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out, disk becoming cinereous in age, exterior very densely 

 covered with long, hyaline hairs roughened with minute,, 

 crowded granules, margin beautifully ciliate, crispate- 

 lobate, incurved; asoi clavulate, somewhat acute at the- 

 apex, 75-100x5-8 n; sporidia lacking. 



On bark and twigs of Tilia americana, Wabash. Possibly 

 Trichopeziza tiliae (Peck) Sacc. 

 Phaeopezia elaeodes Clements. 



Ascoma hemispherical-cupulate, rarely scutellate, waxy 

 sessile, beautifully verrucose without, brownish-black;, 

 hymenium exactly olivaceous, margin often irregular, 

 flexuous; asci cylindrical, truncate, 8-spored, 200-300x15 

 -18 fjL\ sporidia monostichous, spherical, with a large oil- 

 drop, 8 /i in diam. densely concentrically verruculose, 

 fuscous, 12-15 /< in diam.; paraphyses linear, many-sep- 

 tate, 5-6 fi wide. 



Ascoma 8-20 mm. wide, 5-13 mm. high. 



On wet, sandy banks. Hazel Creek Canyons, Brown county^ 

 Phaeopezia vlnaoea Clements 



Ascoma at first broadly cupulate or concave, then applanate^ 

 sessile, carnose, without pale brownish-verrucose, blackish- 

 vinous ; hymenium vinous, 5-10 mm.' in diam. ; asci cylin- 

 drical, turning blue with iodine, obtuse or truncate, 

 250-300x12-15 fi; sporidia elliptical, pale fuscous, echi- 

 nate, prominately 1-guttate, monostichous, 15-18x10 //; 

 paraphyses linear, fuscous above, scarcely incrassate, 3 fjt 

 wide. 



On damp, shady ground, Otowanie Woods, Lancaster county. 



BULGAEIACEAE. 



Orhilia atropurpurea Clements. 



Aseomata superficial, crowded, sessile, gelatinous when wet, 

 corneous when dry, concave, or applanate, dark purple, 

 exciple dense, fuscous, 2—5 mm. in diam. ; asci elongate. 



