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On horse dung, Otowanie Woods, Lancaster county. Be- 

 lated to S. dalmeniensis (Cooke). 

 SepuUaria [Scutellinia) pseudocrenulata Clements. 



Ascomata deeply concave, carnose; hymenium exactly drab, 

 paler without, furnished with short, septate, nearly hyaline 

 hairs, 80-100 ju long, margin crenulate with fasciculate 

 hairs, 5 mm. wide; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, 200-225x 

 12—15//; sporidia ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, monostichouB, 

 18x10 //; paraphyses filiform, scarcely incrassate above. 



On rich, shady ground among filaments of Lyngbya, Oto- 

 wanie Woods, Lancaster county. Related to S. laxmanni 

 (Weinm). 



■Sepiiltaria {Scuiellinia) punicea Clements. 



Ascomata subgregarious, superficial, or slightly innate, at 

 first hemispherical, closed, then narrowly open, mouth 

 densely beset with bristles, without furnished with very 

 dense, brown, septate, acute bristles, 300-400x16-20 fi; 

 hymenium bright miniate, -1—2 mm. in diam. ; asci cylin- 

 drical, 225-230x10-14 /Ji; sporidia elliptical, smooth, hya- 

 line, monostichous, 10-12x7—9 fi; paraphyses filiform-clav- 

 ulate, densely filled with orange granules. 



On wet, decaying wood, bluffs of the Missouri River, Otoe 

 county. 



SepuUaria {Scuiellinia) pygmaea Clements. 



Ascomata very minute, -I— | mm., rarely 1 mm. in diam. 

 gregarious, carnose, scutellate; hymenium gray or fuscous, 

 margin and external surface furnished with very strict 

 brown, septate, acute, or often truncate hairs, 175-250xl2i 

 fx; asci cylindrical, 125-150x9-10 fi; sporidia ellipsoid, 

 smooth, 12x7 //; paraphyses exceptionally numerous, 

 filiform. 



On rich ground among filaments of Lyngbya, Otowaoie 

 woods, Lancaster county. Related to S. Iryopliila. 



