106 TWENTY-SEVENTH EEPOET ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 

 MONILIA CANDIDA 71. Sp. 



Flocci scattered, erect, simple, septate, pellucid ; heads 

 of spores rather compact, subglobose, erect, white ; spores 

 subglobose, . 00025 '- . 0003 ' in diameter. 



Decaying fungi. Forestburgh. Sept. 



PlLOBOLUS CEYSTALLINUS Tode. 



Horse dung. Bethlehem. September. 



The spores in our specimens are about . 0005 ' in diameter. 



Ch^etomium melioloides C. & P. 



Scattered, minute ; conceptacles brown, globose, spring- 

 ing from a septate branched mycelium, hairs dark- brown, 

 rather rigid, two to three times dichotomously branched 

 above, branches divaricately spreading ; spores ovate or 

 subglobose, pale-brown, .00018' in diameter. 



Old stems of Indian corn. North Grreenbush. October. 



Similar to C.funicolum, but with the hairs more branched, 

 the branches more spreading, and the spores equal in size. 

 Externally it resembles a Meliola. 



HELVELLA SPHiEROSPOEA 71. Sp. 



Pile us large, irregular, ochraceous, the margin free, some- 

 what veiny and minutely tomentose beneath ; stem stout, 

 deeply lacnnose, smooth or with a minute appressed tomen- 

 tum, white; asci cylindrical ; spores globose, . 00035'- . 0004' 

 in diameter. 



Plant 3'-4' high, pileus 3-4' broad, stem 1-2' thick. 



Old stumps in woods. Indian Lake. July. 



In the dried specimens the pileus becomes darker, so that 

 the colors resemble those of H. esculenta, but the true rela- 

 tionship is with H. costata. The globose spores are peculiar 

 and suggest the specific name. 



MlTKUTiA CUCULLATA Ft. 



Fallen leaves of spruce trees. Forestburgh. September. 



This rare and interesting little plant has been placed by 

 various authors in the genera Helvella, Leotia, Heyderia, 

 Geoglossum and Mitrnla. The head is either ovate or coni- 

 cal, and in large specimens is slightly wrinkled or uneven. 

 It is whitish, pale-yellow or cream colored when fresh, but 

 changes to a subferruginous or cinnamon hue in the dried 

 specimens. 



