242 The North American Cup-Fungi 



spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, 12-14 X 22-26 /i, hyaline or faintly 

 colored; paraphyses enlarged upwards, hyaline or subhyaline. 



On the ground, usually in the margins of woods. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution : New York to Iowa and Oregon ; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Bond. Ic. Myc. pi. 216; Bull. Lab. Nat. 

 Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 3,f. 2; Cooke, Mycographia pi. <S5; 

 Minn. Bot. Studies 3: pi. 4S, f. 7, 8; Lenz, Schwamme pi. 16, 

 f. 67; Mycologia 19: 141,/. 3. 



Exsiccati: N. Am. Fungi 2628, 2907. 



2. DURANDIOMYCES Seaver. gen. nov. 



Ascophores large, consisting of numerous contorted and fre- 

 quently anastomosing ribs resembling a Spamssis, the numerous 

 cavities lined everywhere with the hymenium, the color ranging 

 from white to rosy or faintly violaceous; flesh very brittle; asci 

 8-spored; spores minutely sculptured; spore-sculpturing con- 

 sisting of minute warts or papillae. 



Type species, Gyromitra Phillipsii Massee. 



Originally thought and still maintained by some to be an 

 anomalous form of Peziza proteana which it resembles in spore 

 characters and in color. Although familiar with Peziza proteana, 

 I have never seen any tendency to assume this form and therefore 

 regard it as a well-defined genus. It is here dedicated to the 

 late Dr. E. J. Durand, to whom we are indebted for the excellent 

 photograph. (Plate 37.) 



Durandiomyces Phillipsii (Massee) Seaver, comb. nov. (Plate 



37.) 



Gyromitra Gigas Phill. Jour. Bot. 31: 129. 1893. Not G. Gigas Krombh. 



Gyromitra Phillipsii Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 478. 1895. 



Aleuria proteana sparassoides Boud. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 15: 51. 1899. 



Galactinia proteana sparassoides Boud. Ic. Myc. 162. 1911. 



Peziza proteana sparassoides Durand, Mycologia 11: 1. 1919. 



Ascophores large, reaching a height of 20-25 cm. and a 

 diameter of 15-20 cm.; asci cylindric or subcylindric, scarcely 

 attenuated at the base, reaching a length of 250-300 fj, and a 

 diameter of 10-11 /x; spores ellipsoid, usually containing two oil- 

 drops, becoming minutely sculptured, 7 X 11-12 n; spore-sculp- 

 turing consisting of minute warts or papillae ; paraphyses enlarged 

 upwards, reaching a diameter of 5-7 ^ at their apices. 



