178 The North American Cup-Fungi 



150 m and a diameter of 10 ^i; spores 1-seriate, with the ends 

 sHghtly overlapping, elHpsoid, the ends strongly narrowed, con- 

 taining one or two conspicuous oil-drops, hyaline, 8-9 X 15-17 ^c; 

 paraphyses rather strongly enlarged above, reaching a diameter 

 of 5-6 ij. at their apices. 



On ashes in burned places and on plaster walls. 



Type locality: Finland. 



Distribution: New York to Iowa; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: pi. 3,f. k-o; 

 Cooke, Mycographia pi. 100, f. 362; Grevillea 6: pi. 97, f. 4-7; 

 Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 11, f. 3. 



30. Patella Erinaceus (Schw.) Morgan, Jour. Myc. 8: 188. 

 1902. 



Peziza Erinaceus Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 119. 1822. 

 Lachnea Erinaceus Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 182. 1889. 

 Scntellinia Erinaceus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. 

 ?Lachnea chrysotricha Rehm, Ann. Myc. 5: 520. 1907. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first subglobose, expanding and 

 becoming scutellate to discoid, reaching a diameter of 2-5 mm., 

 externally densely clothed with hairs; hymenium concave or 

 nearly plane, whitish; hairs long, rigid, brown, reaching a length 

 of 300-500 M and a diameter of 14-18 ;u, tapering rather abruptly 

 into a bristle-like apex; asci cylindric or subcylindric above; 

 spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 10-11 X 18-20 /x; 

 paraphyses slender, enlarged at their apices. 



On decaying wood of deciduous trees. 



Type locality: Pennsylvania. 



Distribution: New York to Ohio and ? Michigan. 



Illustration: Cooke, Mycographia pi. 36, f. 140. 



31. Patella albospadicea (Grev.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza albospadicea Grev. Fl. Edin. 420. 1824. 



Peziza Woolhopeia Cooke & Phill. Grevillea 6: 75. 1877. 



Lachnea Woolhopeia Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 185. 1889. 



ScnteUinia albospadicea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. 



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



Sepultaria hryophila Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 4: 13. 1896. 



SepuUaria pseudocrenulata Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 4: 14. 1896. 



Lachnea pseudocrenulata Sacc. & D. Sacc. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 14: 755. 1899. 



Lachnea bryophila Sacc. & D. Sacc. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 14: 757. 1899. 



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



