Underwood: north American helvellales. 489 



unexpected quarters and at unexpected seasons, — so that the 

 traveling or random collector is only likely to see the more 

 common ones. It will be years before even our higher fungous 

 flora will be even fairly well known. 



In the list that follows the distribution given represents (1) 

 The original or type localities from which the plants were de- 

 scribed. (2) The published local lists of fungi. (3) Species 

 mentioned in miscellaneous incidental notes occurring in botan- 

 ical literature, and (4) Specimens occurring in the writer's 

 herbarium, which hitherto have not been reported from their re- 

 spective localities. It is more than likely that some minor refer- 

 ences have been missed and the writer would be greatly obliged 

 not only for corrections of this character but more especially 

 for the communication of species from all quarters, especially 

 from those regions where few or no species have been hereto- 

 fore reported. 



The types of the species should be distributed somewhat as 

 follows. The writer expects to examine all of these which are 

 available before a monograph of the species is attempted. 



European types mostly unavailable as described by early 

 authors, 36. 



At Kew, ]JT( Berkeley and "B. & C." types 8, Cooke types 7) 



At Albany, N. Y. (Peck types) 9. 



At Philadelphia, Pa. (Schweinitz types) 7. 



At Newfield, N. J. (Ellis types) 1. 



At Preston, Ohio, (Morgan types) 1. 



At Auburn, Ala. (Underwood types) 2. 



Besides these there are two of Bosc's species (1811) of whose 

 types I have no knowledge. 



HELYELLACEjE. 



I. HELTELLA L. Sp. PL 1180.1753.. [Elvela the original 

 orthography]. 



1. HelYella atra Konig. Fl. Island, 20. 1770. 



if. nigricans Pbks. Obs. Myc. 1:72. 1796. 



South Carolina (Ravenel). [Europe]. 



2. Helvetia californica Phill. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1:423. 



pi. 48. 1880. 

 California (Harkness, McClatchie,) British Columbia (Macouri) 



3. Helvella crispa (Scop.) Fr. Syst. Myc. 2: 14. 1822. 



Phallus crispus Scop. Fl. Caro. 2: 475. 1772. 



