Report ot the Botanist, 83 



Helotium gracile C. <& P. 



Ochraceoiis ; cups plane, then convex, immar^inate, rather thin, 

 externally slightly paler ; stem slender, equal, brownish toward the 

 base, about as long as the diameter of the cup ; asci cylindrical ; 

 spores cylindrical or subfusiforra, obtuse at the extremities, two to 

 thi-ee nucleate, .0007-0008 in. long. 



Stems of herbs. Center. October. 



In size and habit it resembles P. cyathoidea^ but the cups 

 are never closed. 



Helotium Limonium G, <& P. 



Lemon yellow, externally paler ; cups plane or slightly convex, 

 immarginate, at lirst externally delicately farinaceous ; stem slender, 

 equal, not longer than the diameter of the cup ; asci cylindrical ; 

 spores cylindrical, obtuse at each end, curved or straight, .0003 in. 

 long. 



Stems of herbs. Center. October. 



Elaphomyces granulatus Fr. 



Under ground in pine woods. Maryland and Croghan. July 

 and September. 



Hysterium sph^rioides a. (& S. 



Leaves of Labrador tea, Ledum latifoliuni. Sandlake. 



Hysterium maculare Ft. 



Leaves of leather leaf, Cassandra calyculata. Sandlake. August. 



Hysterium typhinum Ft. 



Dead leaves of Typha latifolia. Guilderland. May. 



Hysterium exaridum G. i& P. 



Fallen leaves of sheep-laurel, Kahnia a/iigustifolia. Sandlake. 

 June. 



Hysterium angustatum A. dn S. 



Bark of deciduous trees. Sandlake. 



Hysterium macrosporum n. sp. 



Perithecia longitudinally striate; spores crowded, oblong, 

 colored, triseptate, .0016-.002 in. long. 



Decorticated pine wood. North Greenbush. Novenaber. 



