HUMARINA 137 



On the ground. 

 Type locality: Tasmania. 



Distribution: New Jersey to South Carohna; also in Europe 

 and Tasmania. 



Illustration: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 8,f. 32. 

 ExsiccATi: Ravenel, Fungi Am. Exsicc. 174. 



27. Humarina coccinea (Crouan) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Ascoholus coccineus Crouan, Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 7: 174. 1857. 

 Leucoloma coccinea Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 318. 1869. 

 Peziza corallina Cooke, Mycographia 19. 1875. 

 Aleuria corallina Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom 51. 1879. 

 Peziza muralis Quel. Grevillea 8: 116. 1880. 

 Humaria coccinea Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 119. 1889. 

 Humaria muralis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 127. 1889. 

 Neottiella corallina Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 372. 1895. 

 Plicaria muralis Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1^: 1006. 1896. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, at first closed and sub- 

 globose, later expanding and becoming nearly discoid, reaching a 

 diameter of 2-3 mm.; hymenium slightly concave or nearly 

 plane, surrounded by a delicate ragged fringe-like border, 

 bright-orange, brighter than the outside of the apothecium; 

 asci clavate, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate above or irregularly 

 crowded, fusoid, with the ends strongly narrowed but not acute, 

 containing two or three oil-drops, rarely one, 7-10 X 25-35 /z; 

 paraphyses strongly enlarged above, reaching a diameter of 6- 

 10 n at their apices. 



On sandy soil among mosses. 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: Iowa; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Ann. Sci. Nat. 7: pi. 4, f. 15-19; Boud. Ic. 

 Myc. pi. 392; Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 13, 

 f. 2; Cooke, Mycographia pi. S, f. 30; Proc. Assoc. Fr. Av. Sci. 

 12: pi. 7, /. 7; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. (suites); Massee, Brit. 

 Fungus-Fl. 4: 290,/. 33-35; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 1^: 184,/. 149, E; 

 Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1'^: 917,/. 1-4; Phill. Brit. Discom. pi. 4, f. 21; 

 Grevillea 3:^/. 31, f. S3. 



28, Humarina Cookeina Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Humaria Cookeina Seaver, Mycologia 17: 46. 1925. 



Apothecia short-stipitate or subsessile, with the hymenium 

 slightly concave, reaching a diameter of 2-3 mm., bright-orange, 

 a little paler outside, the stem slightly grooved or furrowed; 



