70 The North American Cup-Fungi 



first partially 2-seriate or Irregularly crowded, finally becoming 

 1-seriate, smooth, granular within but containing no con- 

 spicuous oil-drops, hyaline, never exceeding 10 ju in diameter and 

 often smaller; paraphyses filiform, 1.5-2 n in diameter, slightly 

 thickened above and strongly curved at their apices, sparingly 

 branched, filled with hyaline granules. 



On the ground and on burnt ground which has been over- 

 run with mosses. 



Type locality: Cemetery woods, Wisconsin. 



Distribution: New York and Wisconsin. 



20. Lamprospora gemmea (Phill.) Seaver, Mycologia 6: 18. 



1914. 



Peziza gemmea Phill. Grevillea 7: 21. 1878. 

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



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, subturbinate, finally expanding 

 and becoming more or less discoid, externally pale-reddish, 

 reaching a diameter of 0.5 mm.; hymenium plane or slightly 

 concave, bright-red; asci cylindric or subcylindric, gradually 

 tapering below; spores 1-seriate, smooth, hyaline, reaching a 

 diameter of 8 n, granular within ; paraphyses filiform, very slender, 

 scarcely enlarged above, branched, straight or more or less 

 curved at their apices, not exceeding 2 n in diameter. 



On decaying foliage of Sequoia sempervirens. 



Type locality: California. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



Illustration: Cooke, Mycographia pi. lll,f. 398. 



21. Lamprospora discoidea (P. Henn. & E. Nym.) Seaver, 

 Mycologia 6: 19. 1914. (Plate 45, fig. 4.) 



Barlaea discoidea P. Henn. & E. Nym. Monsunia 1: H. 1900. 

 Barlaeina discoidea Sacc. & Sydow in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 16: 710. 1902. 



Apothecia scattered, gregarious or occasionally closely con- 

 gested, sessile, at first subglobose, finally expanding and becoming 

 discoid, pale-whitish, reaching a diameter of 1-2 mm. ; hymenium 

 plane or convex, with the margin slightly elevated, roughened by 

 the protruding asci, whitish or grayish with a tinge of yellow 

 or cream; excipulum composed of a palisade of mycelium, the 

 loose ends of which are clavate; asci subcylindric above, tapering 

 below into a slender stem-like base which is usually forked, 

 reaching a length of 200-250 m and a diameter of 20 m; spores 



