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1. D. FRAGiFORMis, Nccs. Rather compact, round, red, some- 

 what lobed and folded. 



On old wood; common. Round, red, gelatinous, but quite 

 firm; sometimes confluent for an inch or two, retaining the deep 

 red color when dry. The threads are moniliform-septate, they are 

 readily set free in water. 



2. D. DELK)UESCENs, Bull. Roundish, rooted, convex, im- 

 marginate, yellowish; at length twisted and hyaline. Spores three- 

 septate. 



On old wood; rare. At first of a dirty yellowish color, then 

 growing pallid, when dry, brownish-yellow. 



3. D. STii,L.'\Tus, Nees. Roundish, convex, at length plicate, 

 yellow, then orange, the color persistent.' Spores multiseptate. 



On old wood ; rare. Distinguished from the former by its 

 persistent bright color. I usually find the spores multinucleate. 



4. D. CHRYSOCOMUS, Bull. Orbicular, golden-yellow; the 

 younger spheric, immarginate, soon collapsed and pezizoid ; at 

 length flattened and persistently even. Spores multiseptate. 



On old wood; not uncommon. Looking like a small Peziza, in 

 which genus it was originally placed, but there are no asci. Spores 

 multinucleate, .015 mm. in length. 



5. D. PELLUCiDUS, Schw. Gyrose and variously lobed, the lobes 

 thick and obtuse, somewhat peUucid, white. Spores three-septate, 

 .012-. 015 mm. in length. 



On old trunks; not common. Large, an inch or two in length 

 and breadth, and resembling a Tremella in form. In the dry 

 state it becomes a thick, hard membrane, plicate-venose and pel- 

 lucid. 



Genus V. — Hirneola, Fr. Jew' s Ear. 



Fungi cartilaginous-gelatinous, soft and tremulous when wet, 

 but not distended with jelly; when dry coriaceous-horny, reviving 

 again when moistened, but scarcely swelling. Hymenium superior; 

 spores continuous, oblong, curved. 



I. H. AURicuLA-JuD.E, Linn. Sessile, concave, flexuous, thin, 

 at length black, venose-plicate on both sides, tomentose and 

 olivaceous-cinereous underneath. Spores oblong, curved, .014- 

 .016 mm. m length. 



On old trunks and branches of Hickory and otlier wood; common 

 and abundant. Often growing crespitosely, 1-3 inches in height 

 and breadth. The hymenium growing black in drying, the opposite 



