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oblong-elliptical, colorless, .0003 to .001 in. long ; paraphyses fili- 

 form, thickened at the apex. 



Dead stems of hobble bush, Viburnum lantanoides. Catskill 

 mountains. July. 



Ascophanus tetraonalis. 



Receptacle sessile, 1 to 2 lines broad, externally cinereous, the 

 margin sometimes wavy or flexuous, the disk blackish or blackish- 

 brown ; asci cylindrical, truncate at the apex ; spores uniseriate, 

 elliptical, smooth, colorless, .0006 to .0007 in. long, .0003 broad. 



Excrement of partridges or ruffed grouse. Catskill mountains. 

 July. 



The receptacles are about equal in size to those of Ascophanus 

 gattinaceus, which has a similar habitat, but a paler color and shorter 

 spores. This and the next following species were erroneously referred 

 to the genus Peziza in the Thirty-second Report. 



Ascophanus humosoides. 



Receptacles small, scarcely more than half a line broad, sessile, 

 scattered or crowded, orange-colored inclining to vinous-red, the disk 

 plane or slightly convex, slightly margined ; asci short, cylindrical 

 or clavate ; spores crowded or elliptical, even, .0008 to .001 in. long, 

 .0005 broad ; paraphyses filiform, slightly thickened above. 



Excrement of some wild animal. Catskill mountains. July. 



The cups are attached to the matrix by a few white filaments. 



Patellaria pusilla. 



Receptacle small, .014 to .028 in. broad, sessile, slightly margined, 

 black, the disk plane or convex when moist, slightly concave when 

 dry; asci clavate; spores crowded. or biseriate, subclavate, .00065 

 to .0008 in. long, .0001 to .00012 broad, six to eight nucleate ; para- 

 physes numerous, filiform. 



Decaying beech wood. Catskill mountains. July. 



The spores are similar in shape to those of P. atrala. They are 

 extremely narrow and probably become five to seven-septate when 

 mature. 



Acanthostigma scopula. 



Perithecia small, .006 to .008 in. broad, subglobose, very black, 

 bristly with short, rigid, divergent black hairs orsetee which are .003 

 to .005 in. long, .00016 to .0002 thick ; asci lanceolate or subcla- 

 vate ; spores crowded or biseriate, elongated, gradually narrowed 



