﻿Fungi from various Localities 501 



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New Species of Fungi from various Localities. 



By J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart. 



Chaetomium abietinum E. & E. 



On the end of a stick of firewood (Abies cxcelsa) exposed to the 

 weather through the summer. Newfield, X. J., Dec., 1897. 



Perithecia crowded, ovate -globose, finally more or less collaps- 

 ing above, .3 5-. 5 mm. in diameter, densely clothed above with black- 

 simple, spine-like continuous bristles 60-75// long and 4-5 « thick 

 at the base : asci cylindrical, short-stipitate, aparaphysate, p. sp. 

 °5-75 X \2(i\ sporidia uniseriate, globose, subhyaline at first, be- 

 coming opaque, mostly with a single nucleus, 8-10 ,« in diame- 

 ter, only slightly compressed. 



Allied to C. sphacrospcnnum C. & E. but bristles not 

 branched and sporidia rather larger and only slightly compressed. 



Cordvceps Canadensis E. &. E. 



Growing on Elaphomyccs, London, Canada (Dearness, no. 

 2641). 



About 6 cm. high, head elliptical, 6x4 mm. (dry), dark-col- 

 ored : stem yellow, attenuated at the summit, about 3 mm. thick be- 

 low : perithecia ovate, peripheral, about 6x 4 /', their apices slightly 

 prominent, roughening the surface of the head with hemispherical 

 protuberances: asci slender, 300-325 x 7-8 fi : sporidia filiform, 

 nearly as large as the asci, separating into cylindrical segments, 

 10-20 (mostly about 15) x 2-2.5/', hyaline. 



When fresh, the whole plant is of a light yellow color through- 

 out. The slender cylindrical segments of the sporidia are only about 



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COPROLEPA GIGASPORA E. & E. 



On cow dung, Rocky Mts., British Columbia, June, 1 S97 



(Macoun, no. 684). 



Stromata scattered, small (2-4 mm.) convex -prominent, black 

 outside, the surface roughened by projecting cells and imperfectly 

 developed rudimentary brown hairs, inside about the color and 



