I"- '•\At\t 



710 



(loniiis. about 1 iiiiii. loiiji' (excoptiouiilly lJ-2 miii.), gregarious, hliick. 

 hut uot sliiniug: lips nearly closed so as to leave liut a narrow clcrt 

 Itetween tlieui, niai'ked on each side liy two distinct, longitudinal strin'. 

 Asci oltlong, suliscssile, (50 xl") /i, parapliysate, S-sjiored. Sporidia 

 Itiseriate or inordinate, davate-olilong or (davate-liisoid, yellowisli- 

 hyaline, 3-')-pseudoseptate. one or two of the inner cells divided liy a 

 longitudinal septum, 12-20 (mostly lojx4-5 //, or, including tin- 

 gelatinous envelojte, 7 /t wiile. 



Counnon, on dead stems of vai-ious species of SmJlax. 



The ])eritliecia (see. Schw.), are 2-3 lines (3-G unu.) long. None 

 of the specc. we have. seen, including those in IJerh. Schw., are as long 

 as that — ujostly altout I mm. long. 



FAMILY. HYIM^DERmIe.E. 



Perithecia elongated-linear or ollijjtical, mostly simple, covered 

 by the ej)idei'mis and mostly adnate to it, thin, meml)ranaeeons. opcii- 

 intr bv a longitudinal cleft alonii' the summit. 



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liH' 



md 



HVFODERMA. DC. 



Hlore dt Franc. II. p. 311.). 



Perithecia innate, oblong or ellii»soi(l, at first covered l>y the ( pi- 

 dormis. membianaceous, thin, sululimidiate, oj)ening by a longituiliiial 

 cleft along the ajiex. Asci elavato. with filiform paraphyses. S|(oridia 

 fu.soid or oldong, guttulate, becoming mostly 2-celled, much shorter 

 than tiie asci. Spermogonia {LcptoHtroma sp.). orl)icular, finally 

 deciduous. Spcrmatia sim))U', minute. 



H. ((mimiine, (Fries). 



//vilniiim ((immiiin; Fr. S. M. II, p. 5S9. 

 Ifyfioilei ma commune, D\\\iy, Hyst. p. 41. 

 Exsicc. R.nl). Herb. Mycol. II, 576.— R.iv. F. Am. ,123.— Sydow, M. Mnrcli. 2151, 3271.— FMl 

 N. A. F. 464. 



Perithecia superficial-innate, ellipsoid, obtuse at each end, black: 

 lips longitudinally rugose or smooth, disk subfuliginous, 1-1^ x| mm. 

 Asci ovate-clavate, very delicate, slender-stij)itate, 8-spored, 00-75 x 

 10-12 //, with slen<ler, filiform paraphyses, straight or curved al)ove. 

 Sporidia elongated or narrow-fusoid, straight, suliobtuse, 2-celleil. 

 hyaline, 18-20 x 4 /i, lying mostly jiaiallel in the upper part of the 

 asci. 



On Sumhiicus CdiHKfensi.'i. Sedttm Tclephium, and various dead 



