152 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



line, obtuse, uniseptate, but not constricted, 8 to 10 x 2.5 to 3 //.. 

 The outside of the ascomata is slightly hairy so that the species 

 might be referred to Solenopeziza if that is really worthy of generic 

 distinction. 



DERMATELLA Karst. 



D. viticola E. & E., Proc. Phil. Acad., 352 (1894). 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead shoots of Vitis (cult.) Nov. 1893 

 (Nuttall, discov. 1337, 295). 



Sessile, convex-discoid and pale when moist, concave and flesh- 

 color when dry, and then scarcely projecting above the surface of 

 the bark. .50 to .75 mm. diameter. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 

 about 70 x 12 n, with filiform paraphyses, 8-spored, sub-sessile. 

 Sporidia subbiseriate, oblong elliptical, hyaline, i to 3-septate (3 

 to 4-nucleate at first), 15 to. 1 8 x 6 to 6. 5 ,. 



BELONIDIUM Mont. 

 B. AURELIA (Pers.) DeNot. 



Peziza aurelia, Pers. On a dead leaf in rotten log, Monon- 

 galia Co., at Little Falls (Millspaugh). 



ERINELLA Sacc. 



E. miniopsis (Ell.) Sacc. 



On wet rotten wood, May 1893 (Nuttall, 934). 



ASCOBOLACE.E. 



ASCOBOLUS, Pers. 

 A. furfuraceus Pers. 



On old dung of cow, June 8, 1 893 (Nut tall, 974). 



A. carbonarius Karst. 



On bare spots where logs were burned by forest fire the 

 previous winter, associated with Geopyxis carbonaria. It appears 

 that only the prolonged burning of large logs makes proper 

 habitat for this species, as it does not grow where the fire was 

 light. May 20, 1893 (Nuttall, 926). 



ASCOPHANUS Boud. 



A. granuliformis (Cr.) Boud. ? 



On dung of cow, Dec. 1893 (Nuttall, 1340, 298). 



A. carneus (Pers.) Boud. 



On dung of cow Oct. 10, 1893 (Nut tall, 1249, 182). 



DERMATEACE.E 



URNULA Fr. 



U. Craterium (Schw.) Fr. 



On dead twigs on ground, Short Creek, Aprjl 15, 1 893 (Nuttall, 

 898). 



