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A New Species of Berlesiella, Jour. Mycol. 9 :217, Dec. 1903. 



A New Sirothecium, Jour. Mycol. 10:1. Jan. 19U4. 



A New Melogramma, Jour. Mycol. 10 :49, March 1904. 



Tubercularia fasciculata Tode, Jour. Mycol. 10:97-8, May 1904. 



A New Species of Pyrcnoniycetes. Jour. Mycol. 10:161-"2, July 1904. 



Pyrenomvcetes scarcely known in North America, Jour. Mycol. 10 :2'26-8, 



Sept. 1904. 

 Sphaeria Calva Tode, Jour. Mvcol. 11:1. Jan. 1905. 

 The Genus Gibellula Cavara, Jour. Mycol. 11 :49-50, March 1905. 

 A New Chaetosphaeria. Jour. Mycol. 11:105, May 1905. 

 A New Species of Kalmusia, Jour. Mycol. 11:153, July 1905. 

 Peziza Pubida B. & C, Jour. Mycol. 11:154, July 1905. 

 North American Species of Marasmius, Jour. Mycol. 11:201-12, 233-47, 



12:1-9, Sept. 1905-Jan. 1906. 

 North American Species of Heliomvces, Jour. Mycol. 12 :92-5, May 1906. 

 North American Species of Lepiota, Jour. Mycol. 12:154-9, 195-203, 242- 



48, 18:1-18, July 1906-Jan. 1907. 

 North American Species of Agaricaceae, Jour. Mycol. 13 :53-62, 143-153. 



TWO NEW HYPOGAEOUS SECOTIACEAE. 



BY WILLIAM ALBERT SETCHELL. 



In the immediate vicinity of Berkeley, and in fact upon the 

 campus of the University of CaHfornia itself, as well as elsewhere, 

 Dr. N. L. Gardner and myself have not infrequently found speci- 

 mens of two members of the Secotium-family which appear to be 

 new and which are strange in their habitat. They g-row in exact- 

 ly the same fashion that many of the so-called hypogaei do, — 

 i. e., not really buried in the ground, but partially buried under 

 earth and absolutely covered over with a compact layer (or layers) 

 of fallen leaves and other debris. It is in just such places and 

 covered in exactly the same way, that we have found many of 

 the true hypogaei, such as specimens of Hymenogaster, Hydnan- 

 gium, Tuber, etc., in this same region. The method of searching 

 for these Secotiaceae is just the same as that employed for the 

 Hymenogastraceae, Tuberaceae, etc., viz., of raking off the cover- 

 ing of dead leaves and exposing the ground underneath, when 

 they may be seen either superficial on the earth, or else very 

 slightly buried in it. It seems proper to call attention to this 

 matter of habitat, since, so far as the literature is known to me, 

 there is almost no mention of such habitat favored by other mem- 

 bers of the same group (cf. however, Bucholtz, Hedwigia, vol. 40, 

 p. 314, 1901) and also because of the .suppo.sed absence of hypo- 

 gaeous species in this family, the statement has been made that 

 the members of this group are all epigaeous. (cf. Fischer, in 

 Engler and Prantl, die nat. Pflanzcnfam. T. i * * p. 299, 1898). 



Another striking thing about the plants with which this 

 article is concerned is, that they both appear at first sight to be 



