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narrow, sometimes obsolete. Asci cylindrical, short (8 to 

 ID /x), stipitate, about loo x lo to 12 fi, paraphysate, 8- 

 spored. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, yellow-brown, 

 5 to 7-septate with a longitudinal septum running through 

 two or more cells, ig to 22 x 8 to 10 /a, ends mostly rounded 

 and obtuse, not at all or only slightly constricted in the 

 middle. 

 L. COMPRESSUM (Pers.) Sacc. 



On Sali.v nigra falcata, April it,, 1894. Asci 70 to 100 

 X 13 ju.. Spores 25 to 30 X 8 to 10 /u. {Xuttall, 1481, 461). 



HELVELLACEAE. 



AIORCHELLA Dill. 

 j\I. ESCULENTA (Linn.) Pers. 



Along an old road among grasses and leaves under an 

 oak. April 18, 1893 (Xiittal!, 897). (Sheldon. 2308, 2842,- 

 3229). 

 ]\I. ANGUSTiCEPS Peck. 



On ground. Short Creek, April 18, 1893. Spores 25 to 

 28 X 15 (H (Nuttall, 895). 



M. sp. 



On ground. Short Creek, 5 cm. high, with smooth spores 

 28 X 17 fi, April 18, 1893 {Nnttall, 8g6). 



GYROMITRA Fr. 



G. cuRTiPES Fr. 



On ground below clififs, Short Creek. Asci, fertile part 

 50 X 16 to 18 iJ.. Total length 350 /x. Spores 22 to 30 x 

 ID /x, 2-nucleate {Xuttall, 1813). 



HELA'ELLA Linn. 



H, JIACROPUS (Pers.) Karst? 



On ground in woods at base of cliffs, July 15, 1893 

 (Xuttall. 1097). 

 H. CRISPA (Scop.) Fries. 

 (Sheldon, 2098). 



iMITRULA Fr. 

 ;M. phalloides (Bull.) Chev. 



In water on leaves of Quercns Printis. etc., spores to 20 

 X 3 /x. Masterson's Glade, June 11. 1893 (Xnttall, 935). 

 On decaying leaves in a gutter (Sheldon, 2923). 



'SI. LUTESCENS B. & C. 



On ground and on dead logs in deep woods, alt. 2,000 

 ft. (Nuttall, 1024). 



