MiDOTis 95 



lowish tint; asci clavate, the apex rounded, reaching a length of 

 45-50 fjL, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate, hyaline, smooth, straight, or 

 slightly curved, narrow-ellipsoid, 3 X 7-8 ju; paraphyses filiform, 

 scarcely thickened above. 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: Coconut Grove, Florida. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Proc. Am. Acad. Sci. 59: pi. I. 



6. Midotis floridana Seaver, sp. nov. 



Apothecia occurring singly, or often several in cespitose 

 clusters from a common base, stipitate, at first regular in form, 

 soon becoming strongly one-sided, reaching a diameter of 3-4 

 mm., externally olive-green and pruinose; stem slender, gradually 

 expanding into the apothecium, about 2 mm. long, more or less 

 longitudinally striated; hymenium slightly darker than the out- 

 side of the apothecium and stem; asci clavate, reaching a length 

 of 30-55 n and a diameter of 4 /x, 8-spored; spores minute, 

 baccilloid, often slightly curved, 1 X 4-6 ju; paraphyses filiform, 

 about 1 M in diameter. 



Apotheciis sparsis aut caespitosis, stipitatis, difformis, 3-4 mm. diam., 

 extus viridis; ascis clavatis, 8-sporis, 4 X 30-55 ^i; sporis minutis, 1 X 4-6 n; 

 paraphysibus filiformibus, 1 pL diam. 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: Gainesville, Florida. 



Distribution: Florida. 



7. Midotis heteromera (Mont.) Fires, Summa Veg. Scand. 362. 



1849. 



Peziza heteromera Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 206. 1840. 

 Midotis verruculosa Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 370. 1869. 



Apothecia occurring singly, or several arising from a common, 

 stem-like base, irregularly elongated on side, tough, corky to 

 leathery when dry, reaching a length and width of 2-3 cm., 

 externally verrucose, rhubarb-colored to citrine; hymenium 

 reddish-brown; asci clavate-cylindric, the apex rounded, reach- 

 ing a length of 80-90 /x and a diameter of 5 /x, 8-spored; spores 

 1-seriate, hyaline, smooth, ellipsoid to cymbiform, 3.5-4 X 8- 

 10 /x; paraphyses slender projecting above the asci. 



On rotten wood. 



