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Excerpt from Synopsis of the North American Hypocreaceae, With Description of the Species
Stromata gregarious, 2 - 3 lin., broad, thick, margin repand, disk nearly plain, partially free from the matrix; perithecia minute, globose, immersed, ostiola punctate, minute. The only specimen of this species in our possession was sent from California by Dr. Harkness and is on wood of fir (herb. Hark. In this specimen, the stromata are 1 - 1} cm. In diam., nearly round, central portion adnate, leaving a narrow, free margin closely applied to the surface of the wood. The pale, globose, carnose-membranaceous, peripheric perithecia (200 - 220 11 in diam.) lie in a single layer, their ostiola very prominent and distinctly roughening the surface of the dirty-black stroma. Asci cylindrical, 80 - 110 x 5 - 6 11, without paraphyses, containing 8 two-celled sporidia, each cell subcubical, or nearly globose and 4 - 41} [l in diam., or slightly ovoid, 4 - 5 X 3 - 3% It. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
