Patella 163 



developed, the other four remaining abortive, 12-14 X 26-28 /i, 

 hyaline, at maturity beautifully sculptured; spore-sculpturing 

 consisting of papillae 2-3 /x high; paraphyses septate, enlarged 

 above, reaching a diameter of 9-12 /^ at their apices. 



On stercoriated mud. 



Type locality: Deal's slough, Otawaine woods, Nebraska. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



7. Patella albocincta (Berk. & Curt.) Seaver, comb. nov. (Plate 

 45, fk;. 11, 12.) 



?Peziza Polytrichi Schuni. Eiuim. PI. Saell. 42.i. 1803. 



Peziza albocincta Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 3: 154. 1875. 



Neoltiella albocincta Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 190. 1889. 



Neottiella ovilUi flavodisca Cooke & Massee, Grevillea 21: 71. 1895. 



Neottiella Polytrichi Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 370. 1895. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, at first closed and sub- 

 globose, gradually expanding, at maturity turbinate to sub- 

 scutellate, .sessile or short-stipitate, reaching a diameter of 10-12 

 mm. but often much smaller, externally clothed with hyaline 

 (white to the naked eye) hairs which form a delicate fringe 

 about the margin of the apothecium; marginal hairs often in 

 dense fascicles, individual hairs 4-5 fx in diameter at the base, 

 gradually tapering toward the apex, which is blunt and about 

 2 M in diameter, reaching a length of 275 /jl, hyaline; asci cylindric 

 or subcylindric, reaching a length of 200 n and a diameter of 

 14-16 /x; spores 1-seriate at maturity or with the ends slightly 

 overlapping, ellipsoid, with the ends strongly narrowed, con- 

 taining one large oil-drop, finally becoming sculptured, 10^12 

 X 24-28 fj.; spore-sculpturing consisting of minute warts; pa- 

 raphyses slightly enlarged above, reaching a diameter of 4-5 fx 

 at their apices. 



On the ground in woods, often among mosses. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Distribution: New York to South Carolina; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Massee, Brit. P\ingus-Fl. 4: 371, /. 1-4; 

 Grevillea 22: 109,/. i-5; Cooke, Mycographia pi. 40, f. 157. 



8. Patella ovilla (Peck) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza ovilla Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 28: 66. 1879. 



Neottiella ovilla Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 194. 1889. 



Humaria rhodoleuca Bres. Fungi Trid. 2: 79. 1898. 



Neottiopezis macrospora Clements, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 89. 1903. 



Neottiella macrospora Sacc. & D. Sacc. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 18: 39. 1906. 



