NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 149 



On a decaying musk melon. Car. Inf. No. 3179. 



Forming thin black patches; flocci short ; spores fusiform, with 

 v. minute appendage at either end, binucleate, "00057 long, about 

 |- as much wide. 



* Filobolus czystallinus. Tode. — On dung. Car. Inf. No. 

 3024. 



* Morchella esculenta. i?)-.— Ohio, Lea. No. 59. Var. 

 Conica. F. Ehode Island, Olney. No. 1825. Ohio, Lea. 



* Morchella elata. i^r.— New England, Sprague. No. 5385. 



* Gyromitra esculenta. Fr. — Boston, Sprague. No. 5857. 



* Helvella costata. Schmein. — On sand banks. Car. Sup. No. 

 2247. 



Sporidia rough, •001--0013 long. 



* Helvella lacunosa. Afz.—Q&x. Inf. 2975. 



* Helvella atra. K6tiig. — About rotten trunks. Car. Inf. 

 Ravenel. 



* Mitrula paludosa. i?'/-.— Alabama, Beaumont. No. 4630. 

 On mud in low grounds. Car. Inf. No. 1199. 



704. Mitrula lutescens. B. & C. -Flavida subviscosa ; stipite 

 solido squamoso. 



On earth in damp woods. Aug. Car. Inf. No. 2990. 



Dull yellow, l|-2^ inches high ; head brighter, compressed, 

 somewhat twisted, smooth, rather viscid ; stem solid, scaly ; spo- 

 ridia oblong, sometimes curved with about five nuclei, '0013 lo"g- 

 The sporidia of M. paludosa are far more delicate and shorter. 



* laitxula crispata. Fr. — New England, Sprague. No. 5758. 

 Sporidia elliptic uniseriate. 



705. Mitrula elegans. i?.— Clavula parva obovata ; stipite 

 longissimo. United States, Green. No. 66. 



Head not two lines high, gradually attenuated into the stem, 

 which is nearly three inches high, and slightly thickened at the 

 base ; asci clavate ; sporidia oblong. 



* Leotia lubzica. P.— Car. Sup. No. 508. Car. Inf. No. 

 2400. Jan. 



* Iieotia viscosa. Fr. Tremella stipitata. Bosc. — Car. Inf. 

 No. 2976. Ravenel. No. 1784. 



This is referred by Ravenel, Ease, iv.. No. 22, to L. chloro- 

 cephala, Schwein,but it neither agrees with it in habit nor in fruit. 



Sporidia curved, 'OOl long. Growing in light sandy beds, 

 generally preferring roads but little used, the pileus only for the 

 most part appearing above ground. 



* Iieotia chloxocephala. Schwein, 



Sporidia -0008 inch long, rather pointed at either end, with 

 three nuclei smaller than the last. Car. Inf. Ravenel. No. 

 1633. Penns., Michener. No. 3979. 



