106 C. H. Kauffynan 



Otidea umbeina (Pers.) Bres. Rare, Tolland. On and 

 among moss in low ground under conifers. This is certainly 

 Bresadola's species (See Fung. Trid., II. 68), although our 

 plants were only half-size. Iodine does not color the asci blue. 

 Spores 15-17.5 x 8-9.5 fx. 



Plicaria badia (Pers.) F'k'l. Leal and Tolland. On sandy 

 or mossy soil under pine and spruce. 



Plicaria repanda (Wahlb.) Rehm. Infrequent, Leal. On 

 very decayed wood and humus, under spruce and pine. 



PusTULARiA coRONARiA (Ja^cq.) Rehm. Infrequent, Tolland. 

 Only two collections of one specimen each; apparently, it was 

 too late in the season. Along streams in soil and humus. 



Sarcoscypha melastoma (Sow.) Cooke. Rare, Tolland. On 

 much decayed wood imbedded in mossy ground. 



Sepultaria arenicola (Lev.) Rehm. Infrequent, Tolland. 

 On sandy soil under pine. Spores 20-24 x 10-13 (14) /jl. 



Helotiaceae 



Chlorosplenium aeruginascens (Nyl.) Karst. On de- 

 corticated wood, probably Salix. Well developed apothecia 

 were obtained. The other species was not found. 



CoRYNE URNALis Sacc. Rare, Tolland. On much decayed 

 wood. 



Dasychypha pulverulentum (Lib.) Sacc. var. fructicola 

 var. nov. 



On old fallen cones of Pinus contorta. Agrees well with 

 Rehm's description and some European Exsiccati, except in 

 slightly larger average size of the apothecia, which are white 

 externally. Apothecia 1-1.5 (2) mm. broad; asci 55x6 fx; 

 spores 7-9x1.5-2 /z. The paraphyses are sublanceolate up- 

 wards and ally it closely to the genus Lactinum Retz. 



Helotium alnicola sp. nov. 



Apothecia 1.5-3 mm. broad, 1-4 mm. high, with a pale 

 ochraceous hymenium, later pallid, at first closed, margin in- 

 curved on drying, externally white and glabrous, subsessile to 

 stalked, caespitose in small groups on small cankers at base of 

 Alnus trunks recently dead; asci about 225x10-12 /x, cylin- 



