140 The North American Cup-Fungi 



color of the substratum, with the hymenium darker when dry, 

 margin incurved, reaching a diameter of 2-4 mm.; asci cyHndric 

 or subcyHndric, about 12-14 X 200 /x, 8-spored; spores 1-seri- 

 ate, elHpsoid, hyaHne, smooth, 10-12 X 18-20 /x; paraphyses 

 thickened at their apices. 



On decaying and partially buried wood. 



Type locality: Valentine, Nebraska. 



Distribution: Nebraska and ?South Carolina. 



Illustration: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 70, f. 268. 



Doubtful and Excluded Species 



Humaria bella (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 135. 1889; Peziza 

 bella Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 366. 1868. This species is 

 reported from Cuba by Berkeley and Curtis. No specimens have been seen, 

 but the general description of the species suggests Humarina leucoloma (Hedw.) 

 Seaver. 



Humaria scatigena (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 147. 1889; 

 Peziza scatigena Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 366. 1868. This 

 species is also reported from Cuba by Berkeley and Curtis. No specimens 

 have been seen, but both the description and habitat suggest an Ascobolus. 



Humaria salmonicolor (Berk. & Br.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 123. 1889; 

 Peziza salmonicolor Berk. & Br. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 18: 124. 1866. 

 This species is reported from Nebraska by Clements. No specimens have 

 been found available for study. 



Humaria oUvatra (Ellis & Holw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 148. 1889; Peziza 

 olivatra Ellis & Holw.; Arth. Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn. 3: 36. 1887. 

 This is an inoperculate species and therefore not a member of the present 

 genus, which belongs to the operculate section of discomycetes. 



Humaria fuscocarpa (Ellis & Holw.) Morgan, Jour. Myc. 8: 189. 1902; 

 Peziza fuscocarpa Ellis & Holw. Jour. Myc. 1: 5. 1885. This also belongs 

 to the inoperculate series of discomycetes. It is apparently a synonym of 

 Peziza olivacea Batsch and belongs to the monotypic genus Catinella established 

 by Boudier in 1907. 



Humaria vitigena Massee & Morgan; Morgan, Jour. Myc. 8: 189. 1902. 

 This is not a member of this genus and probably also belongs with the inopercu- 

 late section of discomycetes. 



Humaria subcrenidata Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 4: 11. 1896. The 

 type of this species could not be located, so that the identity of the species is 

 uncertain. 



Humaria secreta (Phill.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 123. 1889; Peziza secreta 

 Phill. Grevillea 7: 21. 1878. This species was described from material 

 collected in California by Harkness. We have no knowledge of the species 

 except that gained from the original description. 



Humaria groenlandica Rostr. Medd. Groenland 18: 55. 1896. This 

 small blackish species is reported from Jamesons Land, Greenland. No 

 specimen has been seen, but the description suggests a close relationship with 

 Peziza spissa Berk. 



