DisciNA 217 



almost black; stem \'ery short and stout, often 1-3 cm. in di- 

 ameter and rarely exceeding 1 cm. in length, or entirely wanting, 

 more or less lacunose, whitish or overcast with a pinkish tint; 

 asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 300-350 /j, and 

 a diameter of 12-18 fx, 8-spored; spores obliquely 1-seriate, very 

 large, ellipsoid, hyaline, 12-14 X 30-35 /x. or occasionally as long 

 as 40m including apiculi; at first smooth, becoming sculptured; 

 spore-sculpturing consisting of minute warts; spore appendages 

 consisting of a minute apiculus 4 5 m long and 3-4 /x broad at 

 the base, one at either end of the spore; paraphyses strongly 

 enlarged above, closely adhering together, dark yellowish-brown 

 reaching a diameter of 8 //. 



On the ground in coniferous woods, more rarely on rotten 

 wood. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Manitoba, Washington, Oregon, 

 and Colorado; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 30: pi. 1, 

 f. 19-21; Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 252; Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nacht. 2: 

 /. 24; Pat. Tab. Fung. /. 596; Cooke, Mycographia pi. 103, 

 f. 371; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 922,/. 1-4. 



ExsiCCATi: Shear, New York Fungi 324; N. Am. Fungi 2622. 



Rather frequently collected but scarcely common. 



2. Discina apiculata (Cooke) Seaver, Mycologia 13: 70. 1921. 



Peziza apiculata Cooke, Mycographia 175. 1877. 

 Phaeopezia apiculata Sacc. Bot. Centr. 18: 218. 1884. 

 Aleuria apiculata Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 47. 1907. 

 ?Peziza elaeodes Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 5: 6. 1901. 



Apothecia scattered, sessile, at first cup-shaped, soon be- 

 coming discoid, fleshy, circular in outline not usually exceeding 

 1.5 cm. in diameter; hymenium dark brownish-black, slightly 

 concave or nearly plane; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching 

 a length of 200 /x and a diameter of 18 m, 8-spored ; spores obliquely 

 1-seriate, with the ends overlapping, narrow-ellipsoid to fusoid, 

 often with a small apiculus at either end, becoming pale-brownish 

 and often delicately sculptured, about 10 X 24 n, containing two 

 large oil-drops; spore-sculpturing consisting of minute warts; 

 paraphyses slender, adhering together at their apices, dark- 

 brown. 



On damp soil. 



Type locality: Italy. 



