474 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



The variety was found on dead stumps in clearings near Up- 

 per Gull lake, Cass county, Minn. {C. A. Ballard, July, 1893); 

 on logs near Gull lake, Cass county, Minn. {Alex. P. Anderson, 

 July, 1893). 



STEMONITIS Gled. Meth. Fung. 140. 1753. 



26. Stemonitis dictyospora Rost. Mon. 195. 1875. 

 Vermilion lake, Minn. (E. W. D. Holway, July, 1886). 



27. Stemonitis morgaui Peck. Bot. Gaz. 5:33. 1880. 



On decaying elm stumps near banks of river near Iberia, 

 Brown county, Minn. (E.P. S., July, 1891); on stumps in woods 

 near St. Paul, Minn. {E. P. S., July, 1893). 



28. Stemonitis maxima Schwein. Syn. Amer. Fung. n. 2349, 



1834. 

 On decaying logs of the wild black cherry (Prunus serotina 

 Ehrh.) in the woods at Woodhull's Grove, Dakota county, Minn. 

 (E. P. S., July, 1893); on old stumps of Quercus near Lake Bal- 

 lantyne. Blue Earth county, Minn. {E. P. S., June, 1891); in 

 woods near Lakeville, Dakota county, Minn. {E. P. S , July, 

 1893). 



29. Stemonitis typhina Willd. PI. Berol. 408. 1787. 



Clathrus nudus Bolt. Hist. Fung. Halif. t. 93, f. 1. 1789, 

 Trichia axifera Bull. Hist. Champ. Fr. t. 447, f. 1. 1791, 

 Stemonitis fasculata Feus. Syng. Fung. 187. 1801. 

 Stemonitis violacea Schum. Saell. 1491. 1803. 

 Stemonitis fasciculata D. C. Fl. Fr. 2:256. 1805. 

 Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrenb. Sylv. Myc. Berl. f. 6, a b. 1818. 

 Stemonitis decipiens Nees. Nov. Act. Leop. 16:95. 1821. 

 Stemonitis heterospora Oudem. Ned. Kr. Arch. 1:167. 1872. 



On decaying logs of Quercus at Prospect Park, Minneapolis 

 {E. P. S., June, 1890); Vermilion lake, Minn. {E. W. D. Holway, 

 July, 1886); on grass stems in fields at Groveland Park, Ram- 

 sey county, Minn. {E. P. S., Aug., 1893). 



BREFELDIA Rost. Vers. Syst. Mycet. 8. 1873. 



30. Brefeltlia inquiuans (Link.) 



Dcrmodium inquinans LiiNK. Diss. Bot. 1:25. 1795. 



Lycoperdon epidendrum Soaverb. Fig. Eng. Fung. 400. f . 2, 3. 1809. 



Reticularia maxima Fries. Syst. Myc. 3:85. 1829. 



Licea perreptans Bork. in Gard. Chron. 451. 1848. 



Bre/eZdia maxima Rost. Mon. 213. 1875. 



On logs at Prospect Park, Minneapolis Minn. {E. P. S. , July, 

 1890). 



