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BURT THELEPHORACE^ OF NORTH AMERICA. Ill 361 



spores colorless, even, broadly ovoid, somewhat flattened on 

 one side, 4i x 2|-3 m. 



Fructifications about 2-3 mm. high; pileus 1-2 mm. broad; 

 stem 1 mm. long, J mm. thick. 



On living stems of herbs in damp places. New York. Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



The minimum dimensions given above for the fructifications 

 are about those of European specimens of this species as figured; 

 the American specimens run rather larger in Peck's collection. 

 Peck noted that some of his specimens were white when col- 

 lected, but that they dried yellow like the others of the collec- 

 tion. In other respects our American specimens agree closely 

 with the figures and description of European specimens. Oude- 

 mans gives the spore dimensions as 10-12 x 4-5 /x, but Patouil- 

 lard gives them as they are in American specimens. 



Specimens examined: 

 New York: Grifiins, Delaware Co., C. H. Peek (in Coll. N. Y. 

 State). 



2. C. laeta Fries, Epicr. 568. 1836-1838. 



Illustrations: Patouillard, Tab. Anal. Fung./. 862, 



Fructifications membranaceous, obliquely cup-shaped, ex- 

 tended at the vertex into a stem, pendulous, entire, everywhere 

 glabrous and sulphur-colored ; stem straight or somewhat flexu- 

 ous, hymenium minutely pitted ; spores colorless, even, 6-8 x 

 3-4 Mj borne four to a basidium. 



Fructifications 3-5 mm. high, 2-4 mm. broad ; stem 1-2 mm. 

 long, about J mm. thick. 



On dead stems of large herbs lying on the ground. New York. 

 August. 



Fries described the fructifications as 6-8 mm. broad; the 

 dimensions given above are those of Patouillard 's figures 

 and of the specimens collected by Peck. Patouillard notes 

 that the specimens blacken when old; Peck states, '^The 

 beautiful sulphur-color is lost in drying. '' The pitted 

 surface of the hymenium is a noteworthy character of C. Iceta 

 and this and the larger spores of C, Iceta distinguish it from C. 

 sulphurea. 



Specimens examined: 

 New York: East Berne, C. H, Peck (in Coll. N. Y. State). 



