Peck : New Species of Fungi 21 



Cordyceps nigriceps 



Club subovate, obtuse, minutely papillose from the slightly 

 prominent perithecia, greenish black when fresh and moist, black- 

 when dry, about 1 2 mm. long and 10 mm. broad, the margin free and 

 extending below the attachment to the stem : stem equal, solid, 

 pale cadmium yellow toward the base, suffused with bluish green 

 above, pale yellow at the top, white within, 7-8 cm. long, 5-6 mm. 

 thick : asci 280-350 /x long, 12 broad : spores 8, filiform, hyaline, 

 separating into cylindric segments, each 20-40 fx long, 4 jx broad, 

 generally containing 3-6 minute nuclei. 



Among fallen pine leaves. Saco, Maine. November. Charles 

 L. Fox. 



The substance on which the specimens grew was not ascer- 

 tained, but probably it was some subterranean fungus. The species 

 is remarkable for the pileate character of the club by which it may 

 be distinguished from its allies. It resembles Cordyceps capitata 

 but may be readily distinguished from it by the free margin of the 

 club and the more narrow spore segments. In drying the green 

 hues disappear. 



Macrophoma curvispora 



Perithecia minute, numerous, erumpent, surrounded and partly 

 covered by the remains of the ruptured epidermis, black : spores 

 oblong, curved, colorless, 15-17 ft long, 4 ft broad, supported on 

 sporophores as long as or a little longer than the spores. 



Bark of apple trees. British Columbia. Collected by R. M. 

 Palmer. Communicated by William Paddock. 



The fungus seems to cause the bark of the branches to loosen 

 and crack. 



Fistulina hepatica monstrosa n. var. 



Subglobose, supported on a short stem or stem-like base, the 

 external surface entirely covered with tubules 2-4 mm. long. 



Pennsylvania. C. Mcllvaine. In color and texture resembling 

 the common form, but Mr. Mcllvaine informs me that there is 

 nothing in the position or place of growth of the specimens to ac- 

 count for their peculiar character. They are 3-4 inches in diameter. 



