Patella 173 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: Bermuda Islands and reported from Nebraska; 

 also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 10: pi. 13, f. 32-37; 

 Cooke, Mycographia pi. 39, f. 154; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 

 pi. 63, f. 2. 



22. Patella raripila (Phill.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Ascoholus mripilus Phill. Grevillea 7: 23. 1878. 

 Lasiobolus raripiliis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 537. 1889. 



Apothecia gregarious or closely crowded, often forming con- 

 gested masses of considerable extent, reaching a diameter of 

 1-2 mm., pale-yellow, externally scantily clothed with hairs; 

 hymenium at first concave, becoming plane or a little convex, 

 bright-yellow, a little brighter than the outside of the apothecium; 

 hairs pale-yellow or subhyaline, rigid, tapering into a bristle- 

 like apex; asci broad-clavate ; spores 1-seriate or irregularly 

 disposed, ellipsoid, hyaline, 10-14 X 25-30 /x; paraphyses slender, 

 slightly enlarged above. 



On the dung of animals and on the surrounding soil. 



Type locality: California. 



Distribution: California and Iowa. 



Illustration: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: 

 pi. 32, J. 2. 



23. Patella fimetaria Seaver, sp. nov. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, at first globose, expanding 

 and becoming discoid, reaching a diameter of 5 mm., externally 

 densely clothed with hairs; hymenium plane or slightly concave, 

 yellowish to orange; hairs rigid, reaching a length of 1 mm. and 

 a diameter of 30 m. thick-walled, septate, attenuated above into 

 a very sharp-pointed apex, the base forked and root-like, dark- 

 brown ; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 

 200-225 iu and a diameter of 15 ^t; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, 

 hyaline, containing two large oil-drops, becoming minutely 

 sculptured, about 12X20^; spore-sculpturing consisting of 

 minute papillae or warts; paraphyses strongly enlarged above, 

 reaching a diameter of 7 8 /x at their apices, nearly hyaline. 



On cow dung. 



Type collected east of Tripoli along Halifax Brook, Wash- 



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