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Tr. iiisciilptum, Cke. Disc of the V. S. p. 8'2. 



Kxsicc. Kll. N. A. I'. ISO. 



Hriiiiii>("iit, sliito-col()r<'<l, uTciiiirioiis, tliiii, n-1^ iiiiii. loiiu', olilonu'. 

 t'llij)tiral or ii'fcirnhii' in sliapc, I'loscly ciiilirac'cd Ity tli(M'j»i(loriiii.< ninl 

 scarcoly I'isiiiii' al)()V(3 it, inai'irin tliiii, erect, scarcely inciirvod, (iltcii 

 iiinlitlate tVoiii the piessuie of the ruptured epidermis aijaiust it. Asci 

 ventricose, sessile, overtopjx'd hy the aliundaiit paraphyses which me 

 olivaceous and coiiu'lutinateil al)ove. Sporidia inordinate, ohjoni;, iiiii- 

 sept<ate and constricted, pale at first, soon dai'k l)ro\vn. "J o --,').') x ]'l n. 



On dead liudis ol' C"fyo, Newfield. N. .1. 



*■" Sj)or/'(fi(t .'}- Of inorc-sepfdtc {Tri/hlididhi). 



Tr. li'it'iiliiiii, (Spi't^iij?.) 



U\ ill) ill III I iifiiliiiii, SpriiiK. iu Vet. \i:. Holm. 1S20, \i. 20, I'r. S. M. II. |). VM 

 l/y.stniiiiii iiiiilliinis, Kze. 111 Wtig. Ivxs. 

 Tiyhliiliiim cmijliinis, I)i" Not. Pir. I.-it. p. \(i. 

 Tiyblidiella 1 ii/u!a. Sacc. Syll. II, ]>. 7.S7. 

 Kxsicc. Kav. I-". Car. II, Xo. .(7 — Kav. K. \\. ,^,^(i<j.— Rah. I'". Am. (.^7. 



Krunipent. olilonu', llexnous or snlitriannidar, sinootii, lii'owiiisli- 

 l)lack: lips swollen, transversely striate. 2-3 mm. loni>-, and 1 iiiin. 

 wide, disk l)rick-red. Asci l")(>-l2t)0 ,\ l;J-l ;">//, without ]»arapliys('s, 

 clavate-thickened al)ov(>. Sporidia uniseriate, ol)lon,u-, 3-.<eptate. 24- 

 30 X 10-12 n (30-3") X 10 ti, Sacc. in Syll.;, scarcely constricted at the 

 se])ta, roddish-Iirown, liecomin,<<: n(>arly opakc. 



On hark of dead linihs, Southei'ii States and California. 



In the fresh stjite this resembles a Ptzlza, the disk heinu' iienilv 

 orhicular and fully exposed, hut when dry, tlio opjiosite mariiiiis rdll 

 tou'ether and the plant assumes tl'' asp* I't of Ihtiit''riuin with the n|i.- 

 loosely closed. 



Var. mirrosponnn, K. <.t K., TrihLdicl^- ^Ifis/'i, Rehm. in Ixii'i. 

 Kryi»t. Flora, Disco.n. j.. 23,'), Kxsice. Ell. N. A. F. 128;J, dilVers frum 

 the usual form only iit its smaller (18-22 x(!-7 /i) sporidia. 



Tr. (•lava'sp»riim, Fk. 3r)th l{ep. X. Y. State Mas. p. 143. 



Rece]>tacles, when moist, suliorhicular, plane or sliii'htly convex. 

 mariiined, .^-1 mm. diam., l»lack, when i\v\. more or less contractcil. 

 hysteriifoi'iii, with thick lips. As(.'i clavaU? or cylindrical, !)0-l 12 // 

 lonj>'. S])oi'idia oldonu-clavate. crowdeil or iiiseriate, colored, 4 -si 'ii- 

 tato, 20-27x7^-10/^ 



On decorticated wood ol' willows (S'/h'r lu'f/ra), AHiany, N. V. 

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