I STILAG1XALES. 637 



Order 2. USTIL AGIN ALES. 



1. Cintractia Montagnei (Tul.) Magn. Abh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Bran.] 37- 79 



1896. 



Ustilago Montagnei Tul. Ann. Sci. Xat. III. 7: 88. IS 17. 



On Ri/nchosijora sp., New Providence: North and South America; Europe: and 

 Africa. 



2. Mykosyrinx Cissi (D.C.) G. Beck. Ami. Xat. Ilofmus. Wien. 9: 123. 1894. 



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



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

 and Africa. 



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



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



On Chaetoehloa geniculata (Lam.) Millsp. & Chase, Anguilla Isles; Salt Key 

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



Sub-class 5. AUTOBASIDIOMYCETES. 



Contributed by Willi am A. Murrill. 



Sporophore gelatinous". 



Basidia septate. Order I. Auricii. ariai.es. 



Basidia not septate ; clavate and bifurcate. Order 2. Dacryomycetales. 



Sporophore not gelatinous ; fleshy, membranous, or woody. 

 Hymenium naked at maturity, covering the surface 



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



Hymenium enclosed in a definite peridium. 



Spores borne in a gleba, which is elevated and 



exposed at maturity. Order 4. Phai.lai.es. 



Spores remaining enclosed in the peridium at ma- 

 turity. 

 Puffballs. Order 5. Lycoperdai.es. 



Bird's-nest fungi. Order 6. NiDDLARTAT.BS. 



Order 1. AURICULARIALES. 



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



15. 1902. 



Trcmella Auricula L. Sp. PI. 1157. 1753. 



Dead wood, New Providence, Andros : tropical regions. 



2. Auricularia nigrescens (S\v.) Farlow, Bib. ]t\<\cx X. Am. Fungi 1: 308. 



1905. 



Peziza nigrescens Sw. Prod. 150. 1788. 

 Dead wood, New Providence : tropical regions. 



Order 2. DACRYOMYCETALES. 



1. Guepinia palmiceps Berk. (?) 



Doubtfully recorded by Coker. 



2. Guepinia Spathularia (Schw.) Fries, Elench. Fung. 2: 32. L828, 



McruUus Spathularia Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1: 66, 1822. 



Dead logs, New Providence: cosmopolitan. 



