coiiiiHjiiini 



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1539. Sphceria monfitrosa, Scliw. — Grofiarioiis, seated on a 

 l)lack, woody crust, rather large, sometimes very large and deformed, 

 swollen at the base, nan-owed above into a thick, sulcate, pyi-aniidal 

 ostioluni. Substance carbonaceous. Covered entirely, even the 

 ostioluni, with a dense coat of brown, sultrigid hairs. Has some 

 rescnd)lanee to some forms o{ Eiitypa spinosa; occasionally denuded. 



On chestnut wood, Betldehem, Pa. 



Pertuscv. 



l.")87. Sphffvia inclinata, Schw. — Scattered or aggregated, 

 erum])ent through the filters oi' the lower stratum of the l)ark where 

 the ei)idermis has falh^n away, at first inuncrsed, then exposed. Peri- 

 thecia ovate-globose, minute, ol)lifiuely inclined, with the ostioluni 

 comparatively large and finally deciduous; then the perithecia are 

 sim]>ly perforated, black and rugose. 



On twigs of Viburnum, IJethlehem, Pa. (Schw.;. 



1589. Sphcpj'iu ghmdkola, Schw.— This (sec. Cke. Grev. XVl. 

 p. 91) is a Photna with sporules 5 x3 /i, basidia 20 x 3 p. 



1590. SphcRi'la pei'icarpii, Schw., and 



1583. Spho'viu Surctili, Fr., are also (sec. Cke. 1. c.) only specie^ 

 of Phoma. 



1591. SpliWi'la tingens,f^c]\\Y. (net Lophidinm tingens, Ell.) — 

 Scattered, conically beaked, at firi=t inmersed, then adiiate witli a 

 flattened base. Perithecia comjjiessed-conical, scarcely rugose, ros- 

 trate, with a thick, deformed, subshining ostioluni. The bark is 

 blackened around the pei-ithecia. 



In cracks of the bark on young In'anchcs of Sassafras, Bef.hlehem. 

 Pa. (Schw.). 



1595. Sji/iceria ellfptka, Sdnv. — Rather large, elliptical, elon- 

 gated, scattered, only slightly 'elevated, flattened, base subinmiersed. 

 Ijlack, at length perforated with a central jjore, at first crowned with 

 a papilliform ostioluni which is finally deciduous. 



On Viburnum, Mauch Chunk, Pa. (Schw.). 



159G. Sphiv 'a dcformata, Schw. — Widely scattered, minute, 

 protruding and denuded, of an irregular-cylindrical shape, very black, 

 surl'ace subi-ugoso and unev(>n; ostioluni indistinct. At length pei-- 

 I'oratcd. With tin; preceding species. 



