108 The North American Cup-Fungi 



On decaying leaves of Alnus. 

 Type locality: Hoh River, Oregon. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Doubtful Species 



Discinella washingtonensis Kanouse, Mycologia 39: 650. 1947. .Apo- 

 thecia described as 6-12 mm. in diameter with a stem 3-5 mm. long. Spores 

 fusoid, 4 X 12-14 yu; paraphyses filiform. It would seem to the writer that 

 the species might be included here. 



22. CALYCINA S. F. Gray, Nat. Arrang. Brit. PI. 1 : 669. 1821. 



Ciboria Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 311. 1869. (in part only). 



Rutstroemia White, Lloydia 4: 169. 1941 (in part). Not RiUstroemia Karst. 

 1871. 



Apothecia meditim large, up to 1 cm. in diameter stipitate, 

 or subsessile, the length of the stem varying with the conditions, 

 light-colored or dull, externally smooth, or with very poorly 

 developed, hair-like structures; asci cylindric or clavate, usually 

 8-spored; spores ellipsoid to fusoid, hyaline, for a long time 

 simple, later often becoming septate with one to several septa. 



Type species, Peziza firma Pers. 



This is a Ciboria-Vike fungus with a septate spore. 



Spores comparatively small, not over 20 ^t long. 

 On wood or twigs. 



Substance of the apothecium not golden-fellow. 1. C. firma. 



Substance of the apothecia golden-yellow. 2. C. bolaris. 



On overwintering leaves. 3. C. petiolonim. 



Spores large, 30-35 n long. 4. C. macrosporum. 



1. Calycina firma (Pers.) S. F. Gray, Nat. Arrang. Brit. PI. 1: 

 670. 1821. 



fPeziza ochroleuca Bolton, Fungi Halifax 3: 105. 1789. 



Peziza firma Pers. Syn. Fung. 658. 1801. 



Ciboria firma Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 312. 1869. 



Helotium firmum Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 11: 233. 1871. 



Rutstroemia firma Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 13: 233. 1873. 



Phialea firma Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 101. 1882. 



Hymetioscypha firma Phill. Brit. Discom. 123. 1887. 



Ciboria ochroleuca Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 274. 1895. 



Apothecia gregarious, infundibuliform, becoming expanded 

 and often nearly discoid, stipitate, brownish, reaching a diameter 

 of 1 cm. though often smaller; hymenium brown, darker than the 

 outside of the apothecium; stem variable in length, but up to 12 

 mm. and .5 mm. in diameter, but gradually expanding above; 



