Dodge—Fungi from the Region of Keivciunee Co., Wis. 841 
SCLERODERMEAE. 
Scleroderma cepa Pers. A Wisconsin plant is figured by Lloyd, 
Myc. Notes., p. 72, PI. SI. The outer surface is smooth and dark col¬ 
ored. The peridium is thick and hard. Seems to prefer growing 
along beds of gullies formed in ravines by spring freshe'ts. Trumble’s, 
June to September, Mauston. Bresadola vid. 
Scleroderma tenerum Berk. ($. verrucosum minor Bres. in litt.). 
The peridium is soft and thin, the outer surface covered with delicate 
scales. The color varies from white to purplish when bruised. Ripe 
specimens are 0.5 cm. to 2 cm. broad. The spore mass may be lilac- 
purple or rust-colored depending on how wet they are or in what state 
of decay. Common. In grass under oak and on rich bogs under wil¬ 
low, Fluno’s bluff, June, Mauston. 
Scleroderma verrucosum Pers. Not common. Melchior’s grove, 
October, Algoma. 
Scleroderma aurantium Pers. ($. vulgare Fr.). Some forms 
have no suggestion of a yellow color. Hussey, Illust., PI. 17, and Gil- 
let Champ. Fr., figure these rough varieties which grow in beds of 
Polytrichum, Fluno’s woods, June to August, Mauston. The New York 
plants are deep golden yellow, w r itk‘ much' thinner peridium and a 
longer stipe. 
Mycenastrum corium Desv. The outer peridium cracks into areas 
about one centimeter broad. The hollow shell remains a long time 
after the spores have all escaped. In pasture lands, along lake bank, 
September, Algoma. 
Secotium acuminatum Mont. Rare. Alaska Lake, Alaska, Sep¬ 
tember. 
ASCOMYCETES. 
Elaphomyces granulatus Fr. Fresh specimens of this species were 
found by Richard Detjen about January 1, while engaged in uprooting 
alders. He reported that as the alders were very large he thought the 
fungus was buried about six inches beneath the surface. The only 
other specimen reported for the state was collected at Superior by 
E. M. Gilbert. This latter specimen was infected with Cordyceps. 
Algoma. 
Nectria episphaeria (Tode) Fr. Parasitic on a species of Valsa 
on limbs of Fagus, Blahnik’s woods, August, Algoma. Distributed as 
no. 585c, Rehm, Ascom. Exs. Rehm vid. 
