352 Contributions to the Mycology of North America. 
11. Sricris Sestertm, Lib.—In vaginis imis emortuis Andro- 
pogonis. Santee Canal. Mr. Raven el. # 
12. Spermepia T'RIpsact, n. sp. . —Lineari-lanceolata, cate 
squamosa, pallida, apice fuliginea. EE seminibus Tripsaci.~ Hills- - ‘i 
boroug : 
Ebaat 4 inch Re 1 line thick. In texture this is very un= — 
like 8. Clavu = 
. Spuxria Norarisi1, Mont.—In ramulis emortuis Gledits- 
chin et Robiniz. Hillsborough, N. C. a 
wat 14. Doruipes Prertp1s, Reb.—In frondibus Pteridis aquilinee. ' 
‘ Rhode Island. Misit J. Olney. 
4 (15. Geaster saccatus, Fries.—Ad terram juxta truncos cari- : 
osos prostratos. Santee Canal, S.C. Ravenel. —— is a Bra- = 
zilian species, and an interesting addition to our Flor 
#. 16. PHYSARUM DECIPIENS, nN. sp.—Adnatum, bibcatr et ovale 
Vel confluens, inde lineare et reniforme ) olivaceo-virente aves- 
ah m, indefinite diffractum. Floccis aureis. Sporidiis 
Ad truncum vivum Quercus. Aug.—Dec. Society { 
—— 
han 4a line poms be simple. Morphosis not seen. , 
Goittisines five to seven rs 
17. Sremonrris renerrrma, n. sp.—Sparsa, absque hypothallo ; 4 
‘ peridio ovato, acuto; capillitio sporidiisque pallide ferrugineis ; é 
stipes 2-3plo longior, subulatus, attenuatus, niger, seri toto 
penetrans. Ad caules herbarum putrescentium. Society Hill. 
About a line high. 
PRP Acuxonoius crisrosus, F'ries.—Ad runcum Quercus pros- 
tratum. Hillsborough. 
19.) ‘HOSPORIUM MACROCARPON, Grev. en ramis variis ‘ 
emortuis. N. and S. Carolina. y 
at ea SPORIUM Rateemest n. sp.—Longe effusum, 
elutinum, fu fusco-olivaceum ; fibris dense aggregatis, oa no- 
ioe y ae: pete ta ellipti o-oblongis, 3-4 septatis,—Totam 
ee Indici investiens. ae ta 'N. and 8. 
4 This: is so common upon Sporobolus Indicus, that it is diffi- 
Gilt to obtain specimens not wholly blackened by this Fungus. 
It is perhaps from this that it has gotten the name of “black 
seed grass.” ‘The seeds are far from black. 
21. Hexicoma Berxeveyi, n. sp.—F'ibris aggregatis, _— ra- 
mosis, opacis, septatis, flexuosis, fragilibus ; sporis coideis, 
reniformibus, opacis, multiseptatis ; sporidiis jecoetis ea sece- 
