90 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Dr. Edwin E. Honey (Mycologia 20: 139. 1923.) states 

 that it is believed by him and others that Durand misidentified 

 the host of his fungus, and that his species is identical with 

 Stroniatinia RapnJum (Bull.) Boud. which occurs on Polygonatiim. 



2. Stromatinia Gladioli (Massey) Whetzel, Mycologia 37: 674. 

 1945. 



Sclerotiiim Gladioli Massey; Drayton, Phytopathology 18: 521. 1928. 

 Sderotinia Gladioli Drayton, Phytopathology 24: 400. 1934. 



Sclerotia black, 90-300 ^ in diameter; microconidia globose, 

 1.2-1.8 n in diameter, apparently functioning as spermatia. 



Apothecia densely cespitose, stipitate, 3-7 mm. broad, 6-10 

 mm. high; hymenium umbilicate, convex-discoid, sometimes 

 convolute, cinnamon-brown; stem chestnut-brown; asci cylindric 

 to cylindric-clavate, reaching a length of 190-235 ^i and a diame- 

 ter of 8-10 M, 8-spored; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, hyaline, 

 usually with one oil-drop, 5.6 9.5 X 10-16 /x; paraphyses abund- 

 ant, filiform, slightly clavate, 2.8-3.2 ^l in diameter at their 

 apices. 



Parasitic on species of Gladiolus, Freesia and Crocus. 



Type locality: Ithaca, New York. 



Distribution: United States and Canada; also in Europe 

 and New Zealand. 



Illustrations: Phytopathology 24: 401,/. /; 402,/. 2; 403, 

 f.3. 



14. COPROTINIA Whetzel, Farlowia 1: 484. 1944. 



Stroma not observed in nature, of indefinite form, 1-2 mm. 

 thick and several cm. in diameter, consisting of one to several 

 layers of black hyphae; spermatia not seen; conidial stage 

 wanting. 



Apothecia gregarious, numerous, long, slender-stipitate, some 

 shade of brown, relatively small; stem hair-like, minutely 

 roughened by the ends of the hyphal tips; asci very small, 

 clavate; spores 2-seriate, crowded near the end of the ascus, 

 hyaline. 



Type species, Coprotinia minutula Whetzel. 



1. Coprotinia minutula Whetzel, Farlowia 1 : 484. 1944. 



Stroma as above. 



Apothecia arising in large numbers from all over the surface 

 of the stroma, very long-stipitate, 1-2 mm. in diameter, chestnut 



