HUMARINA 125 



dirty-white, becoming darker when dry, reaching a diameter of 

 2-3 mm.; hymenium plane or strong'y convex, roughened by 

 the large protruding asci; asci clavate, reaching a length of 

 350-400 M and a diameter of 35-50 m at their apices, tapering 

 below into a slender stem-like base, 8-spored ; spores 1-3-seriate 

 or more often irregularly crowded together, granular within and 

 usually surrounded by a hyaline membrane, large, narrow- 

 ellipsoid or wnth the ends rather abruptly narrowed, about 

 15-20 X 35-45 ix, hyaline; paraphyses slender, strongly enlarged 

 above. 



On sandy soil which is sparingly overrun with algae. 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 4: pi. 2, f. Z; Boud. Ic. 

 Myc. pi. 414. 



4. Humarina clausa (Clem.) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Humaria clausa Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 4: 10. 1896. 



Apothecia cespitose, fleshy, subglobose or nearly hemispheric, 

 pruinose, reaching a diameter of 2 mm. ; hymenium somewhat 

 hysteriform, gaping slightly, drab; asci clavate, reaching a length 

 of 250 M and a diameter of 35 m, 8-spored; spores large, ellipsoid, 

 smooth, devoid of oil-drops, 12.5-16 X 32-37 At; paraphyses 

 abundant, filiform, scarcely enlarged at their apices. 



On moist ground. 



Type locality: Otawaine woods, Lancaster County, Ne- 

 braska. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Humarina testacea (Moug.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza testacea Moug.; Fries, Elench. Fung. 2:11. 1828. 

 Helotium testaceum Berk. Outl. Brit. Fungol. 372. 1860. 

 Ascobolus testaceus Berk. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 15: 447. 1865. 

 Ascophanus testaceus Phill. Brit. Discom. 310. 1887. 

 Humaria testacea Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3'-: 36. 1893. 

 Ascophanus carneus testaceus Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 178. 1895. 



Apothecia gregarious or densely crowded, at first subglobose, 

 becoming discoid or subdiscoid, flesh-red, not usually exceeding 

 1-2 mm. in diameter; hymenium at first slightly concave, 

 becoming plane or more often convex, roughened by the pro- 

 truding asci, similar in color to the outside of the apothecium or 

 a little brighter; the excipular cells irregular and reaching a 



