30 The North American Cup-Fungi 



18 n, 4-spored; spores in a parallel fascicle in the ascus, smoky- 

 brown, narrowed each way from above the middle, 8-11-septate 

 when mature, reaching a length of 115-166 ^ and a diameter of 

 6-7 m; paraphyses pale-brown, cylindric, sparingly septate, 

 slightly thickened and curved or uncinate at the tips; spines 

 variable in length, usually projecting one-third to one-half their 

 length beyond the asci, sometimes shorter, acicular, black. 



On soil, humus, or rotten wood. 



Type locality: Northville, New York. 



Distribution: New York to North Carolina and Minnesota. 



Illustrations: Cooke, Mycographia pi. I,f. I; Peck, Ann. 

 Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: pi. Ij. 16-19; Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 9, 

 f. 86-88; pi. 16 J. 169-173; Mycologia 22: pi. 13 J. 1, 2. 



2. Trichoglossum tetrasporum Sinden & Fitzp. Mycologia 22: 



60. 1930. 



Ascophores black, 3-8 cm. high; ascigerous portion ellipsoid 

 to subrotund, not more than one-fifth the total length of the 

 entire ascophore, more or less compressed, rounded above, rather 

 sharply delimited from the stem; stem terete, rather flexuous, 

 1-2 mm. thick, equal, black, velvety; asci clavate, apically nar- 

 rowed, reaching a length of 175-220 m and a diameter of 20-25 m, 

 4-spored; spores in a fascicle, brown, cylindric-clavate, broad- 

 est above the middle, tapering each way to subobtuse ends, 

 normally 15-septate at maturity, 6-7 X 110-160 /x (mostly 

 125-150); paraphyses smoky-brown, cylindric, septate; tips 

 somewhat curved, slightly thickened, 3 n thick below to 7 m 

 thick above; setae black, projecting slightly beyond the hy- 

 menium. 



Type locality: Labrador Lake near Apulia, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 22: pi. 13, f. 5-8. 



3. Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. 



Eu. 86. 1907. (Plate 78.) 



Geoglossum hirsutum Pers. Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 117. 1794. 

 ?Geoglossum capitatum Pers. Obs. Myc. 1:11. 1796. 



Ascophores solitary, or gregarious, black, 3-8 cm. high; 

 ascigerous portion more or less ellipsoid, or lanceolate in outline, 

 hollow, obtuse, more or less compressed, up to 1.5 cm. long, 

 .5-.75 cm. thick, usually not more than one-fifth as long as the 

 stem from which it is rather sharply delimited; stem terete, 



