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Helot turn claro-flavttm, Berk. .Small, seldom exceed- 

 ing lmm. diameter, lemon-yellow (throughout, concave to 

 convex, very shortly stalked. Asci clavatc. spores elliptic, 



hyaline, obtuse, 7-10 x 3ju. 



On dead wood, not at all common. 



Helotium striatum, n.s. Attached by i v ry short 

 Blender stalk or sessile; disk fleshy, soft, concave, pale 

 cinereous when fresh, ochre when dry. l-2mm. diameter, 

 externally sooty brown, smooth, striate j asci clavate, 

 paraphyses filiform; spores oblong, obtuse, hyaline 6 x 



On (had wood. 



Helotium microsporium, n.s Discoid, shortly stipi- 

 tatc, l-2mm. diameter, livid, nearly white, soft fleshy, 

 Externally smooth; asci cylindric, spores hyaline, smooth 

 oblong, obi use, 1.5 x 2 n, 



V ry i • bo Mollisia. 



Much paler than //. prasinum. 



On dead wood. 



Helotium carnosum, n.s. Sessile <>r very shortly 

 stalked, pale ochre yellow when fresh, soft fleshy becoming 

 darker to dull red when old, lmm. diameter, rim thick 

 involute, convex, externally delicately pruinose; asci 

 cylindric; spores hvalino, smooth narrow oblong, 6 x 



1.5 M . 



On dead woodi 



Helotium tasmanicum, n.s. Sessile, concave to i 



rex, 24mm., bright orange yellow all over but externally 

 a little paler, slightly furfuraceous, asci cylindric, spores 

 narrow oblong, 1-1-18 x 3-4.5 u.. hyaline, smooth, not with 

 a darker disk as in //. citrinum, to which it is closely re- 

 lated. 



(>n dead wood. 



Mollisia undulata, n.s. Soft waxy, sessile, usually 

 broadly affixed, concavo-discoid. undulate, 5-8mm., livid 

 gray, turning black when dry. externally black : asci nar- 

 row cylindric, spores narrow oblong, smooth hyaline, 6 x 

 1.5 u.. paraphyses filiform. 



Differs from M . cinerea in large >ize, broad attachment 

 undulate disk, black exterior, and absence of even white 

 margin, completely collapsing when dry. 



On rotting wood. 



