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Vibrissea leptospora, Phil., Trans. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), ser. 2, ii, 8, 
pi. 2, f. 19-23, 1881; Phil., Brit. Disc. 320, 1887. 
Syn.—Peziza leptospora , Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 
xviii, 12, tab. 4, f. 30, 1866. 
Vibrissea Guernisaci , var. leptospora , Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. iv, 
488, 1895. 
Gorgoniceps leptospora , Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 2086, 1889. 
Vibrissea Fergussoni, Phil., Trans. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), ser. 2, ii, 7, 
1881; Phil., Brit. Disc. 318, 1887 ; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 173, 1889. 
Patellaria Fergussoni, Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist. p. 39, 
pi. iv, f. 30, 1875. 
Gorgoniceps vibrisseoides , Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 2084, 1889. 
Gorgoniceps turbinata , Sacc., Consp. Gen. Disc. 7. 
Helotium vibrisseoides , Peck, 32nd Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 48, 1879 ; 
Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 1887, p. 28, pi. 2, f. 7-9. 
Vibrissea turbinata , Phillips, Gen. Vibrissea, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
(Bot.), ser. 2, ii, 8, pi. 2, f. 14-18, 1881. 
Vibrissea Guernisaci, var. vibrisseoides, Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. iv, 
488, 1895. 
Patellaria recisa, Berk. & Curt., in Cooke’s Discom. of U. S., pt. ii, 
in Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. 27, 1876; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 3241, 
1889. 
In Brit. Fung.-Flora, iv, 488, I have considered leptospora and 
vibrisseoides as varieties of Guernisaci ; however, on re-examining 
a larger series of specimens, I find that the slender varietal characters 
on which I depended are not constant, and there is no doubt but 
that leptospora, Fergussoni, vibrisseoides, turbinata, and recisa are 
identical with, and synonyms of, Gorgoniceps Guernisaci, Sacc. 
There is a note in Dr. Cooke’s handwriting in Herb. Kew, stating 
that Helotium vibrisseoides, Peck, is identical with Patellaria filifera , 
B. & C. I have no knowledge of either specimen or description of 
the last-named species, and mention this so that, if such a species is 
extant, its affinities may be known. 
Mitrula mucerdae, Fries, Syst. Myc. i, 492, 1821; Sacc., Syll. 
viii, n. hi, 1889. 
Syn. — Clavaria mucerdae, Schum., Saell. 405, 1801. 
Fries states (Elench. i, 235) that he afterwards saw this species, 
which proved to be a Slilbum. 
