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Tmm agaricinum Eetz., however, is Dasyscypha virginea 

 (Batsch) Fckl. ; hence Lachnum Retz. must stand for the 

 Friesian genus Dasyscypha. In consequence, Sepuliaria 

 Cooke is the oldest admissible name, for Lachnea Fr. 

 Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 868 takes up Scufellinia Cooke, in 

 accordance with his rule of species- majority, a principle 

 not sanctioned by American botanists. 

 Sepuliaria (^Eusepultaria) aspera Clements. 



Ascoma broadly cupulate, partly subterranean, waxy-carnose, 

 covered with short, thick, flexuous, smoky-brown, 3-6- 

 celled hairs, 80-200x12-15 //, chestnut-colored, margin 

 irregularly 3-4-lobed; hymenium bay-chestnut-colored; 

 asci cylindrical, not turning blue with iodine, 200x12^-15 

 jj.; sporidia fusoid-elliptical, 2-3 guttate, hyaline, monosti- 

 chous, very prominently tuberculate-verrucose, 25x12^^ //; 

 paraphyses entirely fusco-olivaceous, clavulate, 7-8 fj. 

 wide. 



Ascoma 3 cm. high, 2 cm. wide. 



On shady ground, bluffs of the Missouri river, Bellevue. 

 Related to S. fusicarpa (Ger. ) Cooke, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by the lobed margin, sparse hairs, and tuber- 

 culate spores. 

 Sepuliaria {Eusepuliaria) aurantia Clements. 



Ascoma subhypogaeous, hemispherioal-cupulate, without 

 fuscous-brown, densely covered with very long, septate, 

 coneolorous hairs, 500-600x10 [i; hymenium bright or- 

 ange, 5-7 mm. wide; asci narrowly cylindrical, long- 

 stipitate, not turning blue with iodine, 250x8-10 [i; spo- 

 ridia ellipsoid, smooth, monostichous, 1-guttate, 16-18x8- 

 9 n; paraphyses filiform, filled with orange granules, 2-J// 

 wide. 



On the ground among dead leaves, bluffs of the Missouri 

 river, Bellevue. Related to S. lapidaria Cooke; the form 

 and color of the cup are that of S. hemisphaerioa (Wigg. ) 

 Cooke. 



