32 'THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
Helotium (Pelastea) affinissimum, x. sp. Cups subcespitose, stipi- 
tate, plane or convex, 1 line to 2 lines broad, yellow, the external sur- 
face and margin slightly pruinose; stem subcylindrical, yellowish, 2 
lines to 4 lines long; asci cylindrical ; spores oblong, obtuse, .0008 in. to 
.0004 in. long. Decaying sticks buried in the ground. Albany. June. 
This species resembles H. lutescens very closely, but it is more cespi- 
tose in its mode of growth, becomes more discolored in drying and 
has smaller spores. 
Patellaria Hamamelidis, 7. sp. (Plate 2, figs. 7-10.) Small, .014 in 
to .02 in. broad, sessile, black or externally slightly tinged with 
reddish-brown, the disk nearly plane, margin at length obliterated; 
asci oblong-clavate, spores crowded or biseriate, oblong-fusiform, some- 
times slightly curved, at first colorless, then slightly colored, trisep- 
tate, .00065 in. to .0008 in. long, .00025 in. to .0003 in broad. Dead 
bark of witch hazel, Hamamelis Virginica. North Greenbush. May. 
Cenangium Viburni, Schw. Dead stems and branches of hobble 
bash. Viburnum Lantanoides. Buffalo. Clinton. Catskill moun- 
tains. July. 
Caliciopsis, Pk. Receptacle oblong urceolate or subeylindrical, 
at first closed, then open and pulverulent at the apex, stipitate. This 
genus is instituted to receive a small Calicium-like fungus that does 
not well accord with the characters of any genus known to me. It 
partakes to some extent of the characters of some of the small stipi- 
tate species of Cenangium, but its more slender habit and urceolate or 
subeylindrical receptacle which soon becomes pulverulent above sepa- 
rate it from that genus. These same characters and its less tough 
substance forbid its reference to the genus Tympanis. The name is 
formed from Caliciwm and opsis. 
Caliciopsis pinea, Pk, (Plate 2, figs. 11-15.) Scattered or sub- 
cxespitose, about 1 line high, glabrous, shining, black; stem slender, 
straight or curved, slightly thickened at the base, often growing from 
a cluster of black spheriform perithecia which contain spermatoid 
spores; receptacle narrowly urceolate, generally a little curved or in- 
clined to one side, slightly exceeding the stem in diameter, the apex 
soon brownish pulverulent; asci ovate-lanceolate; long pedicel- 
late, spores simple, elliptical, colored, .0002 in. to .00025 in. long. 
Bark of pine trees, Pinus Strobus. Guilderland and Charlton. The 
peculiar form of the receptacle is suggestive of the dry capsules of many 
mosses, particularly of species of Hypnum. The spheriform bodies and 
their spermatoid-contents are probably only another condition of this 
fungus. The young stems are at first pointed, but as they increase in 
length they become more obtuse and finally the receptacle is developed 
at the top. Although this plant strongly resembles species of, Calicium 
externally, it is wholly destitute of any thalline crust and gonidial cells 
and must be deemed a fungus. 
Tuber dryophilum, 7u/. Staten Island. Gerard. 
Hysterium gramineum, J/. @ N. Dead leaves of sand reed, Calama- 
grostis arenaria. Wading River. Sept. Thisis the Wystertwm Ro- 
bergit Desm. of Dr. Curtis’ specimens. //. culmigenum var. grami- 
neum Fr. and Lophodermium arundinaceum var. gramineum, Duby. 
Taphrina alnitorqua, 7ul. Fertile aments of alders. Newburgh. 
July. 
