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rough with irregular longitudinal furrows ; asci cylindrical ; spores elliptical, 

 whitish tinged with ochre, .0008'-.00r long, .0005'-.0007' broad ; paraphyses 

 short, clavate, with one or two septa near the base. 



Sandy soil in the borders of woods and in open places. West Albany and 

 Center. April and May. 



Two forms occur, one with the pileus oblong-conical, rather obtuse, often 

 tipped with a slight umbo or papilla, and with a diameter a little surpassing 

 that of the stem from which the base is separated by a slight groove ; the 

 other with the pileus narrowly conical, rather acute, scarcely exceeding the 

 stem in diameter, and without any separating groove. The stem and fruit 

 are alike in both forms. The stem is usually about equal in length to the 

 pileus. The species is related to M. conica and M. elata, but may be sepa- 

 rated from both by the size of the spores and the character of the paraphyses. 

 In our plant I have never seen these as long as the asci. Large forms 

 appear also to approach M. rimosipes, but that species has the margin of the 

 pileus more free, the stem proportionately longer, and the paraphyses as long 

 as the asci, if we may rely upon the figure of it. Our plant is edible. 



GyROMITRA CURTIPES Ff. 



Wet banks. Knowersville. May. Also Buffalo. Clinton. 



The spores in our specimens are often trinucleate, the central nucleus 

 being the largest. The species may be separated from G. esculenta by its 

 paler color, shorter stem and different spores. 



G-eoglossum irregulare n. sp. (Plate I, figs. 5-7.) 



Glabrous, yellow, solid, fleshy, soft but rather tough, clavate ; club sub- 

 compressed, obtuse, irregular, often lobed, curved or twisted, tapering below 

 into the short, paler or whitish solid distinct stem ; asci cylindrical, often two 

 or three united together at the base ; spores uniseriate, elliptical, colorless, 

 .0003'-.0004' long, .0002' broad ; flesh white. 



Plant 1-2' high. Damp mossy ground in woods. Sandlake. Oct. 



This species is allied to G. luteum, from which its irregular club and 

 glabrous stem readily distinguish it. Mitrula crwpata, of which we have 

 seen no authentic specimens, is said to have similar spores ; but if that species 

 is properly referred to the genus Mitrula, it must be different from our plant, 

 which is a true G-eoglossum, agreeing fully with the description of that genus, 

 but not agreeing with the published characters of the genus Mitrula, for the 

 club is neither "ovate," "capitate" nor "inflated." This species, with 

 G. luteum, G. rufum and G. pistillare, forms a natural group of closely 

 related and clearly congeneric forms. 



Peziza euplecta Ck. 



Shaded banks in ravines. Knowersville. May. 



Our specimens vary somewhat from the characters expressed by the figure 

 and description of this species, but scarcely enough to warrant their separa- 

 tion . 



Peziza melastoma Sow. 



Mossy sticks on the ground. Catskill Mountains. July. 



Our specimens are black without and within, and do not show any rubigin- 

 ous color or orange-colored granules, but in other respects they agree with 

 the description of the species. 



