Lambertella 67 



seriate, broadly ellipsoid, flattened on one side, with two oil- 

 drops, and hyaline when >'oung, becoming olivaceous-brown 

 when mature, 4 6 X 7-10 yu; paraphyses slender, branched, 

 slightly enlarged above. Spermatia globose, 2-3 fx in diameter. 



On stromatized hulls of Carya ovata. 



Type locality: Woods east of Ca>'uta Lake, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Lloydia 6: pi. 3,f. 1-5; p. 35,/. 2. 



2. Lambertella Jasmini Seaver & Whetzel, Lloydia 6: 37. 1943. 



Apothecia one to several arising from the stroma in fruits, 

 pedicels, or leaves of the host, 1-5 mm. in diameter, fleshy, 

 stipitate, dark olive-buff, outside of the apothecium fibrillose, 

 the short tips of the hyphae forming a fringe about the margin: 

 hymenium darker brown; stem stout to slender, usually rela- 

 tively short, cinnamon-brown below, lighter above, more or less 

 hairy; asci c\lindric, attenuated below, rounded above, reaching 

 a length of 95 135 n and a diameter of 7-8 n\ spores 1 -seriate, 

 broadly ellipsoid, flattened on one side, slightly roughened, with 

 two prominent oil-drops, becoming dark golden-brown at ma- 

 turity, about 4-5 X 6-9 ju; paraphyses hyaline, slender, branched, 

 slightly enlarged above. 



On mummied berries and leaves of Jasminum gracile and on 

 leaves of Citharexyliim spinosum. 



Type locality: Walsingham, Bermuda. 



Distribution: Bermuda. 



Illustrations: Lloydia 6: 36, pi. 4,f. 13; p. 38,/. 3. 



3. Lambertella tropicalis (Kanouse) Whetzel, Lloydia 6: 49. 



1943. 



Ciboria tropicalis Kanouse, Mycologia 33: 463. 1941. 



Apothecia scattered over a stromatic area on the upper sur- 

 face of the leaf, the stroma forming an irregular area along the 

 midrib and side veins of the leaf, the individual apothecia 

 small, about 2 mm. in diameter, very short-stipitate or nearh' 

 sessile, waxy, white when fresh, alutaceous when dry, minutely 

 furfuraceous beneath; hymenium nearly plane; stem very short 

 and thick; asci cylindric-clavate, broadest at the apex, the tip 

 rounded and thickened, reaching a length of 90-100 ;u and a 

 diameter of 8-11 ju; spores 1-seriate or irregularly 2-seriate, 

 almost completely filling the ascus, inequilateral, slightly allan- 



