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H. ciTRiNUM (Hedw.) Fr. On wet dead log. Short Creek, alt. 1,800 ft. Sept. 12, 1893 (Nuttall, 1201). H. CASTANEUM Sacc. On leaves of Rhododendron maximum. Short Creek, alt. 1,800 ft. Sept. 12, 1893 (Nuttall, 1206). H. EPHipHYLluM (Pers.) Fr. On decaying leaves, twigs, etc. (Sheldon, 3428). H. PHYLLOPHiluM Desm. On decaying leaves (Sheldon, 3363). H. FRUCTIGENUM Rehu1. On dead wood, leaves, chestnut bur and acorn (Sheldon, 3470) • H. FRatERNUM Peck. (Sheldon, 3377). PI 1 1 ALEA Fr. P. scuTULA (Pers.) Gill. On decaying herbaceous stems (Sheldon, 3514). P. CYATHOIdeS (Bull.) Gill. (Sheldon, 3544)P. viRGULTORUM (Vahl.) Sacc. On old grape twigs on wet ground. Asci 105 x 7.5 ц. Spores 18 x 4 /i, Nov. 1, 1894 (Nuttall, 1735)- (Sheldon, 1080). PSEUDOHELOTIUM Fckl. P. FiBRisEduM (B. & C.) Sacc. -On wet dead wood of Juglans cinerea, Dec. 5, 1894. More than 2 mm. diameter, margin ciliate, red-maculate ; asci oblong short-stipitate, total length 65 x 7.5 ц (approx.). paraphyscs filiform. Spores hyaline i-septate (?) oblong, straight or slightly curved, 12 to 18 x 3 /1 (Nuttall, 1764). CYATHICULA De Not. C. nuisQuiLiARis E. & E.. Proc. Phila. Acad., 451 (1893). Type habitat : On dead racemes of Quercus Prinus, on dead leaves, on rock in woods, April 2, 1893 (Nuttall, discov. 940Gregarious, sessile, 1 to 1:5 mm. diameter, cup-shaped, disk pale with a tinge of brick color when dry, dull, dirtywhite and purpuraceo-squamulose outside, margin distinctly cleft-toothed and incurved when dry. Asci cylindrical, subsessile. 55 to 65 x 6 to 7 ц, with filiform paraphyscs scarcely thickened above. Sporidia uniseriate, or sub-biseriate above, elliptical, hyaline, continuous, б to 8 x 3 to 4 /1.