6 KEPORT ON RECENT COLLECTIONS 



HYPODEEMIACEAE 



Qraphyllium Clements nov. gen. 



Hysterothecium innate, then erumpent, linear, simple, 

 membranaceous-plectenchymatous, black; asci ovoid 

 or cylindrical-clavate, 8-spored ; spores brown, ellipti- 

 cal to oblong, with transverse and longitudinal septa, 

 but not muriform; paraphyses simple or branched, 

 septate, forming an epithecium. 



Qraphyllium ehloes Clements. 



Hysterothecia minute, sparse or gregarious, sometimes 

 lineate, innate, at length erumpent, glabrous, elon- 

 gate-elliptical or linear, membranaceous, composed of 

 irregularly polygonal cells, 5x6 m, lips thin, gaping 

 at maturity, black, 30-50 /x wide by 100-300 /«. long ; 

 asci 8-spored, of two forms, ovoid-clavate, 60x15 /*, or 

 cylindrical-clavate, 90-110x12 /*, stipitate, not blue 

 with iodin; paraphyses few, septate, simple or ramose, 

 hyaline, globose above, 2-3 /«■ wide; spores distichous 

 or irregularly monostichous, brown or yellow-brown, 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, obtusely rounded at the ends, 

 3-, very rarely 4-, septate, at maturity the two mid- 

 dle loculi divided longitudinally, the others also 

 sometimes, smooth, somewhat compressed, distinctly 

 constricted at the septa, tire second loculus usually 

 inflated, 20-22x8-10 z^. 

 On stems of Aristida purpurea and Bouteloua oligosta- 

 chya, Long Pine. (12101) 



PEZIZACEAB 



Pezisa (Plicaria) elaeodes Clements. 



Ascoma small, sessile, convexo-explanate, the margin 

 elevated, thick, smooth, olivaceous within and with- 

 out, 1-1| cm. wide ; asci 8-spored, cylindrical, scarcely 

 stipitate, filled below with a dense, olivaceous pro- 

 toplasm, blue with iodin, 250 x 15 /* ; paraphyses 



