1896,] I'AIRMAN PUFF RALLS, SLIME MOULDS, ETC. 215 



Phialea Fr. 



169. Phialea Urticae (Pers. ) Sacc. Hymenoscypha, Phill. 

 Br. Disc, p. 141. Sacc. Syll. Disc, p. 173. This is Hc/ofiuni 

 ficmosum E. and E., Proc Roch. Acad. Sci., vol. I, page 53. On 

 dead stems of Lcoiiiiriis cardiaca L. and Arctium Lappa L. , occupy- 

 ing snioke-colorc'd areas. Lyndon\'illc 



170. Phialea fructigena (Bull.) Gill. Phill. Br. Disc, p. 

 135. Sacc. Syll. Disc, p. 265. In the cups of some oak. Ridge- 

 way, Sept. 29th, 1 89 1. 



Pseudohelotium Fuckel. 



171. Pseudohelotium Fairmani (E. and E. )Sacc. Journal 

 of Mycol. , vol. I\'., page 56. Sacc. Syll. Disc, p. 302. Proc. Roch. 

 Acad, of Science, vol. I, page 52. On under surface of bark lying on 

 the ground. Ridgevvay, April, 1888, and Sept., 1899. 



Pezicula Tul. 



172. Pezicula rhabarbarina (Berk.) Tul. Patellaria in 

 Peck, 22 Rep., page 96. Dcnnatca in Phill. Br. Disc, page 343. 

 Sacc. Syll. Disc, p. 311. On dead blackberry stems, Ridgeway, 

 June, 1889. Rhubarb-colored, hence ;'/;a(^ar(5ar/;z« from Rhabarbarum. 



Chlorosplenium Fr. 



173. Chlorosplenium aeruginosum (Oeder) De Not. Peck, 

 24th Rep., p. 95 {Peziza). Phill. Disc, p. 147. The wood on 

 which the plant grows is stained a deep verdigris-green color and is 

 called in Germany " griinfaule, " and in England "green oak." It is 

 used in the manufacture of Tunbridge ware. This ware is made in 

 Tunbridge, a town in Kent, England, of hard woods (cherry, beech, 

 holly, etc.), inlaid and wrought into work-baskets, boxes, toys, etc. 

 Our specimens were found on moist, fallen branches of hemlock, in 

 swamps, May, 1895. The author has a block of cherry wood inlaid 

 with a piece of the green wood from this specimen and finds that it 

 takes a good polish, and concludes that the " green oak," as met with 

 in this country, is also suitable for the manufacture of small articles of 

 woodwork, similar to Tunbridge ware. The green coloring matter of 

 Chlorospleniiivi czrughiosiini, or wood stained by it, is due principally 

 to xylochloric acid. It can be obtained by extracting the green wood 

 with chloroform, is slightly fluorescent, and according to Prillieux its 

 spectrum shows three absorption bands, an intense one in the red, a 

 less intense one in the orange, and one which occupies all of the 



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