JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 
Vol. n. MANHATTAN, KANSAS, JULY, 1886. No. 7. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN HYPO- 
CREACEAE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS 
OF THE SPECIES. 
BY .T. B. ELiLIS AND B. M. EVERHART. 
(Continued from page (JJi.) 
G7. Hypomyces transformans, Pk. 29th Rep. New York State 
Mus., p. 57. On Cantfiarellus ciharius which it transforms into an irreg¬ 
ular mass. New" York (l^eck), Massachusetts (S. J. Ilarkness), Penn¬ 
sylvania (Everhart). 
Snbicnlum effused, variable in color, pallid, golden-yellow, ochraceous 
or brick-red ; perithecia ovate or snbglobose, papillate, sunk in thesiibic- 
ulum ; ostiola prominent, obtuse, amber or orange ; asci cylindrical; 
sporidia fusiform, apiculate at each end, somewhat rough, continuous 
or rarely with the endochrome obscurely divided, colorless, 33—38 .o- long. 
G8. Hypomyces Geoglossi, E. & E. On Oeoglossum {glahnim) V 
New"lield, N. J., September, 187G. Occupying the greater part of the 
hymenium of the host, the proper fruit of which is mostly suppressed. 
l^erithecia immersed, subglobose (75—80 /^-), subangular from mutual 
pressure ; ostiola papilliform, black; asci clavate-cylindrical, subsessile, 
yellowish, 75—80 x G—7 p, containing eight crowded, subbiseriate, 
ciavate-oblong, continuous, hyaline, G—8 x 2i—3 P, sporidia. The sub- 
iculum appears to be obsolete, the perithecia being immersed in the 
hymenium of the host. As no notes were taken on the fresh specimens, 
the color of the perithecia can not be certainly stated, but in the dry 
specimens, they are nearly or quite black. 
G9. Hypomyces xylophil-us, l^k. Bull. Tor. Bot. Club, XI, p. 28. 
Subiculum effused, w"hitish ; perithecia numerous, crowded, small 
yellowish, w ith a blunt ostiolum ; asci cylindrical, 90—112 x 0—7F p\ 
sporidia continuous, uniseriate, subfusiform, 15—17 x 5—G p. On decay¬ 
ing wood. Ohio (Morgan). 
70. Hypomyces ityaltntts, Scluv. Syn. Car., No. 35. On llussulo. 
faptens. Carolina (Schw.) 
