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ostiola minuta ligni superficiem vix superantia; asci graciles, utrin- 

 que attenuati, 60-80x6-8 p. ; sporae distichae, 4-nucleatae, 12-15 x 

 3-4 !J.. 



Diplodia alni-rubrae 



Perithecia densely gregarious, sunk in the bark, covered by 

 the sHghtly elevated epidermis, -Z'-S p- broad; spores ellipsoid or 

 broadly ellipsoid, oozing out and staining the matrix black, 16-20 p- 

 long, 10-14 //. broad. 



Rolling Bay, Washington. x\ugust. E. Bartholomew. 



The dead bark of Alnus rubra Bong. Closely related to 

 Diplodia alni Fckl., but with shorter and broader spores 

 which emerge and stain the matrix black. 



Perithecia dense gregaria, in cortice insculpta, epidermide leviter 

 elevata tecta, .3-5 /^ lata; sporae ellipsoideae vel late ellipsoidae, 

 exudantes matricemque inquinantes, 16-20 x 10-14 p.. 



Flammula graveolens 



Pileus fleshy, broadly convex or nearly plane, sometimes slightly 

 depressed in the center, viscid, glabrous or very obscurely innately 

 fibrillose, reddish brown or yellowish brown, at first paler on the 

 margin, the thin pellicle subseparable, flesh pale yellow, odor strong, 

 earthy; lamellae thin, moderately close, adnate or slightly decur- 

 rent, pale yellow becoming subf erruginous ; stem equal or tapering 

 at the base, solid or with a very narrow cavity, silky fibrillose, pale 

 yellow without and within, becoming brownish at the base, veil 

 floccose or webby, pale yellow, visible in the young plant, soon 

 disappearing ; spores brownish ferruginous, elliptic, 6-8 ix long, 

 4-5 p broad. 



Pileus 2.5-7 cm broad; stem 5-7 cm long, 5-10 mm thick. 



Under pine trees. West Gloucester, Massachusetts. October. 

 Mrs E. B. Blackford. 



A species well marked by its pale yellow flesh veil and stem, its 

 viscid pileus, brownish ferruginous spores and strong odor. It is 

 sometimes cespitose. 



Pileus carneus, late convexus vel subplanus, aliquando in centro 

 depressus, viscidus, glaber aut obscure fibrillosus, rufo-brunneus 

 vel flavo-brunneus, primus margine pallidior, pellicula tenue subse- 

 parabile, carne flavida, odore grave, terraneo ; lamellae tenues sub- 

 confertae, adnatae, vel subdecurrentes, flavidae, deinde subferruj 

 gineae ; stipes aequalis vel basi attenuatus, solidus vel leviter cavuJ 



