74 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Distribution: California, Washington, Idaho, Montana; also 

 in Europe. 



Illustrations: Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: pi. 51, f. 4, 6; Bond. 

 Ic. Myc. pi. 304; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. (suites). 



27. Lamprospora Planchonis (Dun.) Seaver, Mycologia 6: 21. 

 1914. 



Plicaria Planchonis Dun.; Boud. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 3: 92. 1887. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, sessile, concave-hemi- 

 spheric or nearly discoid, regular or irregularly contorted, the 

 margin crenate or even, externally minutely warted, dark-purple 

 or almost black, reaching a diameter of 5-8 mm.; hymenium 

 concave or nearly plane, a little paler than the outside of the 

 apothecium; substance bright-purple with transmitted light, the 

 color being easily extracted from the dried plants with water; 

 asci cyHndric or subcylindric, tapering below into a slender stem, 

 reaching a length of 200 /x and a diameter of 13-15 m; spores 

 1-seriate, at first hyaline, becoming pale-purplish, smooth or 

 very minutely sculptured at maturity, containing one to several 

 oil-drops, reaching a diameter of 10-12 /x; spore-sculpturing 

 consisting of very minute warts which barely roughen the 

 surface of the spore; paraphyses clavate, reaching a diameter 

 of 6 M at their apices, filled with purple granules. 



On sandy soil by roadsides, hillsides and on sand-dunes. 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: Very common in the Bermudas but not 

 known from the mainland of North America; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 3: pi. 8; Boud. Ic. Myc. 

 pi. 309. 



28. Lamprospora lobata (Berk. & Curt.) Seaver, Mycologia 6: 

 22. 1914. (Plate 3, fig. 10.) 



Peziza lobata Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 365. 1868. 

 Barlaea lobata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 117. 1889. 



Apothecia scattered, at first subglobose, becoming shallow 

 cup-shaped, finally almost scutellate, with the margin undu- 

 lated or lobed, pale-yellow, reaching a diameter of 5-12 mm.; 

 hymenium concave or nearly plane, a little darker than the 

 outside of the apothecium; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching 

 a length of 250 m and a diameter of 15-18 /x; spores 1-seriate, at 

 first smooth, becoming sculptured, reaching a diameter of 12-15 /x. 



