276 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. [Proc. 3D Ser. 



In the forest, Auburn, Placer County, Calif,, June. 

 Differing from the preceding in color and in dimensions 

 of the spore. 



Delastria Ttd. 



Delastria TuL., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., 2d Ser., Tome XIX, p. 379. 



Ascomata basi obtusa protuberante instructa, cortice tenuissimo, fibrilloso- 

 byssoideo, passim rimosoaut evanido vestita. Gleba carnosa, humida, mollis, 

 venis candidis anastomosantibus variegata et iisdem in glebulas rotundatas, 

 quasi septis spuriis, divisa. Asci oblongo-reniformes, anipli, 2-4-spori. 

 Sporidia sphaerica, reticulato-alveolata, nucleo oleoso donata. (Sacc. Sylloge 

 Fung., Vol. VIII, 1889, p. 904.) 



97. Delastria rosea Tul. 



Pl.\te XLV, Figs. 2-ja-2-]b. 



Delastria rosea Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., 2d Ser., Tome XIX, p. 379. 



Globosa V. obovata, depressa, vulgo gibberoso-mamillosa, interdumque 

 sulcata et rimosa, fragilis, cortice adpresse byssaceo-tomentoso, subsericeo v. 

 velutino, niveo dein fuscato involuta; gleba ex albido mo.x amoene rosea, 

 dein rufa, venis candidis, immutabilibus, cum cortice continuis, areolata; ascis 

 inordinatim sparsis, ovoideo-oblongis, saepius incurvis seu reniformibus, nee 

 in modum pedicelli deorsum angustatis, 2-3-rarius 4-sporis; sporidiis, sphaeri- 

 cis, reticulato-alveolatis, subaculeatis, maturis luteolis, 30-40// in diam. (Pao- 

 letti in Sacc. Sylloge Fung., Vol. VIII, 1889, p. 905.) 



No. 182, Harkness Coll. 



Under shrubs amongst vegetable humus, Auburn, Placer 

 County, Calif., May. 



This is the only species found of this genus. The 

 characteristic rose-pink tint shown upon the cut surface 

 of the gleba is still to be seen even after months of immer- 

 sion in alcohol. About fourteen alveoli appear on the 

 circumference. 



Choiromyces Vltt. 



Choiromyces Vitt., Monog. Tub., p. 50. 



Common integument, even. Base definite. Asci clavate. Sporidia spher- 

 ical. (Berk. Outlines Brit. Fung., p. 377.) 



