Iniiii'itniliiially (h'liisi'ciit. o|>oiiiiii>' cciitriil. MUncfiii'.cs iililncviiitcd iuid 

 distinctly laldatc 



Oil fraiiiiK'uts of willow wooil. Hctlilclu'in. Pa. (Sfliw.). 



H. Rliois, Solnv. Svn. N. Am. '209J. 



Scattered, short, (»vate or piil»i'otiiiid. coiivox-jrlctliost'. lilack, not 

 siiiniiiji', glalirous. Fjijis distant. loaviiisr a wide opciiini;'. Siiltiin- 

 iiici'.s('d among the Hliers of the wood, minute. ai))»earin<r to the naked 

 eye like Itlaek specks. 



Rather rare, on rotten wood of I^/ntti typhiiui. J>ethlelieiii. Pa. 

 (Schw.). 



H. iiiicieola, Sohw. Syn. X. Am. 2080. 



Seateil on a black crust. Perithecia ovate-hemispherical, str»»ni>:- 

 ly convex, the elongated orifice sultiiiipressed, acute ,closed, otherwise 

 glalirous, of a Itrownish-lilack color, crowded together in various posi- 

 tions, transverse, parallel and mixed. 



On old hickory nuts, Bethlehem, Pa. (Scliw.). 



The sjH'cc. in Herl>. Schw. have tlie outward ajipearance of 

 Gloni inn piirvul xm. Ger., Iiiit are entii-ely without fruit. 



H. Kalmiae. Selnv. Svn. N. Am. "205)1. 



Perithecia immerseil among the fil)crs of the wood, at length 

 longitudinally orumpent, very long, linear, straight, acuminate at the 

 ends, confluent, very idack. Lips thin, subturgid, gaping, with a rather 

 lirctad opening. 



On partly rotten wood o\' Kahniu, ernmpent among the fibers of 

 (lie wood and covered by them, Bethlehem, Pa., (Schw.). 



H. fibi'it»^ctiim, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 20!>'>. 



Kriimpent, gregarious, covering patches often an inch across 

 aniuiig the loosened fibers of the wood. Perithecia semiiinmersed. 

 liliick, broad-ovute, altruptly acuminate at each entl, generally some- 

 what flattened altove, sides convex, opening broad, margined, at first 

 closetl. 



On old willow wood, Bethlehem. Pa. (Schw.). 



The tijjecime/is of the folloiritif/ species in Hvi'l). Schtc. do not hvlonrj 



to Hi/steritim. 



H. libriiicola. Seliw. Syn. X. Am. 2101. 



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