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gin irregular, hardly lobed, 5-12 mm. in diameter; hy. 

 menium deep brown- wine- color, beneath paler, or orchra- 

 ceous; asoi cylindrical, not turning blue with iodine, 250- 

 300x12-14 n; sporidia ellipsoid, smooth, 2-guttat6, 16- 

 20x10 [i; paraphyses broadly linear, septate, fuliginous 

 above. 



On sand in canyons of the Niobrara river, Keya Paha 

 counties. 

 Peziza paraphysata Clements. 



Ascoma orbicular, applanate, margin deilexed, carnose, be- 

 neath fusco-ochraceous, hymenium chestnut-colored, 1-2 

 cm. in diameter; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, elongate, not 

 turning blue with iodine, 325-350x18 //; sporidia broadly 

 ellipsoid, obliquely monostichous, 2-guttate, smooth, 20x 

 15 ft; paraphyses septate, broadly clavate above, densely 

 filled with brown granules, 5 fi wide, clavate apex 50-60 fi, 

 long by 10-12i fji wide. 



On the ground and on fragments of wood, Meadville, Keya 

 Paha county. Closely related to Discina orbicularis 

 Peck. 

 JPeziza {Flicaria) vinacea Clements. 



Ascoma concave, or scutellate, at length applanate, carnose, 

 sessile, margin repand-flexuous, surface of the hymenium 

 uneven, at first orange-vinous, then vinous-brick-colored, 

 beneath even, glabrous, paler, 7-15 mm. in diam.; asci 

 cylindrical, 8-spored, trunculate, turning blue throughout 

 with iodine, 225-250x12-13 fi; sporidia elliptical, eguttu- 

 late, monostichous, hyaline, smooth, 16-20x10-12 fi; par- 

 aphyses broadly filiform, scarcely incrassate at the apex, 

 granular, 5 /i wide. 



On damp ground in shady woods, Wabash. 

 •Galactinia viridi-Uncta Clements. 



Ascoma hemispherical, cupulate, sessile, milky, without gray- 

 ish -tomentose, or minutely verrucose, light-olivaceous, 



