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of an inch in diameter, orange-yellow, with a thick hyaline epispore. 



Living leaves of Ascicpias [amcsii. New Mexico. 7. .S'. Brande^^^ee. 

 Communicated by E. A. Rau. 



This species is quite distinct from .E. Biwuicgci \\\\\c\\ :A<,g oc.cwx% 

 on Asclepias leavfS. 



Lecythea macrosoka. — Sori amphigenous, large, pulvinate, yellow, 

 surround(d by the ruptured epidermis, often crowded or confluent; 

 spores obovate or subglobose, rough, .0006-.0008 of an inch long; 

 paraphyses smooth, capitate, the globose or obuvate head .001-0012 

 of an inch long. 



Living leaves of Epilobium tetragonum. Colorado. T. S. Brandegee. 

 Communicated by E. A. Rau. 



SoROSPORiUM ATRUM — Spore balls very unequal, .0006-. 0016 of 

 an inch in diameter, polymoiphus but most often subglobose, com- 

 posed of a few or many spores according to the size, compact, sepa- 

 rating with difficulty into their component spores, black; spores sub- 

 globose, minutely granular, .0003-.0005 of an inch in diameter. 



Perigynia of Carex Pennsylvanica. Colorado. AT E. Jones. 



The fungus fills the perigynia with its black dusty mass of s,,ore balls. 

 It was found in June at an altitude of about 6000 feet. 



Cheiromyces tinctus. — Scattered, black, erumpent in minute 

 hysteriiform chinks; spores with two to five divisions, .0005-. 0008 

 of an inch long, one to three septate, often a little constricted at the 

 •septa, tinged with blue. 



Decaying wood. Vermont. C. G. Frim^lc. 



In external appearance this- resembles very closely C. Beaumontii, 

 B.&C, of which Dr. Curtis distributed specimens but of which I 

 have seen no description. In it the spores are smaller, of a brown 

 color and destitute of septa. The blue color of the spores in the 

 present species is clearly seen when the fungus is. moistened and 

 crushed on the side of the microscope. 



Peziza spongiosa. — Cups large, one inch or more broad, concave 

 or infundibuliform, thin, soft, externally black, the hymenium black- 

 ish brown, becoming porous when old; stem short, slender, black; 

 asci cylindrical; spores uniseriate, globose, smooth, granular within 

 and often uninucleate, .0005 of an inch in diameter; paraphyses 

 filiform, colored, circinate or uncinate-curved at the lips. 



Ground under fir trees. Near the summit of Mt. Mansfield, Ver- 

 mont. May. C. G. Pringle. 



The hymenium in all the specimens is porous or spongy. I am not 

 sure that this character exists in the young and fresh plants. It some- 

 times occurs in Peziza badia. The description was derived from 

 dried specimens and the colors may not accurately correspond to the 

 hues of the fresh plant. The globose spores and colored paraphyses 

 with hooked tips are distinguishing characters of the species. It 

 belongs to the section Cupulares. 



Phaoidium sparsum. — Perithecia minute, .014-. 02 of an inch 

 broad, few, scattered, black, with a few blunt teeth and a black disk; 

 asci short, clavate; spores crowded, oblong, sometimes slightly nar- 

 rowed toward one end, colorless, .0005-0006 of an inch long, about 



