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Spores (of No. 4121, print) smooth, wax-colored, slightly bent- 

 elliptic, divided into two cells before spronting, 3.7-1.4 x lA-lO/j.. 

 The spores sprout by short sterigmata which bear single subspherical 

 sporidia. Basidia divided into two prongs, slender, 3.4-4/x thick. 



This seems certainly Dacryopsis, and of the described species only 

 D. riicis (Plowr.) Sacc. is at all near in color, but that has spores 

 4-celled, 5 x 15-18fi and is otherwise different (Trans. Brit. Mye. Soc, 

 1 :55, PI. 2, figs. 2-6. 1898). Dacryopsis EUisiana Mass. (Coryne Ellisii 

 Berk.) was described from New York on decaj'ing basswood log. Ac- 

 cording to Cooke it has spores continuous, 4-4.5 x 15/x (Grevillea 

 20:24.' 1891). 



4121. On piece of decaying oak limb, New Hope Creek, February 14, 1920. Type. 



GUEPINIA 



Small, tough, semi-gelatinous, upright, stalked, the stalk tomentose 

 or scabrous, enlarged above where it is flattened or branched or lobed 

 or wrinkled; hymenial surface confined to one side, limited below, 

 i.e., the stalk not covered by it; basidia forked above into two long 

 prongs; spores smooth, elongated, curved (sausage-shaped), orange or 

 yellow, divided into two or more cells before sprouting; dorsal sur- 

 face said to bear chains of eonidia. Distinguished from Calocera by 

 the broadened or thickened upper part with basidia on one side only, 

 by the slippery but not viscid surface, and by the tomentose stem. 



Key to the Species 



Growing on decirluous wood, stem and sterile surface 



deep rich brown; hymcnium not orange G. elegans (1) 



Growing on deciduous and coniferous wood; hymenium 



orange when fresh G. spathuJarM (2) 



Guepinia elegans B. & C. 



It is rather surprising that we have not yet found this in Chapel 

 Hill as it occurs both north and south of us and is reported by Curtis 

 from this state. The following description is made from dried plants 

 in the Curtis Herbarium (from South Carolina and Alabama) and 

 the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium : 



Plants cespitose or single, up to 2 cm. high, the distinct stalk 

 terete, 5-8 mm. long, deep reddish brown, finely squarrose-tomentose, 

 expanding above rather abruptly into funnel-shaped or fan-shaped 



