160 The North American Cup-Fungi 



ExsiccATi: Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 119; N. Am. Fungi 

 1310. 



2. Patella piliseta (Clem.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Pelodiscus pilisetns Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 5: 8. 1901. 

 Lachiiea piliseta Sacc. & Sydow in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 16: 1147. 1902. 



Apothecia at first closed and subglobose, expanding and 

 becoming scutellate to discoid, reaching a diameter of 1 cm. ; 

 hymenium plane or concave, yellowish -brown ; hairs scattered, 

 rigid, pointed, brown, 2-3-septate, attenuated at the base, 

 reaching a length of 300-400 ^l and a diameter of 25 /x; asci 

 cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 250 ix and a 

 diameter of 25 /x; spores obliquely 1 -seriate, broad-ellipsoid, 

 densely filled with granules, smooth, becoming indistinctly 

 sculptured, 16-18 X30/i; paraphyses clavate, septate, sub- 

 hyaline, reaching a diameter of 8 ju at their apices. 



On wet wood. 



Type locality: Barney Creek, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. 



Distribution: Nebraska and Colorado. 



3. Patella cubensis (Berk. & Curt.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



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

 Peziza stictica Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 367. 1868. 

 Peziza texensis Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 154. 1875. 

 Lachnea cubensis Sacc. S^il. Fung. 8: 176. 1889. 

 Lachnea stictica Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 177. 1889. 

 Lachnea texensis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 182. 1889. 

 ScuteUinia stictica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. 

 Scutellinia texensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. 



Apothecia sessile, expanding, becoming scutellate, reaching a 

 diameter of 3-6 mm. externally, especially about the margin 

 clothed with long bristly hairs; hymenium slightly concave or 

 nearly plane, bright-red, fading in dried specimens; hairs thick- 

 walled, septate, bristly, tapering above into a bristle-like apex, 

 dark-brown, reaching a length of 1 mm. and a diameter of 

 25-30 M, intermixed with much shorter hairs which are occa- 

 sionally clavate at the apex; asci cylindric, about 14-15 X 200- 

 220 m; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, hyaline, becoming sculptured, 

 11-13 X 16-21 m; spore-sculpturing consisting of rather coarse 

 warts; paraphyses slender below, strongly enlarged at their 

 apices. 



On rotten wood, more rarely on herbaceous stems. 



Type locality: Cuba. 



