Report of the Botanist. 47 



Peziza aurata Fckl. 



Decaying wood and bark. Catskill Mountains. July. 



Peziza Melaleuca Ft. 



Decaying wood. Summit. Sept. 



The plant of Fries is regarded by some as a Patellaria. Our specimens, 

 though agreeing tolerably well with the description of P. 7nelaleuca, clearly 

 belong to the genus Peziza. There is therefore some doubt concerning their 

 identity, but for the present we thus refer them. It is to be regretted that 

 the description of P. Melaleuca makes no mention of the fruit, otherwise all 

 doubt might be removed. 



Peziza (Mollisia) Typkm n. sp. 



Cups scattered, small, .008'-.014' broad, sessile, nearly plane, black, the 

 disk dingy-whitish; asci subcylindrical, short, .0012'— .0016 long; spores 

 minute, sublanceolate, .0003' long. 



Dead leaves of Typha latifolia. Carlisle June. 



Peziza (Mollisia) Sph^rella P. & C, n. sp. 



Cups minute, .005'-. 0055 broad, sphgeriform or subglobose, sessile, gla- 

 brous, black, at first closed, then opening by a small poriform mouth ; asci 

 subcylindrical, .0012'-. 0014 long; spores crowded or biseriate, oblong, 

 usually binucleate, .0004'-.0005' long; paraphyses filiform. 



Dead stems of red clover, Trifolium pratense. Buffalo. Oct. Clinton. 

 At first sight the plants might be taken for some small black Sphseria. 



Peziza (Mollisia) enterochroma n. sp. 



Cups scattered or gregarious, at first cylindrical or clavate, then expanded, 

 plane, about one line broad, subtremelloid, scarcely margined, supported on 

 a short stem, yellowish, becoming reddish-brown or chestnut-colored when 

 dry; asci cylindrical; spores fusiform, yellowish, .0008 -.001' long, .00025- 

 .0003' broad; paraphyses filiform, thickened at the tips. 



Fallen twigs of arbor-vitse, Thuja occidentalis. Adirondack Mountains. 

 July. 



This species belongs to the subsection Claviformes, or perhaps better to the 

 modern genus Ombrophila, being allied to O. subaurea, from which it differs 

 in its color and larger spores. When dry the cups become quite concave. 

 When crushed and moistened the flesh is greenish-yellow. 



Helotium lutescbns Ft. 



Fallen spruce branches. Summit. Sept. 



Helotium fraternum n. sp. (Plate I, figs. 12-15.) 



Cups stipitate, plane or slightly concave, .5-1 broad ; disk pallid or 

 yellowish, becoming more concave and dull red in drying, externally paler ; 

 stem about equal in length to the diameter of the cup ; asci clavate or cylin- 

 drical; spores crowded, cylindrical or subfusiform, .00065'-.0008' long; 

 paraphyses filiform, numerous, scarcely thickened at the tips ; flesh rather 

 thick and firm. 



