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ASCOMYCETES 



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DISC0MYCETES2 



Geoglossaceae 



CuDONiA ciRCiNANS (Pers.) Fr. In moist places under 

 spruce and pine. Tolland. 



MiTRULA cucuLLATA (Batsch) Fr. Rare, on fallen needles of 

 Picea Engelmanni. Tolland. 



MiTRULA IRREGULARIS (Pk.) Durand. Infrequent, Tolland, 

 Low ground under pine and spruce. 



MiTRULA MUSCicoLA P. Henn. Infrequent, Tolland. 



One collection on moss at Tolland, 9500-ft. elevation, and 

 one collection on moss in swampy ground at Leal, 8600-ft. 

 elevation, the latter under poplars, the former on a steep, 

 moist mountain side. Seaver (I.e.) reports it as M. gracilis 

 Karst. 



Helvellaceae 



Helvella albipes F'k'l. (See Plate XXX.) Frequent, 

 Tolland. 



Under Alnus and conifers. It seems best to keep this dis- 

 tinct from H. elastica, as the latter is known throughout the 

 Eastern United States. The blackish-brown, bilobed deflexed cap 

 and white to snow-white stem are too striking to be neglected. 

 All our collections except one are, unfortunately, rather imma- 

 ture, but experience with this group indicates that the spore 

 size at maturity would doubtless average well up to the size 

 given for H. albipes by Rehm. In one collection the plants are 

 shorter-stemmed, but the spores are more mature and measure 

 up to 21 fjL long by 13.5 /x wide. 



Helvella infula Fr. (See Plate XXXI.) Leal and Tolland. 



Scattered and usually solitary. Aug.-Sept. This cannot 

 as yet be considered as identical with Gyromitra esculenta Fr., 

 although Seaver (Mycologia Vol. Ill) has brought together argu- 



- Discomycetes are noted for the most part according to Rehm, Raben- 

 horst, Kryptogamen Flora, I. 3. 



