HUMARINA 133 



hymenium slightly concave or plane, reddish, a little brighter 

 than the outside of the apothecium; asci subcylindric to clavate, 

 reaching a length of 150 /i and a diameter of 20 fx, 8-spored; 

 spores 2-seriate above or irregularly disposed, smooth, hyaline, 

 10-12 X 18-20 m; paraphyses very slender, reaching a diameter 

 of about 3 yu below, slightly enlarged at their apices. 



On dead herbs lying on the ground. 



Type locality: Bethlehem, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



19. Humarina glumarum. (Desm.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza glumarum Desm. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15: 129. 184L 

 Aleuria glumarum Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 55. 1879. 

 Humaria glumarum Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 130. 1889. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first closed, gradually expanding and 

 becoming scutellate, reaching a diameter of 4-8 mm., orange; 

 hymenium concave or nearly plane, a little darker than the out- 

 side of the apothecium; asci cylindric above, tapering below, 

 reaching a length of 235 /x and a diameter of 15-16 yu, 8-spored; 

 spores ellipsoid, 1-seriate or partially 2-seriate, smooth, hyaline 

 or very faintly yellowish, 10-11 X 20 /i; paraphyses slender, 

 enlarged above, reaching a diameter of 7-8 /x. 



On chaff and straw. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Iowa; also in Europe. 



Illustration: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 10, f. 39. 



20. Humarina Peckii (House) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Humaria Peckii House, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 205-206: 38. 1919. 



Apothecia at first closed, finally opening and becoming 

 shallow cup-shaped to scutellate, e.xternally pallid, subpruinose, 

 surrounded at the base with a mass of white mycelium, reaching 

 a diameter of 4 mm.; hymenium slightly concave, pale-yellow or 

 subochraceous; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length 

 of 160 M and a diameter of 12 ^i, attenuated below into a rather 

 long stem-like base; spores ellipsoid or ovoid, 1-seriate, each 

 containing one oil-drop, about 8X 12/x; paraphyses not ex- 

 ceeding 2 n in diameter, scarcely thickened above. 



On damp decaying hay accompanied by a Sderotmm. 



Type locality: Menandos, Albany County, New York, 

 April, 1890 (C. H. Peck). 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



