osi 



|i;it(ln'> 1-- iiiclics ;icr(is<, tlip liiiiiiclH's criiwdcd so its to iitirciv 

 (•over till' >iilii('iiliiiii, iiMi'i'owly I'lcl't. lips mostly closed. Asci cvlin- 

 iliiral. 7")-S0.\l(t //, sliort-st,i|)itiit('. pnriipliy^iitc. Sjioi'ldiji S in ;iii 

 jisfus, overlii]i|iiii.L'-siil>liis<'i'iiit<', I'lisoid, liyiiliiic iniis('|it!it(' ;iiid con- 

 ^trii'tcil at the septum, 'J(>-"22 x .VlJ n. 



Oil rotten wood, nortlirrn I'nited States and Ciiniidii. and south 

 Id Carolina: proiialdy to lie met with in other parts of the eonntry. 



'I'lie hiruc patelies of I'adiate perithecia are iienerally made np ol' 

 -(•v( ral snialler. orliicnlar patches. o-4 mm. diam.. eonlhieiit at tlieir 

 adjacent mai'iiins and present ini:' a very neat ajipearance. 



(J. acciiiiiiilatiim. Sclin. Syn. N. Am. 'iOlC. 



Sulticnlnm scanty aronnd the mariiin. coarsely lilirillose, aliout 

 nnc inch across, risinu in an irreunlar. triuicate-pyrnmidal shape, vprv 

 iiiic\en and rontih. on acconnt of the ramose-radiate pei-ithecia heini: 

 crowded and lyiiiu' one aliove the other: hall" an inch thick. Color 

 ihe same as in llie precedinii' species. 



On rotten wood. IJethlehem. Pa. (Scliw.i. 



Aii]iarently a nieic var. of (i. stcllafxui. luit reuai'deil hy Schw. 

 a.- distinct. 



(i. tryhlidioides, E. <5c E. Hull. Torr. IJot. Clni., X. p. Tt;. 



I'.xsicc. i;U. N. A. V. nW. 



Kiuorii'ent, oldonii', !-'- mm. lonii', ends olitnse, lips incni'ved. dis- 

 tant, smooth, leaving' the sooty disk moi'O or less poi-manently exposed. 

 .\.-ci clavate-cylindrical. sessile. S(MtOxl)-12 n.. ov(>rtopped liy the 

 densely crowded paraphyses whose closely matted, dai'k-colored tips 

 iiive the sooty color to the disk. Sporidia nidseiiate or partly 

 liiseriate aliove. ovate, nnisepfate. hyaline. 1 li-l(i ,\ o-T ii. In the 

 IVcsli state the swollen disk entirely hides the maini-i. 



On old fence I'ails. Washinii'ton (Snksdorl'). 



(J. lineaiT. (Kr.) 



l/\!-liiiiim linetiii'. l-r. S. M. II. p. .sX,;. 

 (, '/nil ill III linearr, Sacc. SyH. ,S5'^'^. 

 Kxsicc. I'.n. N .\ !•' 411,; — Relun .\sc. y^j.—Sydow, M. :Maicli 21151. 



I'erithecia more or less crowded, sometimes lonii'itndinally coii- 

 lliicnt. nio-itly lyinu' parallel, sniiimnn'i'sed in the wood which is often 

 lilackeiied, linear, rather Mat. sti'aiLiht or fle.xnons. ends olitnse. lilack. 

 ^llln^th, lips sliiihtly swollen I-U mm. lon^i. aliout \ mm. wide. A>ci 

 ilavate-cylindiical. 7.")-'.H» X 12-14 //. I'arajihyses conii'liitinale. their 

 tijis nnited aliove and foi'minii' a dark-coloi'e(l. coai'sely Lirannlai' stia- 

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