306 The North American Cup-Fungi 



74. Lamprospora Planchonis. 



This species has been collected in x^frica, R. Maire, Myc. 

 Bor.-Africana 192. 1914. 



76. Insert: 



31. Lamprospora sphagnicola Seavcr, Mycologia 



26: 102. 1934. (Plate 48.) 



Apothecia sessile at first globose and solid, reaching a diameter 

 of 1 cm., gradually expanding and becoming subdiscoid finally 

 reaching a diameter of 3 cm., externally whitish; hymenium 

 strongly convoluted, at first light colored gradually assuming a 

 lavender tint; asci cylindric or subcylindric, tapering into a 

 rather abrupt stem-like base, 8-spored, reaching a length of 

 215 )U and a diameter of 15 /x, spores at first irregularly disposed, 

 finalh' becoming definitely 1 -seriate, hyaline or subhyaline, at 

 first smooth, soon becoming sculptured reaching a diameter of 

 12-15 m; spore-sculpturing taking the form of tubercles or very 

 short elongated ridges; paraphyses filiform rather strongly 

 enlarged above reaching a diameter of 4-5 m- 



On Sphagnum moss, in storage. 



Type locality: Experiment Station, Georgia. 



Distribution: Known onh- from the type locality. 



The above species has not been encountered since its publi- 

 cation in 1934. It should be included as no. 31 in the Key 

 (page 56). 



32. Lamprospora pyrophila Snyder, Mycologia 28: 



484. 1936. 



Apothecia scattered to gregarious, sessile, at first globose, 

 becoming expanded and discoid, with an even margin, reaching 

 a diameter of 3-5 mm., externally smooth, salmon-pink; excipu- 

 lum consisting of interwoven, swollen-celled hyphae; hymenium 

 plane, smooth, salmon-pink; asci cylindrical, 150-200 X 10-12 ix, 

 8-spored; spores 1-scriate, globose, 7-9 m in diameter, smooth; 

 paraphyses filiform, hooked at their apices, often forked. 



On burnt ground. 



Type locality: Canyon Park, Bothell, Washington. 



Distribution: Known only from the t\ pe locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 28: 485,/. Ih. 



Said to be distinguished from L. carhonaria by its much 

 smaller spores and absence of oil-drop. 



76. Pithya pithya. 



Add: ExsiccATi: W. B. Cooke, Mycob. N. Am. 92 (as 

 Pithya vulgaris Fuckcl). 



