USTILAGINALES. 637 



Order 2. USTILAGINALES. 



1. Cintractia Montagnei (Tnl.) Mngn. AM,. ]^ot. Ver. I'rov. Bran.l. 37: 79. 



Ustilago Montagnei Tul. Ann. 8c'i. Nat. III. 7: ss. 1S47. 

 Afric^!" ^^"^''°'^«'" ^f^- ^'^^^' Providence :— North nn.l S<.uth America: Knropo ; and 



2. Mykosyrinx Cissi (D.C.) G. Beck. Ann. Nat. Ilolmus. Wic-n. 9: 123. 1S94. 



Uredo Cissi DC. in Poir. Encycl. Meth. Rot. 8: 228. 1808. 

 and MruS^''^ sicyoidcs L., Long Island :—Wrst Indh-s ; North and South .Vtncrlca ; 



3. Sphacelotheca pamparum (Speg.) Clint. Jour. My.-. 8: 141. 1902. 



Ustilago pamparum Spcg. Anal. Soe. Cient. Arg. 17: 89. 1884. 



On Chaetochloa genicuhita (Lam.) Millsp. & Chase, Anguilla Isles: Salt Key 

 Bank: — Cuba; Mexico; South America; and Kiirope. 



Sub-class 5. AUTOBASIDIOMYCETES. 



Contributed by Willlvm A. Mlkrill. 



Sporophore gelatinous. 



Basidia septate. Order 1. Auriculabiales. 



Basidia not septate ; clavate and bifurcate. Order 2. Dacryomycetales. 



Sporophore not gelatinous ; flesh.y, membranous, or woody. 

 Hymenium naked at maturity, covering the surface 



of gills, pores, spines, etc. Order 3. Agaricales. 



Hymenium enclosed in a definite peridium. 



Spores borne in a gleba, which is elevated and 



exposed at maturity. Order 4. Tiiallales. 



Spores remaining enclosed in the peridium at ma- 

 turity. 

 Puffbails. Order 5. Lycoperuai.es. 



Bird's-nest fungi. Order H. Nidii.akiai.k.s. 



Order L AURICULARIALES. 



1. Auricularia Auricula (L.) I'nderw. in North rop_, Mem. Torrey Gub 12: 



15. 1902. 



Tremella Auricula L. Sp. PI. 1157. 1753. 



Dead wood, New Providence, Andros : — tropical regions. 



2. Auricularia nigrescens (Sw.) Farlow, Bib. Index N. Am. Fungi 1: 308. 



1905. 



Peziza nigrescens Sw. Prod. 150. 1788. 

 Dead wood. New Providence : — tropical regions. 



Order 2. DACRYOMYCETALES. 



1. Guepinia palmiceps Berk. (?) 



Doubtfully recorded by Coker. 



2. Guepinia Spathularia (Schw.) Fries, Elenoh. Fung. 2: 32. 1828. 



MeruUus Spathularia Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1: 66. 1822. 

 Dead logs, New Providence : — cosmopolitan. 



