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eel between the spore and the minute tooth of the hypha ; 

 sometimes it falls oflf with the spore, sometimes it stays on 

 the tooth, but usually it is deciduous from both. 



4. H K LI CO .M vc K s 

 I'.inja's, Morg.,n.sp. Ef- 

 fused, forming a thin, 

 flocculose stratum, gra}^ 

 with a pinkish tinge. 

 Hyphae creeping, sep- 

 tate, branched, brown- 

 ish-hyaline, bearing the 

 spores on minute lateral 

 teeth. Spores linear, hy- 

 aline, guttulate, faintly 

 multiseptate, coiled quite 

 regularly 2}^-3^2 times; 



Helicomyces bellus. 



the thread 140-180 mic. in length by 

 2.5-3 i^iic. in thickness ; the inner ex- 

 tremity acute, the outer obtuse. (Fig.4.) 

 G r o wing on old 

 wood of Lirioden- 

 dron, Juglans, etc. 

 The hyphie creep 

 close to the substra- 

 tum and are nearly 

 concealed by the 

 abundant spores: they 

 are nearly twice as 

 thick as the thread of 

 the spore. 



5. II i". i.icoiMvc i: s 

 scANi)i':xs, Morg., n. 

 sp. Kflfused, forming 

 a rose - colored, setu- 

 lose stratum, llyplue 

 climbing, hyaline, sc])- 

 latc, brauclicd, bear- 

 ing thesjiorcsin dense 



Htlieomyces scandcns clusterS OU miuute kit- 



