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Sepultaria (EusepuUaria) grisea Clements. 



Ascomata subterranean, gregarious, often crowded, hemis- 

 spherieal-cupulate, without sparsely covered with septate, 

 flexuous hairs, pale brown, or isabel-colored below, hyaline 

 toward the apex, 150-400x6-7 fi, brown-ochraceous, hy- 

 menium gray, 3-4 mm. wide; asci broadly cylindrical, 

 8-spored, 200x15-20 fi; sporidia ellipsoid, smooth, 1-2— 

 guttate, monostichous, 20-25xl2-|— 15 /x; paraphyses grad- 

 ually but strongly clavate, 7-8 /z wide above. 



Among mosses on wet sand. Rock Creek canyon, Keya Paha 

 county. 

 SepiiUnria (^Sciitellinia) bryophila Clements. 



Ascomata gregarious, hemispherical, then deeply scutellate, 

 margin and external surface furnished with septate, brown, 

 obtuse or acuminate hairs, 250-400x8-10 /i, hymenium 

 concave, gray, with a pale but distinct rosy tint, 1—2 mm. 

 wide; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, 250-300x12-14 //; spo- 

 ridia elliptical, hyaline, smooth, minutely 2-guttulate, 

 16-20x10-12 fs; paraphyses guttulate, filiform, 3-4 ft 

 wide. 



On sandy ground among mosses, Eock Creek Canyon, Keya 

 Paha county. Related to Sepultaria cretea (Cooke). 

 Sepultaria (Scutellinia) pediseta Clements. 



Ascomata gregarious, or caespitose, at first hemispherical, 

 scarcely open, then scutellate, without tomeutose-tubercu- 

 late, the tubercules pale yellow, composed of agglutin- 

 ated cells 20-25 /z in diam. ; bristles sparse, very long, 

 strict, strongly attenuate, pale brown, 9-10-septate, 450— 

 500x18 p. at the base, 5 /z at the apex, arising singly from 

 the tubercules; hymenium bright orange, paler without, 

 3-5 mm. in diam, ; asci cylindrical, not turning blue with 

 iodine, 175x10 /i; sporidia ellipsoid, smooth, monostich- 

 ous, 15x8 fi; paraphyses scarcely broader above, 5 fx wide 

 at the apex, slightly green-tinted. 



