USTILAGINALES. 637 



Order 2. USTILAGINALES. 



1. Cintractia Montagnei (Tul.) Magu. Abh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brand. 37: 79. 



1896. 



Ustilago Montagnei Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 7: 88. 1847. 



On RyncJiospora sp., New Providence : North and South America ; Europe ; and 

 Africa. 



2. Mykosyrinx Cissi (D.C.) G. Beck. Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien. 9: 123. 1894. 



Uredo Cissi DC. in Poir. Eneycl. Meth. Bot, 8: 228. 1808. 



On Cissus sicyoides L., Long Island : West Indies ; North and South America ; 

 and Africa. 



3. Sphacelotheca pamparum (Speg.) Clint. Jour. Myc. 8: 141. 1902. 



Ustilago pamparum Speg. Anal. Soc. Cient. Arg. 17: 89. 1884. 



On Cliaetocliloa gcniciilata (Lam.) Millsp. & Chase, Anguilla Isles; Salt Key 

 Bank : Cuba ; Mexico ; South America ; and Europe. 



Sub-class 5. AUTOBASIDIOMYCETES. 



Contributed by WILLIAM A. MURRILL. 



Sporophore gelatinous. 



Basidia septate. Order 1. AURICULARIALES. 



Basidia not septate : clavate and bifurcate. Order 2. DACKYOMYCETALBS. 



Sporophore not gelatinous ; fleshy, membranous, or woody. 

 Hymenium naked at maturity, covering tne surface 



of gills, pores, spines, etc. Order 3. AGAEICALES. 



Hymenium enclosed in a definite peridium. 



Spores borne in a gleba, which is elevated and 



exposed at maturity. Order 4. PHALLALES. 



Spores remaining enciosed in the peridium at ma- 

 turity. 



Puffballs. Order 5. LYCOPERDALES. 



Bird's-nest fungi. Order 6. NIDULARIAI.ES. 



Order 1. AURICULARIALES. 



1. Auricularia Auricula (L.) Underw. in Northrop, Mem. Torrey Club 12: 



15. 1902. 



Tremella Auricula L. Sp. PI. 1157. 1753. 



Dead wood, New Providence, Andros : tropical regions. 



2. Auricularia nigrescens (S\v.) Farlow, Bib. Index N. Am. Fungi 1: 308. 



1905. 



Pezisa nigrescens Sw. Prod. 150. 1788. 

 Dead wood, New Providence : tropical regions. 



Order 2. DACRYOMYCETALES. 



1. Guepinia palmiceps Berk, (f) 



Doubtfully recorded by Coker. 



2. Guepinia Spathularia (Schw.) Fries, Elench. Fung. 2: 32. 1828. 



Merulius Spathularia Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 66. 1822. 

 Dead logs, New Providence : cosmopolitan. 



