Chlorosplenium 105 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: North Carolina. 



Distribution: New York and Connecticut to Alabama and 

 North Dakota. 



Illustrations: Grevillea 1: pi. l,f. 5; Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. 

 State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 23, f. 3. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 664; Ellis & Ev. Fungi 

 Columb. 249; Rav. Fungi Car. 5: 39; Wilson & Seaver, Ascom. 

 1; ? Brenckle, Fungi Dak. 667 (as Phialea sordida) ; Reliq. 

 Farlow. 107 . 



2. Chlorosplenium salviicolor Ellis & Dearn.; Ellis & Ev. Proc. 

 Acad. Sci. Phila. 1893: 146. 1893. 



Apothecia at first subhemispheric with the margin incurved, 

 expanding and becoming subdiscoid, externally dark sage-green, 

 reaching a diameter of 1.5-2 mm., contracted below into a very 

 short, stem-like base; asci clavate-cylindric, reaching a length of 

 30 ju and a diameter of 2.5-3 m; spores 2-seriate, minute, elon- 

 gated, hyaline, 1-1.25 X 3-4 m; paraphyses slender, branched 

 above. 



On dead stems of Vitis vulpina. 



Type locality: St. Martinsville, Louisiana. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



3. Chlorosplenium olivaceum Seaver, sp. nov. 



Apothecia thickly gregarious, entirely sessile, shallow cup- 

 shaped to scutellate, the margin often irregularly wavy, exter- 

 nally slightly furfuraceous, dark olive-green, reaching a diameter 

 of 2-3 mm.; hymenium concave, light pea-green; asci clavate, 

 reaching a length of 55-60 and a diameter of 6-7 m, 8-spored; 

 spores irregularly 2-seriate, narrow-ellipsoid, 3-4 X 9-10 /x; pa- 

 raphyses slender, slightly enlarged above, reaching a diameter 

 of 2-3 fi. 



Apotheciis gregariis, sessile, scutellatis, margine plicato-crenato, extus pal- 

 lide viridis, 2-3 mm. diam.; hymenio palidiore; ascis clavatis 8-sporis, 6-7 X 

 50-60 m; sporis ellipsoideis, 3-4 X 9-10 ai; paraphysibus filiformibus, sursum 

 clavatis, 2-3 m diam. 



On rotten wood of Quercus sp. 

 Type locality: Princeton, Georgia. 

 Distribution: Georgia and North Carolina. 



