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inclined to believe that the fungous flora of Bermuda, so far as 

 the number of species is concerned, compares very favorably 

 with that of any other region of equal extent, notwithstanding the 

 fact that many of the familiar forms seem to be lacking. Of the 

 one hundred and fifty species collected during our two weeks' 

 visit to the islands, many are still undetermined and as this col- 

 lection must necessarily represent a very small percentage of the 

 species which actually occur, any report which may be presented 

 at the present time must at best be regarded as only preliminary 

 to the study of the fungi of these interesting islands. 



Only three species of the Phycomycetes were found. Among 

 the Peronosporales, or white rusts, Albugo cmidida (Pers.) Roussel, 

 was the only species collected. This species, as might be expected, 

 was found to be common on leaves and stems of cultivated radish. 

 The jNIucorales were found to be represented by Piloholus crystal- 

 linus (Wigg.) Tode and an unnamed Mucor. 



Four species of the Helvellales were collected. Of these one 

 species, Geoglossum nigritum Cooke, was found to be abundant on 

 rocky hillsides among mosses. Trichoglossum hirsutum Wrightii 

 Durand was also found. This variety of "hairy earth-tongue" 

 was described by Durand in his recent monograph of the Geo- 

 glossaceae. The variety was based on two collections made in 

 Cuba by Wright. At the time of the original description of the 

 variety it was predicted by the author of the variety that it would 

 probably prove to be a distinct species. The material collected 

 in Bermuda according to a communication from Durand has 

 served to confirm this suspicion. Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) 

 Boud. was reported by the Challenger Expedition as occurring 

 in Devonshire Marsh. Although this region was searched dili- 

 gently we were unable to duplicate the collection of this species. 

 The fourth species collected consisted of only two plants about 

 I cm. in height. While this minute species is distinct from either 

 of the other three collected, the species is in doubt and will prob- 

 ably remain so until more abundant material can be collected. 



Twenty-one species of the Pezizales were collected w hich haxe 

 been assigned specific names. Of these one species, Ascophanus 

 bcrmudensis, is described as new. This species is most closely 

 related to Ascophanus sarcobius Boud., a species which was also 

 found to be common in the Bermudas, but the two appear to be 



