﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
  57 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  G-reenbush 
  and 
  Croghan. 
  

   July 
  to 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  colored 
  spores 
  are 
  a 
  noticeable 
  feature. 
  

  

  Htpocrea 
  patella 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fleshy, 
  patellate, 
  discoid, 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  lines 
  broad, 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  

   asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  globose, 
  sixteen, 
  hyaline, 
  .00012-.00016' 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  March 
  and 
  April. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  resembles 
  externally 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Helotium. 
  The 
  

   ostiola 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  prominent 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  Hypocrea 
  rue 
  a 
  Ft. 
  

   Dead 
  alders. 
  Center. 
  

  

  Hypocrea 
  apiculata 
  C 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fleshy, 
  soft, 
  growing 
  in 
  irregular 
  patches, 
  smooth, 
  ochraceous 
  

   inclining 
  to 
  orange, 
  the 
  extreme 
  margin 
  barren 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  

   spores 
  fusiform, 
  with 
  an 
  apiculus 
  at 
  each 
  extremity, 
  uniseptate, 
  color- 
  

   less, 
  .0011-.0015' 
  long, 
  .0003 
  -.0004' 
  broad. 
  

  

  Ground 
  and 
  rocks. 
  Catskill 
  Mts. 
  and 
  Sandlake. 
  June 
  to 
  August. 
  

   The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  ostiola 
  in 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  variable, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   amber 
  to 
  orange. 
  

  

  Hypomyces 
  transform 
  ans 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Subiculum 
  effused, 
  variable 
  in 
  color, 
  pallid, 
  golden 
  -yellow, 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  or 
  brick-red 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  ovate 
  or 
  subglobose, 
  papillate, 
  sunk 
  in 
  

   the 
  subicnlnm; 
  ostiola 
  prominent, 
  obtuse, 
  amber 
  or 
  orange; 
  asci 
  

   cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  fusiform, 
  apiculate 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  somewhat 
  rough, 
  

   simple 
  or 
  rarely 
  with 
  the 
  endochrome 
  obscurely 
  divided, 
  colorless, 
  

   .0013-.0015' 
  long. 
  

  

  Parasitic 
  on 
  Cantharellus 
  cibarius, 
  which 
  it 
  transforms 
  into 
  an 
  

   irregular 
  mass. 
  Sandlake. 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  spores 
  of 
  Hypocrea 
  apiculata 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  

   species 
  o\' 
  Hypomyces, 
  but 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  not 
  " 
  parasitic 
  on 
  fungi,'' 
  an 
  

   essential 
  character 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Hypomyces 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  defined. 
  

   Neither 
  do 
  its 
  spores 
  agree 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  spore-character 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Hypocrea 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  referred, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  plant 
  must 
  be 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  an 
  aberrant 
  species 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  genera. 
  

   It 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  a 
  question 
  whether 
  the 
  two 
  genera 
  are 
  well 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  and 
  whether 
  they 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  reunited. 
  

  

  Melogramma 
  superficialis 
  P. 
  da 
  C. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Stroma 
  superficial, 
  depressed, 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  lines 
  broad, 
  pale 
  or 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  within 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  unequal, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  irregular, 
  crowded, 
  

  

  