Patella 177 



sculpturing taking the form of minute warts; paraphyses slender, 

 slightly enlarged above, where they reach a diameter of 6 p.. 



On rather sandy soil in woods and open places, often under 

 pines. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Delaware; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 32, f. 123; Boud. Ic. 

 Myc. pi. 364; Grevillea 3 : pi. 32, f. 98. 



28. Patella irregularis (Clements) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Scutellinia irregularis Clements, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 90. 1903. 

 Lachnea irregularis Sacc. & D. Sacc. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 18: 36. 1906. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, irregularly cup-shaped, finally 

 subscutellate, reaching a diameter of 4-10 mm., externally 

 whitish but appearing dark on account of the brown hairs 

 with which they are clothed; hymenium concave, whitish; hairs 

 septate, rigid, reaching a length of 325 fx and a diameter of 8 /x; 

 asci cylindric or .subcylindric, reaching a length of 200 m and a 

 diameter of 16 /x; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, containing two oil- 

 drops, becoming rough, 8 X 15 m; paraphyses clavate, slightly 

 enlarged above, where they reach a diameter of 3 fx. 



On decaying Picea. 



Type locality: Jack Brook, Minnehaha, Colorado. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



29. Patella abundans (Karst.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza abundans Karst. Not. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 124. 1869. 

 ?Peziza cretea Cooke, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: 46. 1877. 

 ?Lachnea cretea Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 184. 1889. 

 Lachnea abundans Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 186. 1889. 

 ?Scutellinia cretea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. 

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

 Trichophaea abundans Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 61. 1907. 



Apothecia gregarious or more often densely crowded, at first 

 globose or subglobose, expanding and becoming discoid or sub- 

 discoid, reaching a diameter of 1-3 mm., e.xternally clothed with 

 pale-brown hairs; hymenium concave or plane, whitish, becoming 

 yellowish in dried specimens; hairs sparingly septate, usually 

 subglobose at the base, tapering above into a bristle-like apex, 

 reaching a length of 100-150 fx and a diameter of 7 /x, 1-3-septate 

 when mature, subhyaline to pale-brown; asci cylindric or sub- 

 cylindric above, abruptly tapering below, reaching a length of 



