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*AscoPHANus ciNEREUs (Croiian) Boud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Y, 

 10: 249. 1869. 



Plate 28, f. i. 



Ascohohis cincreus Crouan, Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 10: 194. 1858. 



Grown on horse-dnng in culture in the laboratory, also since- 

 collected in the field. 



The species is quite easily distinguished from any of the 

 other forms described here by the cinereous or blackish color of 

 the plants. 



During the fall of 1906 a fine collection of this species was; 

 made on horse-dung in a wet swampy place in North Dakota. 



*AscoPHANUs TESTACEUS (Moug.) Phill., Brit. Discom. 310. 

 1887. 



Plate 27, f. i. 



Peziza testacea Moug. ; Fries, Elench. Fung. 2 : 11. 1827. 

 Ascoholus testaceus Berk. & Br., Not. Brit. Fungi, No. 1082. 

 Ascoholus testaceus Berk. & Br., Not. Brit. Fungi, No. 1980. 

 (Reprint from Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1865). 



Abundant collections were made on old sacking, building pa- 

 per and cloth. 



The color of these plants varies according to conditions; they 

 are generally bright red but often pale. The color becomes 

 brighter as the plants dry. A piece of old sacking found near 

 the experiment station at Lafayette, Indiana, was almost entire- 

 ly covered with the plants of this species. It was also found on 

 heavy building paper in a damp place. 



During the fall of 1905 this species was collected in good 

 quantity on old building paper and sacking at Mt. Pleasant, 

 Iowa, and during the autumn of 1906 the same species was 

 again collected on a similar habitat in North Dakota. 



AscoPHANUS CARNEUS (Pcrs.) Boud., Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 10 r 

 250. 1869. (Reprint p. 59). 



Ascohohis carneus Pers., Syn. Fung., 676. 1801. 



Scattered or rarely crow^ded, minute, sessile, flesh-red, smooth. 



