February, 1907] 



Mycological Bulletin No. 74 



301 



Fig. 229. — Ty-los'-to-ma a-mer-i-ca'-num. (C. G. I-loyd). 



TYLOSTOMA FLORIDANUM.— Pcridiiini dark castaiicous color, with 

 a small, tulnilar, circular, protrudiug mouth. Cortex separating imper- 

 fectly, particles adhering to the peridium. thickened and sul)persistent be- 

 low. Stem slender, dark reddish bnwii. sub-smooth, sul)striate with no 

 trace of scales, white within, hollow with centr.-d fibrils. Capillitium sub- 

 hyaline, sometimes waxy with septa both swollen and even. Spores 5 mic, 

 stronglv asperate. 



This" little snecies seems to be of a southern range, reachmg me only 



