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  TWENTY-XENTH 
  KEPORT 
  OX 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Helotium 
  hydrogenum 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Gregarious 
  or 
  scattered, 
  sessile, 
  smooth, 
  externally 
  "brownish 
  ; 
  disk 
  

   nearly 
  plane, 
  margined, 
  pallid 
  or 
  yellowish, 
  becoming 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   brown 
  or 
  green 
  in 
  drying; 
  asci 
  subclavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  subcylindrical, 
  

   slightly 
  curved, 
  often 
  containing 
  several 
  minute 
  nuclei, 
  .0005-.0006' 
  

   long. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood 
  lying 
  in 
  water. 
  Sandlake. 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  have 
  the 
  disk 
  more 
  

   yellow 
  than 
  those 
  just 
  at 
  or 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  They 
  

   were 
  associated 
  with 
  Mitrula 
  paludosa 
  and 
  Vibrissea 
  Truncorum. 
  

  

  ASCOBOLUS 
  FURFURACEUS 
  PerS. 
  

  

  Excrement 
  of 
  cattle. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  Sandlake 
  and 
  West 
  

   Albany. 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  

  

  When 
  fresh 
  the 
  cups 
  have 
  a 
  beautiful 
  greenish-yellow 
  color. 
  

  

  Ascobolus 
  ciLiATrs 
  Schm. 
  

  

  Excrement 
  of 
  cattle. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  November. 
  

  

  Ttmpanis 
  gyros 
  a 
  B. 
  (& 
  C. 
  

  

  Dead 
  branches 
  of 
  apple 
  tree. 
  Silver 
  Lake. 
  Clinton. 
  June. 
  

  

  Bulgaria 
  purpurea 
  Fckl. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Poughkeepsie. 
  Gerard. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  

   Greig, 
  East 
  Worcester 
  and 
  Catskill 
  Mts. 
  July 
  to 
  September. 
  

   The 
  long 
  spores, 
  .0006-.001', 
  separate 
  this 
  from 
  B. 
  sarcoides. 
  

  

  Stictis 
  versicolor 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Dead 
  branches 
  and 
  decaying 
  wood. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  West 
  

   Troy. 
  July. 
  

  

  Stictis 
  filicina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustulate, 
  erumpent, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  lacerated 
  epidermis; 
  disk 
  

   plane 
  or 
  concave, 
  pallid 
  or 
  cream-colored 
  ; 
  spores 
  filiform, 
  .0016- 
  

   .002' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Osmunda 
  cinnamoniea. 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  pustules 
  are 
  numerous 
  and 
  brownish 
  at 
  first. 
  The 
  covering 
  

   epidermis 
  is 
  at 
  length 
  lacerated, 
  the 
  numerous 
  narrow 
  suberect 
  lacinige 
  

   retaining 
  their 
  brownish 
  hue. 
  

  

  Hypocrea 
  chromosperma 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fleshy, 
  soft, 
  convex, 
  orbicular, 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  lines 
  broad, 
  flattened 
  

   and 
  patellate 
  when 
  dry, 
  whitish 
  or 
  watery 
  tan-color 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  slightly 
  

   prominent 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  quadrate-globose, 
  brownish 
  when 
  

   mature, 
  .00016-.0002' 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  