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air and in expressed diluted juice of horse-dung, it conclusively proves 

 to me that the resting-spores hibernate naturally in the same manner." 



Helvella palustris, n. sp. (Plate 2, figs. 16-18.) Pileus irregular, 

 at first blackish and slightly adnate, then grayish-brown or mouse- 

 colored and free, rugose beneath ; stem equal, slender, sulcate-costate, 

 colored like the pileus, the costse thin, subacute ; asci cylindrical ; 

 spores broadly elliptical, .00065 in. to .0008 in. long, .0005 in. broad 

 containing a single large nucleus ; paraphyses thickened above, 

 brown. Plant 1 in. to 2 in. high, pileus 6 lines to 12 lines broad, stem 

 about 2 lines thick. Among mosses and liverworts in swamps. 

 Manlius. Aug. This species is related to H. sulcata, from which it 

 differs in its more slender and darker-colored stem, its less firm and 

 more free pileus and its darker-colored paraphyses. In the dried speci- 

 mens the upper surface of the pileus has assumed a blackish color, but 

 the lower surface has retained very nearly its normal hue. The dark- 

 colored slender stem readily separates this species from all others 

 with costate or lacunose-costate stems. 



Peziza (Cupulares) subvernalis, n. sp. Cups fleshy, 3 lines to 6 lines 

 broad, sessile or with a short thick stem-like base which is sometimes 

 whitened with mycelium, chestnut-colored when moist, darker when 

 dry, externally slightly furfuraceous, the hymenium plane or slightly 

 concave, subpruinose; asci cylindrical ; spores smooth, elliptical, 

 .0008 in. to .0009 in. long, .0005 in. broad; paraphyses numerous, 

 slightly thickened above, colored. Decaying wood and bark of ash 

 trees, Fraxinus sambucifolia. Sandlake. May. The color is a little 

 paler than in P. badia. The thick fleshy base gradually expands into 

 the broad, shallow or nearly plane cup, which is narrowly margined. 

 The plants shrivel much in drying. 



Peziza (Dasyscyphae) luteodisca, n. sp. Cups minute, .014 in. to 

 .028 in. broad, expanded, plane or slightly concave, margined, ex- 

 ternally mealy-pubescent, white, the hymenium yellow, inclining to 

 orange when dry; stem short or obsolete.; asci subcylindrical ; spores 

 crowded or biseriate, fusiform, .0004 in. to .0005 in. long. Dead 

 stems of rushes, Scirpus validus. Manlius. Aug. The stems are 

 so short that at first sight the cups appear to be sessile. 



Peziza (Mollisia) floriformis, n. sp. Cups small, one-half to one 

 line broad, thin, smooth, at first subcyathiform and regular, then flori- 

 form with the margin wavy inflexed, dull cream-colored ; asci short, 

 cylindrical, .00065 in. to .0008 .in long; spores spermatoid. Decay- 

 ing wood of maple. Verona. Aug. The margin of the larger cups 

 is strongly inflexed in three or four places, giving the plants a resem- 

 blance to a small three or four-petalous flower. 



Peziza multipuncta, Pk. Dead culms of carices. Albany. May. 



Peziza regalis, C. & E. Dead branches. North Greenbush. Nov. 



Peziza mycogena, Ellis. On some effete fungus. Griffins. Sept.. 



Peziza sanguinea, Pers. Decaying wood. Buffalo. Clinton. Sand- 

 lake. This species is referred by some mycologists to the genus Pat- 

 ellaria. 



Helotium vitigenum, De Not. Dead grape vines. Albany and 

 North Greenbush. July and Oct, 



Helotium pallescens, Fr. Chips and decaying wood. North Green- 

 bush. Oct. 



