194 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Sarcoscypha prostrata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 155. 1889. 

 Lachnea mirabilis Phill. Grevillea 18: 83. 1890. 



Apothecia solitary or cespitose, stipitate, at first infundibiiH- 

 form, becoming expanded and at maturity shallow cup-shaped, 

 the margin lobed and often reflexed, reaching a diameter of 1 cm., 

 externally clothed with soft, white, flexuous hairs; hymenium 

 bright-red, almost scarlet; stem slender, reaching a length of 

 3-4 cm. and a diameter of 1-2 mm., gradually expanding into 

 the cup; hairs hyaline, blunt, and of about the same diameter 

 throughout their entire length, reaching a diameter of 6-7 fx; 

 asci cylindric, reaching a length of 200-250 ^x and a diameter of 

 20-22 jx; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, subinequilateral, narrowed 

 toward either end, usually containing one large oil-drop and 

 one or two smaller ones, 13-16 X 25-50/^, smooth; paraphyses 

 slender, slightly enlarged above. 



On the ground in woods. 



Type locality: Near Breslau, Germany. 



Distribution: Minnesota to Colorado; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Verh. Zool.-Bot. Wien 35: pi. 16; Cooke, 

 Mycographia, pi. 25, f. 89; Beit. Pflanzenkunde 10: pi. 4, 5. 



The only North American specimen of this species seen is a 

 single plant, the type of Sarcoscypha alpina. The accompanying 

 photograph is from a plant in the Torrey collection from an 

 unknown locality. 



Doubtful Species 



Sarcoscypha roseotincta Clements, Boc. Surv. Nebr. 4: 11. 1896. A 

 delicate rose-colored species with spores 5 X lO/i described from material 

 collected on horse dung. Nothing is known of the species in addition to that 

 given in the original description. 



32. BULGARIA Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 166. 1822. 



Swrcardm Schmidel, Ic. PI. 261. 1797. l<^ot Burcardia Schreh. 1789. 

 Sarcosoma Casp; Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1^: 497. 1896. 



Apothecia stipitate or sessile, externally hairy or tomentose, 

 the tissue gelatinous, when dry becoming coriaceous or corky; 

 hymenium partly or entirely covering the upper surface, lighter 

 than the exterior which is black or blackish, the entire apo- 

 thecium becoming strongly wrinkled when dry; asci cylindric or 

 subcylindric, 8-spored; spores ellipsoid or subellipsoid; hyaline 

 or subhyaline; paraphyses slender. 



