312 The North American Cup-Fungi 



diauK-Ler of 16 yu, tapering below into a stem-like base 8-spored; 

 spores 1-seriate ellipsoid, slightly narrowed toward either end 

 densely filled with oil-drops and granules, smooth, hyaline about 

 14-16 X 24-26 m; paraphyses about 2 /x in diameter gradualh- 

 enlarged above to 4 pt. 



On partially buried seeds of Livistona chinensis. 



Distribution: Known only from the t\pe locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 31: 535,/. 1. 



141. Pseudombrophila deerrata. 



Range extended to New York (L. R. Hesler). 



144. Ryparobius sexdecimsporus. 



Range extended to California (O. A. IMunkett), Oregon (J. R. 

 Kienholz), and Quebec (Myc. Foray). 



145. Ryparobius crustaceus. 



Range extended to Quebec (Myc. Foray). 



147. Ryparobius monascus. 



Range extended to Quebec (Myc. Foray). 



148. Thecotheus Pelletieri. 



Range extended to Oregon (J. R. Kienholz), and Quebec 



(Myc. Foray). 



148. Sepultaria. 



Add the note: The genera Sepultaria and Sarcosphaera have 

 the same subterranean or semisubterranean habits. The sand- 

 loving Sarcosphaera ammophila grows at first entirely submerged 

 as do some species of Sepultaria. The two genera differ in that 

 Sepultaria has cups clothed on the outside with long brown 

 hairs, while in Sarcosphaera the>- are naked so far as hairs are 

 concerned. 



149. Sepultaria arenicola (Plate 51 fig. 2). 



Add the note: Since writing the early chapters of this work 

 the writer is able to supply a photograph made by Mr. S. C. 

 Edwards from material collected at Col ton, California; also, 

 material was supplied by him. 



When the Swedish material, supplied by Nannfeldt, and the 

 Californian are placed side by side they could not be more alike 

 if they had been parts of the same collection. The species is 

 widely distributed. In Colorado, and doubtless other places, 



