—- 1893 — 
Sporidiis late ellipticis, -018x-014, laevissimis. Paraph. 
linearibus, hyalinis. — N. America. 
P. pallidula Cooke et Peck (in Bullet. Buff. 
Acad. 1876). Substipitata. Cupula pallida, ceracea, tenuis, 
infundibuliformis, demum explanata, subfarinosa, dein nuda; 
stipite primo distincto, demum abbreviato; margine leniter 
incurvo. Asciscylindraceis. Spor. ellipticis, -012—-014 x-006 mm. 
hyalinis, laevibus. Paraph. clavatis. — N. America. 
P.scabrosa Cooke (Herb.). Sessilis. Cupula con- 
cava, demum expansa, atro-brunnea, extus verrucosa, mar- 
gine primo subincurvo, regulari. Ascis cylindraceis. Sporidiis 
globosis, diam. -015 mm., episporio tuberculato brunneo. 
Paraph. clavatis. — N. America (Maine). 
P.epispartica Berk et Broome (Journ. Linn. 
Soc.). Minor, sessilis. Cupula expansa, lobata, extus tomen- 
toso-pulveracea, hymenio laevi. Ascis cylindraceis. Spor. 
ellipticis, -0075—-008 x-0035, laevibus. Ceylon. 
P. Saccardiana Cook. (in litt.). Sessilis. Cupula 
carnosa, fragilis, concava, demum repanda, convexa, umbili- 
cata, carneo-rubra, margine saepe lacerato. Ascis cylindraceis. 
Spor. ellipticis, -02—-022 x-012, exasperatis. Paraph. clavatis, 
brunneis. — Italy, France. 
P.tincturella Cooke et Sacc. (in litt.). Sessilis. 
Cupula concava, demum applanata, vel convexa et umbilicata, 
tota pallida, roseo-tincta, orbicularis. Ascis cylindraceis. 
Spor. elongato-ellipticis, -025 x-008 mm., laevibus. Paraph. 
linearibus, septatis, superne vix incrassatis, roseoviolaceis 
dilute tinctis. — Italy. 
P.sterigmatizans Phillips (in litt.). Sessilis. 
Cupula concava, demum explanata, repanda et varie con- 
torta, atro-badia; margine crenulato. Ascis cylindraceis. 
Spor. ellipticis, :018 x-009, laevibus. Paraph. amplis, sep- 
tatis, clavatis, furcatis, breviter ramulosisve, hyalinis. — 
Britain. 
P. apiculata Cooke (Herb.). Sessilis, badia. Cu- 
pula concava, mox applanata, carnosa, orbicularis, margine 
integro, elevato. Ascis cylindraceis. Spor. late fusi- 
formibus, brunneis, asperulis, hyalino — apiculatis, 
-025— 03 x-01—-012 mm. Paraph. linearibus, brunneotinctis. 
— Italy. 
P. retiderma Cooke (Herb.). Sessilis, badia. Cu- 
pula hemispherica, interdum contorta, integra, carnosa, extus 
reticulato-venosa, circa marginem pallidiore. Ascis cylindraceis. 
Spor. ellipticis, -014 x-007 mm., brunneis, verrucosis. Paraph. 
numerosis, septatis, linearibus, sursum brunneis. — N. America 
(Maine). 
