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line, obtuse, uniseptate, but not constricted, 8 to 10 x 2.5 to 3 >i.. 

 The outside of the asconiata is sHghtly hairy so that the species 

 might be referred to Solenopeziza if that is really worthy of generic 

 distinction. 



DERMATELLA Karst. 



D. viticola E. & E., Proc. Phil. Acad., 352 (1894). 



Type habitat: On dead shoots of Vitis (cult.) Nov. 1893 

 {Niittall, discov. 1337, 295). 



Sessile, convex-discoid and pale when moist, concave and flesh- 

 color when dry, and then scarcely projecting above the surface of 

 the bark. .50 to .75 mm. diameter. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 

 about 70 X 12 ij., with filiform paraphyses, 8-spored, sub-sessile. 

 Sporidia subbiseriate, oblong elliptical, hyaline, i to 3-septate (3 

 to 4-nucleate at first), 15 to 18 x 6 to 6. 5 ,a. 



BELONIDIUM Mont. 

 B. AURELiA (Pers.) DeNot. 



Peziza aure/ia, Pers. On a dead leaf in rotten log, Monon- 

 galia Co., at Little Falls (Mi/Is/^ai/gh). 



ERINELLA Sacc. 



E. miniopsis (Ell.) Sacc. 



On wet rotten wood, May 1893 {NuttalL 934). 



A S C O B O L A C E .^. 



ASCOBOLUS, Pers. 

 A. furfuraceus Pers. 



On old dung of cow, June 8, 1893 (.\ "////<?//, 974). 



A. carbonarius Karst. 



On bare spots where logs were burned b}' forest fire the, 

 previous winter, associated with Geopyxis carbonaria. It appears 

 that only the prolonged burning of large logs makes proper 

 habitat for this species-, as it does not grow where the fire was 

 light. May 20, 1893 {Nuttall, 926). 



ASCOPHANUS Bond. 



A. granuliforrais (Cr.) Bond. ? 



On dung of cow, Dec. 1893 [Xiitiall, 1340, 298). 



A. carneus (Pers.) Bond. 



On dung of cow Oct. 10, 1893 {Nuttall, 1249, 182). 



D E R M A T E A C E ^ 



URNULA Fr. 



XT, Craterium (Schw.) Fr. 



On dead twigs on ground, Short Creek, April 15, 1 893 (.V«//«//, 

 898). 



