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on distinct spiexilar B porop h o r es. II 188, Vermilion lake. Tin- same thing 

 has been found at Newfield, N. J., on bark of pine log. 



nil \ 1:1 I. u ■: 



Cenangium ceraaJ 1 ; 11 167, Vermilion lake. On Prnniu pennsyl- 



-vaniea. 



CbJorosplenium versiforme Pr. — B 287, Vermilion lake. On old 



■tumps. 



Ciboria tabacina Ellis vV Hotoi Stem Blender, almost fili- 



form, Blightlj enlarged above, _-\ : cm. Long, and like the outside of the peri- 

 thelium, yellowish tobacoo-brown. Perithecia cupnlate-patelliibrm, IJ-2J nun. 

 in diameter, subragnlose beneath, margin entire and even, only slightly in- 

 curved. Di-k slate-color, concave. Asci cylindrical. 100-115 by !'-ll mo. Para- 

 physes stoat, yellowish, gradually bul only Blightly thickened above. Bporidia 

 oniseriate, elliptical, mostly with a single large nucleus, yellowish-hyaline, 9-12 

 li\ 4-5 mo. — H 68, Vermilion lake. On decaying peti 



Etehn. grows also on petioles, and lias mnch the same micro- 



iica] chanu - pi that thesporidia are broader (5-7 ma) and somewhat 



curved, hut the stem is much shorter and thicker, the perithelium subcyathoid, 



ami the whole plant pale ('. ealopm FckL is of a different color, and has the 



md sporidia larger, and bo of r. firma Pers., to both of which species the 



Minnesota plant bears some resemblance, though its peculiar color and neat 



learance enable one to distinguish it even with the naked eye. Tin i 

 orementa of the stem, etc.. and notes of color, are from the dry specimens. 



Exoascus alnitorquus (TuLJ Sad. — H. 215. Vermilion lake Oh 

 Alnus incana. 



GeOglOSSUH) llltemn Pk. — H 195, St. Louis river. In swamps. 

 Habrostictis ocellata FckL [Stidu Iteanora Fr. ■ — H 38, Vermilion 

 Like. On Salix discolor. (Determined by EUia.) 



Beliotiam citrinum Pr. — H 228, Vermilion lake. More distinctly 

 stipitate than usual. Determined by EUia. i 



Patellaria fenestrate C. ,v P.— B 118, Vermilion lake. On dead 



- of Populus tremuloides. 

 IV/i/.a agaSSizti B. A I B 179, 8t Louis river. < >n tamarack. 



IV/i/.a Dasys borealifl Ellis & Eolway a. sp.). Briefly stipitate. 

 abont 1 mm. in diameter. globose when dry and nearly closed, densely snagged 

 and fringed with gray hairs, the marginal ones 80-100 mu long, and 2\ mu thick. 

 L cylindrical, sessile, 75-80 by 7-8 mu. Paraphyses stonl -J 1 , mu 

 thick), pointed above and slightly exceeding the asd Bporidia clavate-fnsoid, 

 nueleolate. hyaline. straight or a little curved. 2-eeriate, 20-22 by ".-1 mu. — H 

 Vermilion lake. On rotten wood, which is overspread with a brown 

 is. We can oof Bay whether the Zygodesmus is accidental or of the 

 nature of a BUbiculum. When dry it much resembles Qgpkdla in,, ,,,11, i; 



IV/i/a carbonaria \. AG.— E 191,81 Louis river. Od the groond. 



bermined by EQ 

 IN'/.i/.;» enpreasi Batech.— H 225, Vermilion lake. < »n fallen leaves of 



Thuya. 



Peziza dehnii Rabh. — H 176, Vermilion lake. On living PotentiOa, 

 Peziza ftwco-earpa Ellis & Hoi. — H Ifi ds river. Onl 



