162 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Distribution: New York to Colorado, New Mexico and 

 West Virginia; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 35, f. 138; Bond. 

 Ic. Myc. 369; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 68. 



ExsiCCATi: N. Am. Fungi 2321, 2911. 



5. Patella Lusatiae (Cooke) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza Lusatiae Cooke, Mycographia 80. 1875. 

 ?Peziza badioberbis Berk.; Cooke, Grevillea 8: 61. 1879. 

 ?Lachnea badioberbis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 173. 1889. 

 Lachnea Lusatiae Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 178. 1889. 

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

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

 Ciliaria Lusatiae Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 62. 1907. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first globose, gradually expanding 

 and at maturity scutellate, reaching a diameter of 5 mm., 

 externally densely clothed with hairs; hymenium plane or slightly 

 concave, bright-red ; hairs very long and forming a conspicuous 

 fringe about the border of the apothecium, dark-colored, septate, 

 swollen near the base and often forked below, gradually tapering 

 above to a bristle-like apex, often reaching a length of more 

 than 1 mm.; asci cylindric above, reaching a diameter of 15-18 jx; 

 spores 1 -seriate, broad-ellipsoid or slightly narrowed toward the 

 ends, containing one or two oil-drops, at first smooth, becoming 

 sculptured, hyaline or faintly yellowish, 14-16 X 22-26 ^u; spore- 

 sculpturing consisting of rather prominent warts; paraphyses 

 strongly enlarged above, reaching a diameter of 8-9 ix at their 

 apices. 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: Germany. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe and New Zealand. 



Illustration : Cooke, Mycographia pi. 37, f. 146. 



6. Patella miniata (Clem.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



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



Lachnea Clementsi Sacc. & Sydow in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 16: 1147. 1902. 



Apothecia occurring singly or in groups of two or three, 

 reaching a diameter of 1-2 mm. and 0.5 mm. high, margin naked, 

 externally except the base clothed with very short hairs; hy- 

 menium concave or nearly plane, circular in form, red; hairs 

 short, continuous, flexuous, pale-yellow; spores 1-seriate, parallel 

 with the ascus or obliquely arranged, ellipsoid, often only four 



