56 TWENTY-NINTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
HELOTIUM HYDROGENUM 7. Sp. 
Gregarious or scattered, sessile, smooth, externally brownish ; aide 
nearly plane, margined, pallid or yellowish, becoming éiniaedl with 
brown or green in drying; asci subclavate; spores subeylindrical, 
slightly curved, often containing .several minute nuclei, .0005—.0006' 
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long. 
Decaying wood lying in water. Sandlake. July. 
The plants on the upper surface of the wood have the disk more 
yellow than those just at or beneath the surface of the water. They 
were associated with Mitrula paludosa and Vibrissea Truncorum. 
AScoBOLUS FURFURACEUS Pers, 
Excrement of cattle. Buffalo. Clinton. Sandlake and West 
Albany. July and August. 
When fresh the cups have a beautiful greenish-yellow color. 
AscoBoLus cit1Atus Schm. 
Excrement of cattle. Buffalo. Clinton. November. 
Tympanis eyrosa B. & C. 
Dead branches of apple tree. Silver Lake. Clinton. June. 
BuLGARIA PURPUREA /’ckl. 
Decaying wood. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. Buffalo. Clinton. 
Greig, East Worcester and Catskill Mts. July to September. 
The long spores, .0006—.001’, separate this from 3B. sarcozdes. 
Srictis VERSICOLOR Fr. 
Dead branches and decaying wood. Buffalo. Clinton. West 
Troy. July. 
STICTIS FILICINA 7. sp. 
Pustulate, erumpent, surrounded by the lacerated epidermis; disk 
plane or concave, pallid or cream-colored ; spores filiform, .0016— 
.002' long. 
Dead stems of Osmunda cinnamomea. Center. May. 
The pustules are numerous and brownish at first. The covering 
epidermis is at length lacerated, the numerous narrow suberect lacinize 
retaining their brow nish hue. 
HypocrEA CHROMOSPERMA C. & P. n. sp. 
Fleshy, soft, convex, orbicular, one to two lines broad, flattened 
and patellate when dry, whitish or watery tan-color ; ostiola slightly 
prominent ; asci cylindrical ; spores quadrate-globose, brownish when 
mature, .00016—.0002’ in diameter. 
