﻿328 Peck : New Species of Fungi 



HyPOMYCES INAEOL'ALIS. 



Perithecia subsuperficial, easily separable from the host plant 

 crowded, forming a continuous stratum, pallid or pale pinkish- 

 brown, the ostiola prominent; asci slender, cylindrical, 1 25-1 50// 

 long, 6-7.5 t l broad; spores subfusiform, hyaline, septate near the 

 base, commonly acute or slightly pointed at the apex and obtuse at 

 the base, sometimes acute at both ends or obtuse at both ends, 15- 

 20 // long, 5-6 fi broad. 



Parasitic on some stout thick stemmed agaric, Maine. Sep- 

 tember. C. L. Fox. 



The perithecia attack both pileus and stem and prevent the ex- 

 pansion of the former. According to the notes of the collector, 



the perithecia are at first a dingy pink or flesh color, becoming 

 yellowish-white from the copious effusion of the spores. Some- 

 times the ostiola appear hyaline when viewed by transmitted light. 

 The species is peculiar in having the septum of the spores near the 

 base as in the spores of Plmcrightia morbosa. This divides th 

 spore into two unequal parts and suggests the specific name. By 

 this character the species may be distinguished from H. J \vibrun- 

 tianus and H. Banmngiae. 



Microglossum contortum. 



Clubs 2.5-5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick, cespitose or scattered, com- 

 pressed, curved, contorted or irregular, dark bay or brown when 

 moist, blackish and longitudinally wrinkled or grooved when dry; 

 asci narrowly clavate, 87-1 12 a long, about 7.5 a broad, 8-spored; 

 spores oblong-fusiform, hyaline, 12.5-15 // long, 5-6// broad. 



Deep woods, Rock Creek Park, D. C. May. Mrs. Williams. 



Allied to M. multiforme, from which it diners in its larger size, 

 larger spores and its usually tufted mode of growth and irregular 

 twisted or contorted clubs. 





