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tiiiii. S|)(»ri'lia uiiiseriatc, oviito. iiiiisoptat<' nml sliglitly coiisti'icii'il 

 at tlio .•^cptiiiii, liyaliiM'. 12-15 x <)-S a. 



Oil old (l('(,'(irtii'at(M| wood of various deciduous tivcs. <'oiiiiiinii. 



(i. pai'viiliim, (del.) 



Il\>lii iiiiii fyaiiiiliiiii. ("fit. Hull. Torr. Dot. CItili, V, p. lo ii^-)). 

 (I'ldtiiidii fmi-'iiliiiii, Hacc. Syll. ,s.Sy7. 



Illiiiiiiiiii niiiiosfini urn, Sacc. M. Veil. Ser. IV, p. j.s (i"^7.s), I". Ital. lah. 121 

 llysttiiiim (jxi^iixa/ 11)11 and l/\<lii iinii abhni latiiiii. \\\ llcrh. Scliw. iimi // 

 ax'x'ii'.i:!'^" "' . I >iil >.\' ' • 

 llxsicf. I'M. S. A. I". 153.— Ras-. K. .\iii. 765. — Sacc. Myc. Vlii. 12S1. 



I'critiit'cia dciisciv lirciiarioiis. or soiuctiiiirs iiiorc or less ~c;ir- 

 ((M'Cil, s('at('(l on a tliiii, lilack crust, short (/i-1 iiiiii. loiiu), lilack. -uli- 

 j'otiiiid or oltloiiii', soiiictiiiios sliii'litly curved, cuds olttiise, fiattcnril 

 aliove Mild marked wifli a loim'itiidiiial <>roove. on each side ot wliicli, 

 ill well iiiatured jieritliecia, are one or two liiiiit stria'. Asci c'vlin- 

 drical. sul'sessile, oo-OO .\ a-li ti. iiaraphysate. Sporidia iiiiiseriate. 

 olili(|Ue. rouiidcil at the v.\ii\<, livaliiic. stroii<>'ly coiistricte(|. alimii 

 7 .\ 3 It. 



Oil decorticated wood of Ahuis. New ^'ork Mieranh, on onk. 

 Nowlield, N. .1. 



A carel'iil coiiiiiarisuii of the Aiuorioaii spoce. ol' G/oii/'ii/ii purni- 

 J tun. ((lOr.). with the spec, ol' ^t. nu'ryospon/i/i. Sacc., ii> M. Vciietii. 

 Ii'aves no doulit that the two are identical, in Sacc. Syll. the spoiidin 

 of fr. pari'iihivi are li'iven as I f)-! S ii lono-. (Jorard (I. c.) makes tliciii 

 .')-Ti // loiiiiM .'•<H)2-.()<)();5 ill.), which is iiliout the av(?ran'e leiiuth. thttuuli 

 some sporidia may I'eacli a leiiath of )S-1> //, The yoiniii' perithecia are 

 ,t>'eiieially (piite Hat on to]>, without any lonu-itiidiiial li'roove. liiit tlii- 

 a|)pears later and is iiKtre distinct in the eloiiiiateil loriiis. 



G. eaiyij^eniiiii, E. «S: E. (in lierh,) 



Perithecia «>;rej>'ari(Uis, lying in difibrent directions on the matri.x 

 small (^-1 mm. long), ohiong, straight or slightly curved, ends olitusc. 

 lips open so as to leave a toleralily wide and deep groove or I'lirrow. 

 .Vsci cylindrical, alioiit TO.x 10-12 //, paraphysat(,>. 8-spored. S))oridiii 

 either uiiiseriatc or (|uitc as often liiseriate, ovate, uiiiseiitate, hyaline, 

 slightly eonstricteil at the septum, 12-1") x 5-6 p. 



On an old decaying hickoiw nut lying on the ground, XewlicM 



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This seems liill'erent Ironi Iltfsferiuni nucirnhi, Schw., in the 

 iilisence ofany lilack crust and the ohlong, not ovat<' or hemispherical, 

 Jieritliecia. The lips also leave a very distinct Ihrrow iietween them. 



