Lamprospora 65 



surface of the spore and appearing about its periphery like great 

 lumps, often projecting further in one place than another, giving 

 the spore an irregular outline, the tubercles about 3-4 m in 

 diameter, 12 or 14, rarely 15, appearing about the periphery of 

 the spore; paraphyses enlarged above, attaining a diameter of 

 3-4 fx below and a diameter of 6-8 /j. at their apices, filled with 

 minute pale-orange granules. 



On the soil in open places among mosses and algae. 



Type locality: Woods near Yonkers, New York. 



Distribution: New York to Virginia; also in Australia. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 4: pi. 57, f. 1-4; also 6: pi. 114, 

 f. 7; Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria II. 38: pi. 5,f. 1. 



McLennan and Cookson believe that the Tasmanian species 

 described by L. Rodway (Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1924: 112. 

 1925) under the name of Barlaea verrucosa is identical with our 

 species. 



12. Lamprospora Maireana Seaver, Mycologia 6: 14. 1914. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first globose, expanding and reaching 

 a diameter of about 2 mm., pale-orange; hymenium plane or 

 slightly concave, of about the same color as the outside of the 

 apothecium; asci cylindric or subcylindric, gradually tapering 

 below into a stem-like base, reaching a length of 300-325 yu and 

 a diameter of 30 ju; spores 1 -seriate, becoming sculptured, reaching 

 a diameter of 23 n, hyaline or subhyaline; spore-sculpturing 

 taking the form of tubercles which are as large as 3-5 /jl in 

 diameter, appearing about the periphery of the spore as scallops, 

 the tubercles bearing secondary sculpturing which gives to each 

 tubercle a minutely verrucose appearance and to the whole spore 

 a translucent effect; paraphyses strongly thickened at their 

 apices, reaching a diameter of 8 /x. 



On the ground among mosses and algae. 



Type locality: Algiers, North Africa. 



Distribution: New York; also in North Africa and Australia. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 6: pi. 114, f. 13; Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Victoria II. 38:;^/. 5,/. 3. 



ExsiccATi: Maire, Myc. Bor. Africana 22 (as Lamprospora 

 tuherculata Seaver). 



