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1. C. GRiSEOPALLiDA, Weiiim. Submembranaceous, globose 

 then campanulate, sessile, pale gray, externally floccose. Hy- 

 menium even, glabrous. 



On sticks, leaves and dead stems of herbs ; not uncommon. 

 About a line in diameter. 



2. C. GALEATA, Schum. Soft-mcmbranaccous, nearly sessile, 

 obversely cup-shaped, then dimidiate, helmet-shaped, even, 

 whitish ; the margin entire. Hymenium finally rufescent, slightly 

 wrinkled. 



Upon mosses; not common. Two lines or more in diameter ; 

 gray when wet, snow-white when dry, finally becoming reddish- 

 brown. 



3. C. ppzizoiDES, Zopf. Membranaceous, nearly sessile, 

 globose then cujj-shaped, clothed externally with long erect white 

 hairs. Hymenium even brownish; spores obovate, .012-. 013 mm. 

 in length. 



On old herbaceous stems; not common. Cupule pezizoid, 

 scarcely pedicellate, about half a line in diameter. The long hairs 

 are erect and connivent over the hymenium; they are hyaline and 

 incrusted with crystals of calcium oxalate. 



