198 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Illustrations: Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. pi. 1, f. 4; Boud. 

 Ic. Myc. pi. 342; Cooke, Mycographia pi. 27, f. 103, 104; Gill. 

 Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 58, f. 3; Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. pi. 315; 

 Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 149. 



The generic position of this species is very uncertain as 

 indicated by the synonymy. It shows affinities with both 

 Bulgaria and Urnida but does not seem to fit either genus 

 particularly well. What appears to be this species is very 

 abundant in Bermuda on the bark of Bermuda cedar, Jimiperus 

 hermudiana, but never on anything else. Since the host is an 

 endemic species the fungus may also be found to differ and be 

 itself endemic. The writer has not yet had the opportunity to 

 clear up this point but reference will be made to it in later 

 publications. 



Doubtful Species 



Peziza atirantiopsis Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 9: 18. 1882; Lachnea 

 aurantiopsis Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 180. 1889; Scutellinia aurantiopsis Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 869. 1891. Apothecia gregarious, sessile, attached to the 

 substratum by the entire under surface except the extreme margin which is 

 free and slightly elevated and more or less incurved, externally brownish- 

 black, the under side covered with numerous projecting folds, clothed with a 

 dense growth of black mycelium, the substance within white, several mm. 

 thick and in dried plants decidedly corky; hymenium pale-yellow, darker in 

 dried plants; mycelium pale-brown, thin-walled, branched, septate, and 

 externally often minutely rough; asci cylindric above, gradually tapering 

 below into a stem-like base, reaching a length of 300 /x and a diameter of 

 17-18 //; spores 1-seriate or with the ends slightly overlapping, broad-ellipsoid, 

 granular within, hyaline or slightly yellowish, 16-18 X 27-33 fx; paraphyses 

 slender, slightly enlarged above and hyaline or nearly so, reaching a diameter 

 of 3-4 /x. 



On bare soil and on decaying wood and leaves in low sandy oak and 

 pine woods. 



In general appearance this species resembles a Bulgaria. Dried speci- 

 mens examined show the substance to be thick and decidedly corky and in this 

 closely resembling a Phillipsia, although in othei respects it does not seem to 

 fit the genus well. Its generic position is therefore uncertain. In addition 

 to the type, excellent dried specimens have been sent by Dr. L. O Overholts 

 from Pennsylvania. No living plants have been seen by the writer. 



?>3>. URNULA Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 364. 1849. 



Cenangium § Microcrater Endl. Gen. PI. 32. 1836. 

 Chorioactis Kupfer, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 142. 1902. 



Apothecia opening with a stellate aperture or by a number 

 of transverse slits through the apex, leaving the margin crenate 



