10 Discomycctae, Helvellacofe, ScolecosportB, Spnthularia. 



clavato, interclum tereti, fistuloso, s.upe curvato, palliclo, pruinoso, 

 0,3-1 cm. 1-2'/., [j-., basi attenuato; ascis subfusoideo-clavatis, apice 

 attenuatis, rotundato-obtusis, pedicollatis, 70-1^)0*7-10, 8-sporis; 

 paraphysibus copiosis obvallatis, filiformibus, septatis, interdum 

 apice flexuoso-curvatis, 2 ij.. crassis, subviolaceo-brunneolis, epi- 

 thecio violaceo-brunneo; sporidiis oblique mouostichis vel subdi- 

 stichis, clavatis, apice rotundatis, basi subobtusiusculis, 6-10-gut- 

 tulatis, dein 5-9-septulatis, hyalinis, 18-32 « 3 '/^-^. 



Hdb. ad terram sabulosam udam inter Jungermanniam 

 bicuspidatam, Rontgenthal pr. Berlin Grermanise (K. O.ster- 

 wald). 



MITRULIOPSIS Peck, Bull. Torr. Bot. 01. 1903, p. 100 (Etym. Mi- 

 rula, cui analoga et opsis facies). — Ascomata carnosa, obovata vel 

 spathulata, stipitata. Asci 8-spori, aparaphysati. Sporidia filifor- 

 mia. Mitruloi et Spathularim affine genus sed sporidia filiformia 

 prselonga. — «Genus comparandum cum Cudonia». 



1. Mitrullopsis flavlda Peck 1. c p, 100. — Ascomatibus carnosis :3-253 

 mollibus, stipitatis, forma valde variis ovatis, subspathulatis. tere- 

 tibus V. compressis, subinde basi lobatis et in stipitem decurren- 

 tibus, cremeo-fiavis, carne alba; ascis subfusiformibus, 120-160 ;j,. 

 long. ; sporidiis filiformibus, hyalinis, 60-80*2; stipite icquali v. 

 sursum tenuato, pallido, cavo, 12-20 mm. long. 2-3 mm. cr. 



Hab. in clivis umbrosis prope Moscow, Idaho Amer. bor. — 

 Hymenium a stipite omnino discretum. 



SPATHULARIA Pers. — Syll. VIII, p. 48. 



1. Spathularia clavata (Schaflf.) Sacc. — Syll. VIII, p. 48. — var. 3^54 

 alpestris Rehm, Ann. Myc. 1904, p. 615 et Ascom. exs. n. 1551. — 

 Ascomatibus 1-4 cm. alt., clavula lateraliter compressa, 0,5-1,5 

 cm. lata, capitata v. utrinque lateraliter decurrente, oblonga vel 

 spathulata, a stipito discreta, flavido-fusca stipiteque cylindraceo 

 albescente, 1-2 cm. longo, 3-5 mm. lat. conspersis; sporidiis 35- 



45 * 2-2,5. 



Hab. sub Pinis in Graubiinden Helvetiai (Dr. Volkaet). — 

 A typo prcesertim statura minore et pruina lilacina dignoscitur. 



2. Spathularia minima R. Maire in Bull. Soc. bot. de France 1901, 3^ 

 Tomo I, p. 202, cum icone. — A^^comate ex ovoideo compresso- 

 spathulato, levi v. velutino margine integerrimo, ceraceo, ochraceo- 



