﻿NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  FUNOI. 
  21 
  

  

  brown 
  hairs, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  .01 
  to 
  .014 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0003 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   disk 
  whitish, 
  concealed 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  plant 
  by 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   asci 
  cylindrical, 
  .0025 
  to 
  .003 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00025 
  to 
  .0003 
  broad 
  : 
  spores 
  

   oblong 
  or 
  subfusiform, 
  straight 
  or 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  colorless, 
  .0003 
  to 
  

   .0004 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00008 
  to 
  .00012 
  broad. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Eupatorium 
  maculatum. 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  

   July. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  near 
  P. 
  relicina 
  Fr., 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  sessile 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  bay 
  color. 
  

  

  This 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  following 
  species 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  subgenus 
  

   Dasyscypha. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  urticina. 
  

  

  Receptacle 
  minute, 
  .007 
  to 
  .014 
  in. 
  broad, 
  sessile, 
  subglobose, 
  almost 
  

   hyaline, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  mouth 
  coimivent 
  when 
  moist, 
  whitish 
  and 
  pul- 
  

   verulent-hairy 
  when 
  dry 
  ; 
  asci 
  subfusiform 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  bise- 
  

   riate, 
  fusiform, 
  .0004 
  to 
  .0005 
  in. 
  long 
  ; 
  paraphyses 
  filiform. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  nettles, 
  Laportea 
  Canadensis. 
  Catskill 
  mountains. 
  

   July. 
  

  

  When 
  moist 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  appressed 
  and 
  the 
  cups 
  appear 
  longitud- 
  

   inally 
  striate. 
  When 
  dry 
  the 
  disk 
  is 
  generally 
  concealed. 
  The 
  

   plants 
  are 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  the 
  naked 
  eye 
  like 
  minute 
  

   white 
  grains. 
  

  

  Helot 
  ium 
  frateriium. 
  

  

  Plate 
  1, 
  figs. 
  12-14. 
  

  

  Receptacle 
  small, 
  ^ 
  to 
  1 
  line 
  broad, 
  stipitate, 
  the 
  disk 
  plane 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  concave, 
  pallid 
  or 
  reddish-yellow, 
  becoming 
  more 
  con- 
  

   cave 
  and 
  dull-red 
  in 
  drying, 
  the 
  stem 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  the 
  receptacle 
  ; 
  asci 
  clavate 
  or 
  subcylindrical, 
  .003 
  to 
  

   .004 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0004 
  to 
  .0005 
  broad 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  

   subcylindrical, 
  .00065 
  to 
  .0008 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  to 
  .0002 
  broad 
  ; 
  para- 
  

   physes 
  numerous, 
  filiform, 
  scarcely 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  tips. 
  

  

  Petioles 
  and 
  midveins 
  of 
  fallen 
  leaves 
  of 
  maple, 
  Acer 
  saccharinum. 
  

   Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  July. 
  

  

  Pezicula 
  minuta. 
  

  

  Receptacle 
  minute, 
  .009 
  to 
  .017 
  in. 
  broad, 
  numerous, 
  scattered 
  or 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  crowded 
  together, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  matrix 
  by 
  a 
  minute 
  

   point, 
  grayish, 
  pulverulent, 
  the 
  margin 
  obtuse 
  or 
  obsolete, 
  the 
  disk 
  

   plane 
  or 
  convex, 
  subochraceous 
  ; 
  asci 
  oblong-clavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded, 
  

  

  