188 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Apothecia stipitate or substipitate, cup-shaped with the 

 margin slightly incurved, reaching a diameter of 1-1.5 cm. and 

 a depth of 1 cm., externally clothed with long hairs which are 

 more numerous around the margin, forming an incurved fringe, 

 deep-red, fading in drying; hymenium bright-red, almost scarlet; 

 stem often so short that the apothecia appear to be sessile and 

 again, often 2-3 cm. long and about 2 mm. in diameter; hairs 

 often 2-3 mm. long and 100-175 jj. in diameter at the base, 

 gradually tapering upward, whitish or pale-brown, composed of a 

 dense fascicle of mycelial threads; asci cylindric above, reaching 

 a length of 350-374 ix and a diameter of 20 /x, abruptly narrowed 

 below into a short, appendage-like base; spores ellipsoid to 

 fusoid, 12-14 X 27-33 /x, hyaline or subhyaline, containing one 

 or two large oil-drops, usually marked with delicate, longi- 

 tudinal striations; paraphyses filiform, slender, slightly enlarged 

 upwards. 



On old wood and bark. 



Type locality: Central America. 



Distribution: West Indies, Mexico, Central America; also 

 in South America, Australia and the Philippine Islands. 



Illustrations: Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 2: pi. 4, J. 2; Cooke, 

 Mycographia pi. 57, /. 202; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. V: 195, /. 155, 

 C-E; Mycologia 5 : pi. 88 (lower figure) and pi. 90, f. 1-2. 



2. Cookeina sulcipes (Berk.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 

 1891. (Plate 18, fig. 1.) 



Peziza sulcipes Berk. London Jour. Bot. 1: 14L 1842. 



Peziza Hindsii Berk. London Jour. Bot. 1: 456. 1842. 



PPeziza Afzelii Fries, Nov. Acta Reg. Soc. Sclent. Upsal. IIL 1: 121. 1855. 



Trichoscypha Hindsii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 



Trichoscypha sulcipes Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 



?Trichoscypha Afzelii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 



Cookeina Hindsii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 1891. 



?Cookeina Afzelii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 1891. 



?Pilocratera Engleriana P. Henn. in Engler, Bot. Jahr. 14: 363. 1892. 



Pilocratera Hindsii Lindau in E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 1 : 195. 1897. 



Geopyxis elata Massee, Bull. Royal Gardens Kew, 1898: 123. 1898. 



Apothecia stipitate or substipitate, cup-shaped, reaching a 

 diameter of 1-2 cm. and a depth of 1 cm., or sometimes more 

 shallow, externally often marked with several concentric rings 

 near the margin which is fringed with very short hairs, yellowish ; 

 hymenium deep-orange to nearly scarlet, faded in dried speci- 

 mens; stems often so short that the cups appear to be sessile, 



