170 The North American Cup-Fungi 



similar in color and appearance to the simple hairs but smaller; 

 asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 225-300 fx 

 and a diameter of 15-20 /x; spores 1-seriate, parallel with the 

 ascus or oblique, ellipsoid, smooth, pale-yellow, 9-14 X 18-24 /x; 

 paraphyses clavate, reaching a diameter of 7-8 fx at their apices. 



On cow dung. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to California; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 384; Cooke, Mycographia 

 pi. 3S, f. 147, 148; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 63, f. 1; Bull. 

 Herb. Fr. pi. 438, f. 2; Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 352. 



18. Patella theleboloides (Alb. & Schw.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



?Peziza fimetaria Schum. PI. SaelL 2: 426. 1803. 



Peziza theleboloides Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 32L 1805. 



?Pyronema subhirsutiim Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 320. 1869. Excl. syn. 



Peziza dalmeniensis Cooke, Grevillea 3: 66. 1874. 



Aleuria subhirsuta Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 49. 1879. 



Lachnea theleboloides Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 74. 1879. 



Humaria theleboloides Quel. Ench. Fung. 285. 1886. 



Lachnea dalmeniensis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 180. 1889. 



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



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



Lachnea Lojkaena Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1^: 1045. 1896. 



Lachnea diplotricha Rehm, Ann. Myc. 2: 34. 1904. 



Cheilymenia theleboloides Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 62. 1907. 



Cheilymenia subhirsuta Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 62. 1907. 



Cheilymenia fimetaria Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 63. 1907. 



Cheilymenia dalmeniensis Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 63. 1907. 



Apothecia gregarious or closely crowded, forming congested 

 masses, at first subglobose or short-cylindric, expanding and 

 becoming scutellate to discoid, reaching a diameter of 3-5 mm. 

 or rarely as large as 1 cm., externally pale-yellow, sparingly 

 clothed with hairs; hymenium concave or plane, bright-yellow; 

 the excipular cells rounded or angular, reaching a diameter of 

 35 M, the cell walls pale-yellow; hairs rigid, hyaline or very pale- 

 yellow, enlarged at the base, tapering into a bristle-like apex, 

 2-4-septate, reaching a length of 200-500 m and a diameter of 

 10/x at their bases, very rarely branched; asci cylindric above, 

 abruptly tapering at the base, reaching a length of 225-275 m 

 and a diameter of 12-14//; spores 1-seriate, parallel with the 

 ascus or oblique, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline or faintly yellowish, 

 thin-walled, often collapsing on one side, 7-10 X 14-20//; pa- 



