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Humaria subcrenulatn Clements. 



Ascoma carnose, with a very short, thick, hypogaeous 

 stipe, at first globose, then hemispherical, or sometimes 

 almost concave, margin slightly incurved, subcrenulate,, 

 ochroleucous, or ochraceous, 2-5 mm. wide; asci narrowly 

 cylindrical, stipitate, 200x10//; sporidia ellipsoid, hyaline, 

 smooth, eguttulate, 12^-15x8-10 fji; paraphyses scarcely 

 equalling the asci, filiform, septate, granular, 3 /i wide. 



Among mosses on sandy ground, Eock Creek, Keya Paha 

 county ; canyons of Hazel Creek, Brown county. 

 Humaria iofacea Clements. 



Ascoma sessile, carnose, concave, naked, grayish-drab, scarcely 

 margined, or the margin strongly depressed, 2-3 cm. wide ;. 

 asci cylindrical, not turning blue with iodine, 200x10-12 

 fi; sporidia ellipsoid, smooth, eguttulate, monostichous, 

 15x8-9 fJL; paraphyses filiform, 2^ fi wide. 



On fragments of the wood of Pinus ponderosa, canyons of 

 the Niobrara river, Keya Paha county. 

 Sarcoscypha roseo-tincta Clements. 



Ascomata caespitose, cupuliform, at length often concave, 

 carnose, without beautifully papillate-tomentose, with 

 densely agglutinated cells, 20— '25 // in diam., white, mar- 

 gin tomentose-ciliate-crenate, sordescent in age; hyme- 

 nium creamy-ochraceous ; stipe broad, rarely 1-3-lacunoser 

 tomentose-papillate, expanded above into the cup, rosy, 

 or rosy-tinged; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, not turning blue 

 with iodine, 125x8—10 fi; sporidia ellipsoid, hyaline, mon- 

 ostichous, 2-guttate, 10x5 fx; paraphyses linear, stuffed 

 with 1—2- seriate oil-drops above, 2^ /x wide. 



On horse-dung, Otowanie Woods, Lancaster county. 



Sepultaria Cooke Myc. 259, 1879, Lachnea Fr. Syst. Myc. 2:77, 



1822; not Lachnaea L. Sp. PI. Ed. L, 560, 1753 {Lachnea 



Sp. PI. Ed. II., 514). Fries cites Lachnum Eetz. Flor. 



Scand. Prod. 329, 1797, as a synonym of Lachnea. Lack- 



