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and autumn, 1904. Iowa City. This species has been 
found to be very common on rather hard, damp, clay 
soil. 
65. Ascobolus hrunneus Cooke. 
Collected on horse dung. Autumn, 1904, Iowa City. 
Not common. 
FAMILY— HELOTIACE^ . 
66. Sarcoscypha coccinea (Jacq.) Cke. 
Cups large, generally stipitate; hymenium scarlet. 
Various collections, 1902-05. Iowa City; — Decorah, Iowa, 
March, 1879, E. W. D. Holway; — FortDodge, Iowa, 1904, B. 
Shimek. Very common on half buried sticks in 'the woods. 
Late autumn and early spring. 
67. Sarcoscypha occidentalis (Schw.) Cke. 
Cups much smaller than preceding; stem often very long; 
hymenium scarlet. On decaying sticks in woods. Spring 
and summer. Various collections, 1903-04. Iowa City; — 
Decorah, Iowa, August, 1882, E. W. D. Holway. Rather 
common. 
68. Sarcoscypha Jtoccosa (Schw.) Cke. 
Cups scarlet inside, clothed with long, white, septate 
hairs externally. On decaying sticks, spring and summer. 
Various collections, 1903-04. Iowa City; — Decorah, Iowa, 
August, 1882, E. W. D. Holway. Rather common in woods. 
■ 69. Chlorosplenium mruginosum (Nyl.) Karst. 
Plants small, stipitate, dark, aeruginous green. On wood 
(oak). Distinguished by the green color of the plants and 
the wood from which they grow. Various collections. 
Iowa city. T. H. Macbride and B. Shimek; — Decorah, 
Iowa, August, 1882, E. W. D. Holway. 
70. Chlorosplenium versiforme (Pers.) Karst. 
Plants irregular in form, greenish. On wood. Decorah, 
Iowa, August, 1882, E. W. D. Holway. 
71. Dasyscypha nivea (Hedw.) Sacc. 
Plants minute, stipitate, clothed externally with a dense 
covering of white hairs. On decaying wood (oak). Iowa 
City, 1904. Common. 
