REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9IO 59 



thought it might be possible to find an occasional perithecium in 

 which no spores would be 15 ij- long. 



Perithecia minuta, 120-160 ij- in diam., gregaria sparsave, foli- 

 orum basalium areas magnas occupantia, primum epidermide tecta, 

 tenua, convexa, orbicularia, poro aperientia, atra; sporae oblongae 

 vel cylindraceae, utrinque rotundatae, hyalinae, continuae, 2-4- 

 nucleatae, 12-18 x 4-5 p.. 



Microdiplodia viciae 



Perithecia hypophyllous, sometimes amphigenous, thin, covered 

 by the epidermis, erumpent, black, 80-120 /-/. in diameter ; spore^ at 

 first hyaline, then colored, ellipsoid or oblong, 8-12 ^j long, 4-5 p- 

 broad, not at all or but sHghtly constricted at the septum. 



Dead leaves of linear leaved vetch, Vicia linearis (Nutt.) 

 Greene. Stockton, Kansas. May. E. Bartholomew. 



The spores are similar in size and shape to those of Microdi- 

 plodia mori Allesch., but the habitat is so distinct it is scarcely 

 probable that the two can be the same. 



Perithecia hypophylla, aliquando amphigena, tenua, epidermide 

 tecta, erumpentia, nigra, 80-120 p in diam. ; sporae primo hyalinae, 

 dem.um fuscae, ellipsoideae oblongaeve, 8-12x4-5 /-/-, non aut vix 

 constrictae ad septum. 



Nolanea howellii 



Pileus thin, conic or convex, minutely tomentulose, intensely 

 blue; lamellae broad, adnate, subdistant, pale yellow or stravv' 

 color, becoming flesh color; stem slender, equal, hollow, glabrous, 

 but covered with white silky fibrils at the base, colored like the 

 pileus ; spores oblong or subglobose, angular, with an oblique apicu- 

 lus at the base, 10-12 ,'j. long, 7-8 // broad. 



Pileus 1-2 cm broad ; stem 4-6 cm long, 1-2 mm thick. 



Among fallen leaves in damp places in thick woods. Rockville, 

 Indiana. September. G. T. Howell. 



Colored much like Nolanea atrocyanea Clem, but a 

 much larger species. From N. c a e 1 e s t i n a Fr. it scarcely dif- 

 fers except in the yellowish color of the young lamellae, the uni- 

 form deep blue color of the pileus and the longer stem with white 

 silky fibrils at the base. Respectfully dedicated to its discoverer. 



Pileus tenuis, conicus convexusve, minute tomentosulus, intense 

 caeruleus ; lamellae latae, adnatae, subdistantes, stramineae, deinde 

 incarnatae ; stipes gracilis, aequalis, cavus, glaber, basi fibrillis albis 



