PSILOPEZIA 107 



taining two oil-drops, reaching a diameter of 15-17 /x and a 

 length of 22-25 fj.; paraphyses numerous, thickened above, com- 

 pact and adhering together at their apices. 



On decaying wood, lying in the water. 



Type locality: Adirondack Mountains, New York. 



Distribution: New York and (? Nebraska). 



3. Psilopezia deligata (Peck) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Bulgaria deligata Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 49. 1879. Not 



Peziza deligata Peck. 

 Peziza leucobasis Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 2: 20. 1887. 

 Pyronema leucobasis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 110. 1889. 



Apothecia sessile, closely adhering to the substratum and 

 surrounded by a whitish or yellowish border of superficial 

 mycelium, becoming almost convex-hemispheric, reaching a di- 

 ameter of 3 mm.; hymenium covering all of the exposed surface 

 of the apothecium, convex, brownish-black with a tinge of olive; 

 asci cylindric to subclavate, rather broad; spores 1-seriate, broad- 

 ellipsoid, thick-walled, smooth, slightly yellowish, usually con- 

 taining two large oil-drops, reaching a diameter of 15-17 /x and a 

 length of 30-36 /x ; paraphyses enlarged above, reaching a diameter 

 of 10 m at their apices, yellowish or brownish but not usually 

 containing the conspicuous granules characteristic of the other 

 species. 



On wet hemlock wood and the bark of an unknown tree. 



Type locality: Catskill Mountains, New York. 



Distribution: New York and New Hampshire. 



Illustration: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 2: pi. 2,f. 1-3. 



4. Psilopezia trachyspora Ellis & Ev. Erythea 1 : 200. 1893. 



Apothecia gregarious, becoming subdiscoid, adhering closely 

 to the substratum except the extreme margin which is free and 

 slightly elevated, externally pale-brown and becoming slightly 

 WTinkled at least in dried specimens, reaching a diameter of 

 1-2 cm. ; hymenium dark-brown ; asci cylindric above, gradually 

 tapering below, reaching a length of 300-325 m and a diameter of 

 15-18 /x, becoming spirally marked, the spiral markings extending 

 the whole length of young asci but in older asci restricted to the 

 lower extremity only; spores 1-seriate or slightly crowded, 

 ellipsoid, at first smooth and containing two oil-drops, becoming 

 sculptured, 13-15 X 25-28 /x; spore-sculpturing taking the form 



