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the para|)hyses, the bvpothccium, exciple and ends of the para- 

 physes dark green. Parapliyses sometimes branched near the 

 ends, granular. Asci clavate, attenuated at the base and some- 

 what smaller at the ends. Spores clavate and curved, containing 

 6-10 large oil globules, 7-10 septate, 46-56 mic. long and lo-ii 

 mic. wide. 



Probably very common on decaying wood and stems. 



Coll. Freda 'M. I^achman,, Oct. 31, 1907. 



Genus IV. Patinella Sacc. Grev. 4:22. 1875. 



Type species, Patinella hyalophaea Sacc. 



Apothecia plane or soinewhat concave, sessile, blackish or 

 dark colored, somewhat horny. Ends of the paraphyses slightly 

 enlarged or equal. Asci cylindrical. Spores 8, ellipsoid or ob- 

 long, rarely globose, simple, hyaline. 



-\-Potinelki oUvacea Sacc. Syl. Fung. 8:770. 1889. 



Peziza olivacea P)atsch Flench. 127. f. 51. 178(3. 



Apothecia solitary or in groups, 7,-y mm. broad, interior and 

 exterior dark olivaceous, edge paler but greenish, sessile, attached 

 to the substratum by many brownish, septate, simple rhizoids, 

 exterior somewhat roughened. Hymenium light olivaceous, hy- 

 pothecium more brown, exciple of vesiculose brownish cells, larger 

 and somewhat polygonal near the outside. Paraphyses sometimes 

 branched, hyaline, ends surrounded with a green gelatinous sub- 

 stance. Asci cylindrical. Sjxjres arranged end to end, con- 

 taining two oil glcjbules. hyaline, later becoming brownish, simple, 

 oblong, 8-10 mic. long and 4 mic. wide. 



\'ery common on rotting logs. 



Coll. Frerla M. Rachman, June 2y, 1908, Aug. 11, 1908. 

 P>ruce Fink, Aug. 12. 1908. 



Family \'IL Cexangiaceae. 



Mycelium within tliC substratum. Apothecia leathery, waxy 

 or gelatinous, at first more or less immersed then superficial, 

 often enclosed within a membrane at first. 



