Kriegeria 103 



fusoid, about 9-10 X 18-20 )u, granular within, often appearing 

 greenish from the greenish material which surrounds the asci 

 and paraphyses, simple; paraphyses slender, enlarged above, 

 reaching a diameter of 4 /u, adhering together at their tips, 

 yellowish-green. 



On leaves of Jimiperus communis. 



Type locality: Decorah, Iowa. 



Distribution: Iowa and New Jersey. 



This species is quite similar in general appearance to Kriegeria 

 Seaveri but differs in the form and size of the spores as well as in 

 the host. 



5. Kriegeria cedrina (Cooke) Seaver, Mycologia 35: 493. 1941. 



(Plate 102.) 



Peziza cedrina Cooke, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2: 294. 1875. 

 Lachnella cedrina Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 395. 1889. 

 Chloroscypha cedrina Seaver, Mycologia 30: 594. 1938. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, reaching a diameter of 1 mm. 

 and nearly as deep, black and vertically striated with dark 

 mycelium; hymenium concave, dark; asci cylindric, or sub- 

 clavate, reaching a length of 140 160 ju and a diameter of 12- 

 14 /x, 8-spored but some of the spores often immature; spores 

 usually 1 -seriate, ellipsoid with the ends lightly attenuated, 

 densely filled with granules and oil-drops, usually simple but 

 occasionally becoming tardily 1-septate, 10 X 20 jx; paraphyses 

 slender, about 3 /x in diameter below, strongly enlarged above 

 where they reach a diameter of 5 n, the ends strongly curved, 

 becoming greenish-brown. 



On branches of Juniperus virginiana. 



Type locality : New York. 



Distribution: New York and North Carolina. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 30: 595,/. 1. 



6. Kriegeria alutipes (Phill.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza alutipes Phill. Grevillea 7: 23. 1878. 

 Phialea alutipes Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 266. 1889. 



Apothecia gregarious, stipitate or subsessile, yellowish to 

 pale-brown, darker, almost black in dried specimens, yellowish- 

 green with transmitted light, 1-2 mm. in diameter; hymenium 

 similar in color to the outside of the apothecium; stem very short, 

 or 1-2 mm. long, gradually expanding into the apothecium; 

 asci clavate, reaching a length of 90 /x and a diameter of 10-12 n; 



