8 Discomycctero, Pezizaccfp, Hyalosporfe, Helotitim. 



Klotzsch \n herl). Kew. — Gregariura. cupuh-itum, demum planurn 

 V, repandum, umbilicatum, glabrum, 2 mra. lat. stipiteque iiexuo- 

 so, ascoma requante, flavo-brunnels ; ascis clavatis 60 := 7, octospo- 

 ris, oblongis vel oblongo-fusoideis, 8- 10^^2-3; paraphysibus fiii- 

 formibus. 



Hnb. in lignis decorticatis, Venezuela. 



7. Helotiiim episphsericum Peck 10 Rep. p. 66. — Ascomatibus mi- i-^^^ 

 niitis, ^'.~Vo mrn. iat., gregariis, subsessiHbus, primo subhyalinis, 

 dein rube.scenti-flavis ; disco subplano,- ascis subcylindraceis; spo- 

 ridiis obloogis v. lanceoiatis, 5-6,5 =; 2,5-3. 



Hab. \n Hypoxylo Morsei veiusto, Elizabethtown Amer. 

 bor. — Habitus //, citrini sed rnulto minus. 



B. Helolium mycetophilum Peck 43 Rep. p. 33. — Ascomatibus gre- 4490 

 gariis, minutis, 250-350 o.. lat., sessilibus vel stipite brevissimo 

 suffuitis, planis vel convexis, vix marginatis, extu.s flavidis ; hyme- 

 nio aurantiaco; ascis oblanceolatis, 75 =; 10 ; parapbysibus filiforrai- 

 bus; sporidiis oblor.tgo-ellipsoideis, contiuuis, endochromate inter- 

 dum diviso, 15-17,5-7,5-9. 



Hab. io Fornite fomentario vetusto, Rainbow Arner. bor. 

 — H. ciirino et E. episphcvrico subafHne. 



9. Helotium aurantlacum Cooke Grev. XIX, p. 106. — Sessile vel 449I 

 subsessile, planum, disco aurantio, margine tenui, erecto ; ascis te- 

 reti-clavatis, 80-100^7-9, 6-8-sporis; sporidiis fusoideis rectis v. 

 curvulis, 2-5-guttatis, dernum pseudo-septatis, 14-18 ^; 4-5; para- 

 physibus sinaplicibus, copiosis, filiforniibus. 



Hab. in pag. inf. foliorum emortuoruni, in America boreali (J. 

 B. Ellis). — Ascomata 2-4 mm. lat. 



10. Helotlum scuteilatum Kalch. et Cooke Grev. XIX, p. 72. — Spar- 449 

 sum, sessile vel subsessile, 2 mrn. diam., planurn carnosulura, um- 

 bilicatum, rnar-gine obtusum, extus furfur^aceum ; disco concolore; 

 ascis tereti-clavatis, 101 ^; 11, octosporis; sporidris oblongo-ellipsoi- 

 deis, brunneolis, 16-19 = 5,. pseudoseptatis; paraphysibus filifor- J 

 mibus. 



Ilab. in foliis coriaceis emortuis in Capite Bonae Spei (Mac- 

 Owan). — Fungilli color idein ac folii quo iunascitur. 



11. Helotlum acicularurrr (Roll.) Sacc. Calycella Roll. iu Buil. Soc, 4493 

 Myc. V, p. 170, t. XV, f. 3. — Carnoso-ceraceum, cr^assum, pri- 

 mitus turbiniforme, dein applanaturn, plus rninus regular*e, margi- 



ne leviter prorainente, 2-3 rnm. lat. extus albido-flavum ; disco 

 viiellino, carne alba; ascis oblongo-clavatis. marginato-dehiscenti- 



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