130 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Delaware and Colorado; also 



in Europe. 



Illustrations: Hedw. Descr. 2: pi. 4, f. 1-7; Cooke, 

 Mycographia pi. 7, f. 28; Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 391 and 395; Gill. 

 Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 56, f. 2; Nees, Syst. Pilze pi. 37, f. 268; 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 18: pi. 3,f. 16. 



ExsiccATi: Fungi Columb. 3815; Sydow, Fungi Exotici 

 Exsicc. 139; Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 117 (as Leiicoscypha 

 excipulata) . 



12. Humarina araneosa (Peck) Seaver, comb, no v. 



Peziza araneosa Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 280. 1785. 

 Leucoloma araneosa Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nacht. 1: 50. 1871. 

 Peziza rubra Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 95. 1872. 

 Aleuria araneosa Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 55. 1872. 

 Humaria araneosa Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 122. 1889. 



Apothecia subglobose, finally becoming hemispheric, the 

 mouth constricted and often slightly irregular, short-stipitate, 

 externally pale-whitish or reddish, reaching a diameter of 4-5 

 mm.; stem short, stout; hymenium bright-red, concave; asci 

 cylindric or subcylindric, 8-spored; spores 1 -seriate, ellipsoid and 

 containing no oil-drops, hyaline, 7 X 14 m; paraphyses filiform, 

 clavate. 



On damp soil and on burnt ground. 



Type locality: Highlands, New York. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: pi. 2, f. 20, 

 21; Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 369, f. 5; Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 280. 



13. Humarina semiimmersa (Karst.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza semiimmersa Karst. Not. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 117. 1869. 

 Humaria semiimmersa Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 143. 1889. 

 Sepultaria semiimmersa Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 391. 1895. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile and partially immersed in the 

 ground, at first subglobose and closed, expanding and becoming 

 shallow cup-shaped to scutellate, reaching a diameter of 1 cm., 

 externally pale-yellow, more or less floccose or tomentose, the 

 margin irregular and often torn; hymenium concave, bright- 

 yellow to pale-ochraceous; asci cylindric or subcylindric above, 

 reaching a diameter of 17-20 /x, 8-spored; spores 1-seriate, 

 obliquely arranged in the ascus or occasionally parallel with 



