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64. Balsamia filamentosa, sp. nov. 



Plate XLIII, Figs. i2,a-i2f. 



Large, oblong or irregularly globose, color ferruginous brown; densely 

 verrucose; gleba filamentous; veins irregular; parenchyma pellucid; asci 

 ellipsoidal, markedly stipitate, 42x24//; spores cylindrical, having two to 

 three oil globules, 18 x 12/1. 



Type, No. 236, Harkness Coll. 



Under Heteromeles arbutifolia, Auburn, Placer County, 

 Calif., February. 



The oil globules disappear from view when placed in 

 a medium denser than that of water. 



65. Balsamia vulgaris Vitt. 



Balsamia vulgaris Vitt., Monog. Tub., p. 30, Tab. I, Fig. 2. 



Major, ssepissime sinuoso-exarata vel hinc et illinc excavata, minutissime 

 papulosa, papillis interdum subnullis; lacunis latiusculis gyrosis; septis eras- 

 sis in medio pellucidis; sporangiis paraphyses inter omnino nidulantibus 

 brevioribusque vel breviter exsertis; sporis cylindricis angustis, guttulas 

 oleosas tres subaequales includentibus. (Tul. Fungi Hypo., p. 123.) 



No. 231, Harkness Coll. 



Among decaying vegetation in shrubby thickets, Auburn, 

 Placer County, Calif., December. 



66. Balsamia platyspora Berk. 



Balsamia platyspora Berk., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., Vol. XHI, 

 1844, p. 358. 



Small, globose, rufous, minutely warted, substance pallid yellow, minutely 

 cellulose; sporidia at first broadly oblong-elliptic, with a large globose 

 nucleus, at length slightly elongated trinucleate. (Cooke's Handbook, Vol. 

 n, p. 747.) 



No. 222, Harkness Coll. 



Amongst shrubs under vegetable mould. Auburn, Placer 

 County, Calif., December. 



67. Balsamia polysperma Vitt. 



Balsamia polysperma Vitt., Monog. Tub., p. 31. 



Minor, anguloso-tuberulosa, papillis minutis congestis ferrugineis vestita; 

 came subalbida cellulosa; substantia intercellulari (septis) alba opaca; sporis 

 numerosissimis. (Tul., Fungi Hypo., p. 125.) 



No. 220^, Harkness Coll, 



