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form of tubercles, the number appearing about the periphery of 

 the spore ranging from 20-25 in the circumference of the spore; 

 paraphyses gradually enlarged upwards and filled with orange 

 granules, reaching a diameter of 8-9 p, at their apices. 



On soil among mosses. 



Type locality: Yonkers, New York. 



Distribution: New York and Maine; also in Australia. 



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

 Victoria II. 38:/?/. 5,/. 2. 



15. Lamprospora amethystina (Quel.) Seaver, Mycologia 6: 16. 

 1914. 



Humaria Persoonii amethystina Quel. Assoc. Fr. Av. Sci. Comp. Rendu 14'-: 



451. 1886. 

 Barlaea amethystina Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 116. 1889. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first subglobose, expanding and 

 becoming discoid, externally pale, whitish or purplish, reaching 

 a diameter of 2 mm.; hymenium becoming plane or a little con- 

 cave, purplish, a little darker than the outside of the apothecium, 

 bordered by a whitish fringe-like margin ; asci cylindric or sub- 

 cylindric above, gradually tapering below; spores 1-seriate, at 

 first smooth, hyaline, reaching a diameter of 12 ^t, becoming 

 sculptured; spore-sculpturing consisting of small warts similar in 

 size and general appearance to those of L. tuherculatella; pa- 

 raphyses slender, slightly enlarged at their apices. 



On the ground among mosses. 



Type locality: Jura, France. 



Distribution: Iowa; also in Europe. 



Illustration: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: 

 pi. 12, f. 3. 



16. Lamprospora carbonaria (Fuckel) Seaver, Mycologia 6: 16. 

 1914. 



Crouania carbonaria Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nachtr. 2: 64. 1873. 

 Peziza sanguinaria Cooke, Grevillea 3:31. 1874. 

 Barlaea carbonaria Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 112. 1889. 

 ?Lamprospora carbonicola Boud. Hist. Class. Disconi. Eu. 68. 1907. 

 Pulvinula carbonaria Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 70. 1907. 

 Barlaeina carbonicola Sacc. & Trav.; Sacc. & Trott. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 22: 

 622. 1913. 



Apothecia gregarious or crowded, at first globose, becoming 

 expanded and scutellate to discoid, the margin even or wavy, 



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