AN ANNOTATED LIST OF IOWA DISCOMYCETES. 
FRED JAY SEAVER. 
The Discomycetes include a large and much neglected 
group of fungi, variable in form and size and of wide dis- 
tribution. During the last three seasons, a large number 
of local species have been added to those already reported, 
and in this paper an attempt has been made to bring 
together and list the species reported from the state. 
Those forms described and illustrated in the Bulletin of 
Natural History” of the State University of Iowa (Vol. V, 
No. 4) are repeated here, and those which have not been 
described and figured will appear in a later edition of the 
same bulletin. 
The list, as it appears here, is only a partial one, a large 
number of species having been collected which are still 
unidentified and new ones continually being added. It is 
hoped to extend this work and make it as complete as 
possible and any aid from those interested in the way of 
material will be gratefully received. 
A brief note accompanies each species emphasizing some 
of the prominent characters, special attention being given 
to habitat and distribution. The name of the collector 
accompanies each species except where the collection was 
made by the author. 
In preparing this list I am indebted to Profs. T. H. Mac- 
bride and B. Shimek for the use of numerous collections in 
the university herbarium and to Prof. L. H. Pammel, of 
Ames, for the use of the Holway collection which contained 
a number of species not collected at Iowa City and several 
exsiccati of much value. 
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