, lie Frauc. Ed, I, 1629. 



Perithecia innatc-superlicial, minute, black, straiuht or curved, 

 sim]de or branchint;' by c(tnfliience. amphiii'enous. scattered : lips closeil. 

 forming a nari'ow ridge or crust along tlie vert»»x of the jierithecium. 

 .Vsci ellipsoid, 2')-3 o x 12-1') /i. Sporidia obovate-oblong, uniseptate 

 iind consti-iirted, hyaline, 10-12 .\ 4 ft. 



On fallen and decaying leaves of Ilex optica, Newlield, \. J., 

 Mild on decaying petioles oWSabfd semdafa, Florida (Martin). 



\. Pinoiiim, D«sm. Ann. Sci. Xat. 11, Ser. toiii. 10, p. 314. 



K.xsicc. Desiii. Pi. Crypt. Ed. I, yy.i. 



Perithecia adnate-superlicial, scattered or gregarious, linear, 

 sti'aight or curved, simple or bi-anching by conlluence, l)lack; lips 

 clo.sed when dry, slightly open when fresh. Asci clavate, 30-40 x 







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