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narrow, sometimes obsolete. Asci cylindrical, short (8 to 

 10 /x), stipitate, about 100 x 10 to 12 /x, paraphysate^ 8- 

 spored. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, yellow-brown, 

 5 to 7-septate with a longitudinal septum running through 

 two or more cells, 19 to 22 x 8 to 10 /x, ends mostly rounded 

 and obtuse, not at all or only slightly constricted in the 

 middle. 

 L. COMPRESSUM (Pers.) Sacc. 



On Salix nigra falcata, April 23, 1894. Asci 70 to 100 

 x 13 fji. Spores 25 to 30 x 8 to 10 /x (Nuttall, 1481, 461). 



HELVELLACEAE. 



MORCHELLA Dill. 

 M. ESCULENTA (Linn.) Pers. 



Along an old road among grasses and leaves under 'an 

 oak. April 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 897). (Sheldon, 2308, 2842, 

 3229). 



M. ANGUSTICEPS Peck. 



On ground, Short Creek, April 18, 1893. Spores 25 to 

 28 x 15 fji (Nuttall, 895). 

 M. - - sp. 



On ground. Short Creek, 5 cm. high, with smooth spores 

 28 x 17 /x, April 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 896). 



GYROMITRA Fr. 

 G. CURTIPES Fr. 



On ground below cliffs, Short Creek. Asci, fertile part 

 50 x 16 to 18 /x. Total length 350 /x. Spores 22 to 30 x 

 10 /x, 2-nucleate (Nuttall, 1813). 



HELVELLA Linn. 

 H. MACROPUS (Pers.) Karst? 



On ground in woods at base of cliffs, July 15, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 1097). 

 H. CRISPA (Scop.) Fries. 

 (Sheldon, 2098). 



MITRULA Fr. 



M. PHALLOIDES (Bull.) Chev. 



In water on leaves of Quercus Prinus, etc., spores to 20 

 x 3 /x. Masterson's Glade, June u, 1893 (Nuttall, 935). 

 On decaying leaves in a gutter (Sheldon, 2923). 



M. LUTESCENS B. & C. 



On ground and on dead logs in deep woods, alt. 2,000 

 ft. (Nuttall, 1024). 



