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3. Cudonia ochroleuca Cooke & Hark.; Durand, Ann. M\c. 6: 

 461. 1908. 



Leotia ochroleuca Cooke & Hark. Grevillea 9: 8. 1880. 

 Vibrissea ochroleuca Massee, Ann. Bot. 11: 262. 1897. 



Ascophores scattered, stipitate, pileate; ascigerous portion 

 convex, ochroleucous, 6 mm. in diameter when dry; stem slender, 

 flexuous, white, longitudinally striate, or rugulose, 8-10 mm. 

 high; whole ascophore when dry dark reddish-brown, substance 

 apparently not subgelatinous; asci clavate, slenderly stipitate, 

 apex narrowed, not blue with iodine, reaching a length of 75-100 ji 

 and a diameter of 8-9 /i, 8-spored; spores multiseriate in the 

 ascus, clavate-filiform, acute at each end, hyaline, 3-more- 

 septate, 2 X 18-25 /x; paraphyses filiform, very slender. 



On damp ground. 



Type locality: San Rafael, California. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Ann. Bot. 11: pi. 13, j. 70-72; Ann. Myc. 6: 

 pi. 11, f. 104. 



4. Cudonia monticola Mains, Am. Jour. Bot. 27: 322. 1940. 



Ascophores single, gregarious, or cespitose, pileate, fleshy- 

 leathery, 3-10 cm. high; pileus variable in form, convex, irregu- 

 larly hemispherical, laterally compressed or subspathulate, 10-30 

 mm. broad, incarnate-cinnamon; stem 5-7 mm. thick below, 

 somewhat attenuated upward, wood-brown; asci clavate, reach- 

 ing a length of 90-100 /x and a diameter of 8-10 ^t, attenuated 

 below, 8-spored; spores acicular, 2 X 20-24 y., hyaline; paraph- 

 yses filiform, hyaline, curved at their apices. 



On spruce needles and coniferous debris. 



Type locality: Lake Crescent, Washington. 



Distribution: Washington. 



Illustrations: Am. Jour. Bot. 27: 324,/. 1. 



5. Cudonia grisea Mains, Am. Jour. Bot. 27: 322. 1940. 



Ascophores gregarious, pileate, stipitate, fleshy, 1.5-5 cm. 

 high; pileus convex, thick, 5-15 mm. broad, drab or dark-gray, 

 smooth; stem 3 8 mm. thick, attenuated above, smooth, brown; 

 asci clavate, reaching a length of 70 90 ^ and a diameter of 6-8 n, 

 attenuated below; spores acicular, 1.5-2 X 18-22 ji, hyaline; 

 paraphyses filiform, hyaline, curved at their apices. 



