Chlorociboria 99 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Colorado, south to Mexico and 

 the West Indies; also in South America, Europe, Asia and 

 Australia. 



Illustrations: Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 485; Fl. Dan. pi. 534, 

 f. 2; Cooke, Austr. Fungi pi. 20, f. 158; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 

 pi. 88, f. 1; Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. pi. 241; Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. 

 State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 24, f. 1; Phill. Brit. Discom. pi. 5,f. 28; 

 Rab. Krypt.-Fl. l'^: 749,/. 1-5; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 1':/. 155, H-L; 

 Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 156, /. 41, 42; Sow. Engl. Fungi 

 pi. 347. 



Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 987; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. 

 Fungi 2047; Rav. Fungi Car. 5: 40. 



Some European authors recognize Chlorosplenium aerugines- 

 cens as distinct from Chlorosplenium aeruginosum. The writer 

 has been unable to detect any difference of specific importance 

 in the material which he has examined. 



2. Chlorociboria strobilina (Alb. & Schw.) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 (Plate 99, Fig. 2.) 



Peziza tuberose strobilina Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 313. 1805. 

 Peziza versiforniis livida Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 314. 1805. 

 Peziza Abietis strobilina Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 342. 1805. 

 Chlorosplenium versiforme nigrescente-olivacea Weinm. Hymeno-Gastro-My- 



cetes 467. 1836. 

 Pezia ciborioides strobilaria Nyl. Not. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 36. 1869. 

 Cenangium strobilinum Sacc. Fung. Ital. pi. 1306. 1883. 

 Chlorosplenium lividum Karst. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. II. 6: 124. 1885. 

 Peziza bulgarioides Rehm in Rab. Fungi Eu. 1311; Hedwigia 9: 136. 1870. 

 Rustroemia bulgarioides Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 105. 1871. 

 Ombrophila strobilina Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 482. 1891. 

 Ciboria strobilina Bresadolae Boud. Ic. Myc. 4: 279. 1907. 



Apothecia stipitate, or subsessile, at first concave, becoming 

 expanded and subdiscoid or shallow cup-shaped, occasionally 

 repand, reaching a diameter of 1 cm. or rarely larger, regular or 

 slightly irregular in form, brownish-black or with a slightly 

 olive tint; hymenium similar in color to the outside of the apo- 

 thecium; stem short, scarcely exceeding one-half the diameter 

 of the apothecium, slightly lacunose; asci clavate, reaching a 

 length of 85 ^ to 100 and a diameter of 5-7 /x; spores irregularly 

 ellipsoid, 3-4 X 7 /z; paraphyses filiform. 



On spruce cones, Picea sp. 



