A' or III .Inicriiaii J Iclicosporcr. 51 



septate, olivaceous, intricately and somewhat reticulatel}- 

 branched, bearing the spores on minute lateral teeth. Spores 



Fig. 19. Helico•^^ elHpticum. 



olivaceous, ellipsoidal, composed of 6-8 spires, closely coiled ; 

 spores 30-36 X 20-24 ^^^^c. ; the thread 3-4 mic. in thickness. 

 (Fig. 19.) 



Growing on Hemlock wood: Newfield, N. J., Mr. J. B. Ellis. 



The spores are formed by the coiling of a lateral branch ; 

 they are very abundant. 



II. Hyphae and spores involved in a gelatinous or gran- 

 ular element {Tuherculariece). 



Genus IV. — Evkrhartia, vSacc. & Ellis. 



vSporodochium superficial, verruciform ; hyphce very slen- 

 der and delicate, branched, involved in a gelatinous mass ; 

 the spores borne at the apex of slender branchlets. vSpbres 

 closely coiled into a flat, fixed spiral. The spores are similar 

 to those of H(lico))ia. 



^P I. EVERH.VKTIA HVMENULOIDES, 



v2) /ivj vSacc. & Ellis. Sporodochium verru- 



^ ciform, scattered, brownish, \-\ mm. 



^^ [1« in diameter ; hyphae very fine and del- 



^!7 icate ; l)ranches hyaline, involved in a 



vellowish mucus ; the spore terminal 



Fig. 20. iiverhartia hymeii- 



uioides, on sleuder branchlets. vSpores hyal- 



ine, guttulate, multiseptate (15-20), coiled about twice; the 

 spiral 14-18 mic. in diameter; the threads about 2.5 mic. in 

 thickness. (Fig. 20.) 



