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rower ascospores (length to width ratio for M tryblidariae is 4.1-4.8; length to width ratio for M. geoglossi is 3.1-3.8). In addition, the ascomata of M. geoglossi are superficial on the hymenium of Trichoglossum species (Leotiaceae) while those of M. tryblidariae are immersed in the hymenium of a Tryblidaria sp. (Patellariaceae). In his description of Micropyxis, Seeler suggested that the genus probably represents a reduced member of the Helotiaceae. Korf (1971) included Micropyxis in the Leotiaceae, tribe Mniaecieae. More recently however, Pfister (1976) proposed a separate tribe, the Calloriopsideae, for Micropyxis and a genus with didymosporous species, Calloriopsis. With the addition of our new taxon the tribe now includes three species, M. geoglossi, M. tryblidariae, and Calloriopsis gelatinosa (Sacc.) Sydow.

Hypomyces papulasporae (synanamorphs = Papulaspora sp., Sibirina sp.), H. papulasporae var. americanus (synanamorphs = Papulaspora candida, Sibirina clavisedum), H. mycogones (anamorph = Mycogone-like) on Geoglossum spp. and Trichoglossum spp.; Hy? pomyces stephanomatis (synanamorphs = Stephanoma strigosum, Sibirina sp.) on the operculate discomycete Humaria hemisphaerica; Hypomyces leotiicola (synanamorphs = Sepedonium leotiarum, Sibirina sp.) on Leotia lubrica, and Nectria discophila (anamorph = ^.Acremonium sp.) on Lachnum spp. are proposed. Nectria albidopilosa and N. discicola, occurring on unidentified, inoperculate Discomycetes, are also described. Hypomyces sepulcralis on soil and possibly on Peziza sp., and Nectria sepultariae, on Sepultaria arenicola, are redescribed. Stephanoma tetracoccum and its Sibirina-like synanamorph, both found on members of the Geoglossaceae, are illustrated and described briefly.

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The Geoglossaceae are well represented in Bermuda by some four genera and seven or eight species. The following notes are based on collections made over a period of seventy years. The earliest collection was that by H. N. Moseley, Naturalist of the British Challenger Expedition, in 1873. Berkeley (1, 2) published two lists of Bermuda fungi based on Moseley's collections which were later revised by M. C. Cooke and published by Hemsley (5). Only one species, Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud. (recorded as Geoglossum hirsutum Pers.), was reported. Extensive collections of fungi were made both by Dr. B. 0. Dodge in 1911 and by Dr. F. J. Seaver in 1912. A list of these, together with some additional species collected by Dr. Stewardson Brown and Dr. N. L. Britton, was published by Seaver (6, 7). These collections added Geoglossum nigritum Cooke and Trichoglossum hirsutum f. Wrightii Durand to the list. The latter was raised to specific rank by Durand (4) after an examination of Bermuda material and named Trichoglossum Wrightii Durand. A further record, Geoglossum pumilum Winter, was added by Durand (4) and was later noted by Seaver (8). Further collections were made by H. H. Whetzel during the years 1921 and 1922, whilst acting as the first plant pathologist appointed to the Bermuda Department of Agriculture. Additional collecting was done by Lawrence Ogilvie, appointed plant pathologist in 1923, in cooperation with the junior author and with Dr. F. J. Seaver who revisited the Colony in 1926. Dr. Seaver revisited Bermuda on two further occasions during the autumns of 1938 and 1940 and, in company with the senior author, made further collections of fungi. Over thirty separate collections of Geoglossaceae are listed from Bermuda in the Herbarium of the Department of Plant