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 ORYPTOSPORA, Tul. 



Sel. Carp. II, p. 144. 



Stroma valgoid, pustuliform, covered Ijy the epidermis whicli is 

 pierced by the ostiola, sometimes much reduced or wanting. Perithecia 

 mostly bedded in the unaltered substance of the inner bark, subcirci- 

 nate, with converging necks united in an erumpent disk. Asci 4-8- 

 spored, mostly without paraphyses. Sporidia hyaline, ovate or ellip- 

 tical, continuous {Cryptosporella), oblong, fusoid, or cylindrical, con- 

 tinuous i^Eucryptospora), septate or pseudoseptate {Calospora). 



* Sporidia ovate, elliptical or oblong {Cryp)tosporella). 



€r. pancispora, (Pk.) 



Valsa paucispota, Pk. 33d Rep, p. 33. 

 CryptcsporeUa paucispora, Sacc. Syll. 641I. 



Pustules covered by the slightly elevated epidermis which is at 

 length ruptured. Perithecia 2-5, seated on the inner bark. Ostiola 

 short, black, piercing the minute, pallid disk, smooth or rarely slightly 

 radiate-sulcate. Asci short, 55-60 p. long, subcylindrical, tetrasporous. 

 Sporidia continuous, uniseriate, nearly colorless, ovate-elliptical, 15- 

 20x10-12 [JL. 



On dead alder twigs, North Greenbush, N. Y. 



Allied to C/'. aurea, (Fckl.), from which it differs in it'; paler 

 disk, shorter, four-s{X)red asci, and uniseriate sporidia. 



Vv. divergens, (Schw.) 



Spharia divergent, Schw. Syn. Car. 123, id. Syll. N. Am. 1393. 

 }''aisa {Cryptosporella) divergens^ Cke. Syn. 1941. 



The following diagnosis is from Grev. XIII, j). 40: 

 Receptacle somewhat swollen. Groups of peritliecia 2-4 linew 

 across, surrounded liy the ruptured epidermis. Perithecia black or 

 cinereous. Ostiola vcj-y long, round, divergent, three times as long as 

 the diameter of the perithecia. Asci 8-spored. Sporidia subelliptical, 

 hyaline, 7x2 « (7 x U /i, Stevenson). 



On fallen bi-anches <A Liquid wmhar, Carolina (Schw.). 



Or. leucopis, (Fr.) 



Sphisria leucopis, Fr. Kze. & Schm, Myc. Hefle, II, p. 48. 



Diaportfie leucopis, Sacc. Syll. 6094, 



Valsa leucopis, Stevenson, Add. to Cooke's Valsei of the U. S. No. 129. 



Perithecia crowded, subcircinate, few, rather lai-ge, included in a 

 hollow tubercle, white inside and formed from the inner bark, Neck.= 

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