Calvcina 109 



asci cylindric, or subcyHndric, reaching a length of 130 m and a 

 diameter of 9 12 n, 8-spored; spores elHpsoid, or fusoid, obHquely 

 1 -seriate with the ends overlapping, 4-6 X 15-20 m, at first 

 simple, occasionally becoming 1-3-septate; paraphyses filiform, 

 enlarged, above, reaching a diameter of 2 ii. 



On woods of various kinds. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Doubtfully reported from North America, 

 also in Europe. 



Illustrations: ?Bolton Hist. Fung. 3: pi. 105; Boud. Ic. 

 Myc. pi. 483; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 74, J. 2; E. & P. Nat. 

 Pfl. 195,/. 155, 0, P; Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 155; Lloydia 4: 174, 

 /. 1-9. 



For full discussion of this species see White (Lloydia 4: 

 173-181.). According to W. L. White all American reports of 

 this species are based on misdeterminations. It is not unlikely 

 that the species will eventually be found in this country. 



2. Calycina bolaris (Batsch) Seaver, Mycologia 26: 346. 1934. 

 (Plate 103, Fig. 1.) 



Peziza bolaris Batsch, Elench. Fung. Cont. 1: 221. 1786? 

 Ciboria bolaris Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 311. 1869. 

 Phialea bolaris Boud. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 1: 116. 1885. 

 Hymenoscypha bolaris Phill. Brit. Discom. 124. 1887. 



Apothecia gregarious, stipitate, or subsessile, expanding and 

 becoming discoid, or slightly convex, externally yellowish, reach- 

 ing a diameter of 5-6 mm., with a few club-shaped hair-like 

 structures about the margin; hymenium slightly concave, plane, 

 or a little convex, yellowish-brown, a little darker than the 

 outside of the apothecium, (substance of the apothecia when 

 crushed, golden-yellow); stem short, usually a little less than the 

 diameter of the apothecium, about .5 mm. in diameter, expanding 

 rather abruptly into the apothecium; asci cylindric, or clavate, 8- 

 spored, reaching a length of 200 m and a diameter of 12-14 m; 

 spores ellipsoid, usually slightly curved, 7-9 X 18-20 m, for 

 some time simple, finally 1 -septate and often with apiculi at one 

 or both ends, later 3-septate; paraphyses filiform, enlarged above, 

 the contents yellow. 



On twigs of various kinds. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



