﻿Contributions from the Alabama Biological Survey.— I. 



In January, 1897, the Alabama Biological Survey was formed 

 by the voluntary association of those members of the faculty of 

 the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and of the Experiment Station, 

 who were interested in biological subjects. Its object is the study 

 of the flora and fauna of the State in all their relations, but with 

 special reference to geographical distribution of species, and to the 

 relation between the life zones thus established and the agricultural 

 capabilities of these different regions. 



The great part of the time of the members of the survey is 

 necessarily given to other work, but a satisfactory beginning has 

 been made, and considerable collections have been secured in all 

 groups of plants and of the lower animals. Most of the field 

 work has so far been done in the neighborhood of Auburn in Lee 

 County, but trips have also been made to the northern and south- 

 ern portions of the State. 



Under the' general heading of Contributions it is proposed to 

 publish from time to time, in suitable periodicals, such results of 

 interest as may be secured either by the members of the survey or 

 by specialists to whom material is submitted. These Contributions 

 will also be issued as serially-numbered reprints. The following 

 two mycological papers constitute the first number of this series. 

 °ther papers on the spiders and on the myriapods of the State 

 are in preparation. 



1. NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ALABAMA FUNGI. 



By F. S. Earle. 



Micropeltis Alabamensis sp. nov. 

 Kpiphyllous : perithecia 300-400 ft, scattered, convex 



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utel- 



kte, orbicular, black, membranous, extending into a sterile border 

 1 00-200 ft wide consisting of agglutinated, branching, septate, gut- 

 tata, fuliginous threads 3-5 ft in diameter ; ostiolum conspicuous, 

 depressed : asci numerous, irregularly clavate, stipitate, maturing 

 ln succession, 50-60 x 16-20/*, spore-bearing part about 40/* long : 

 spondia inordinate, about 6-septate, cylindrical, ends rounded, 

 'ttle or not constricted, 2 5-30 x 5 /*• 



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