122 The North American Cup-Fungi 



8. Helotium turbinatum (Fuckel) Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. 

 Eu. 113. 1907. 



Leucoloma turbinata Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 318. 1869. 



Helotium bryogenum Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 30: 61. 1878. 



Humaria turbinata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 127. 1889. 



Plicaria turbinata Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. V: 1009. 1894. 



Belonium bryogenum Rehm, Ascom. 127Q; Hedwigia 38: Beibl. (244). 1899. 



Calycina bryogena Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3': 448. 1898. 



Calycella turbinata Hohn. Sitz.-ber. Akad. Wien 127i: 594. 1918. 



Apothecia solitary, sparse, short-stipitate, fleshy, brown 

 when dry, .8-1 mm. in diameter, waxy to waxy-cartilaginous; 

 hymenium plane, or slightly concave, dark-brown in dried 

 specimens; stem short, stout, about .3 mm. long; asci clavate, 

 reaching a length of 70-90 /x and a diameter of 8-11 n, 8-spored; 

 spores elongated, straight, or very slightly curved, usually 

 simple, or rarely 1 -septate, 3-4 X 12-15 ju, somewhat attenuated 

 at the ends; paraphyses, simple, or once branched near the base. 



On living mosses, especially Bryum. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 34: 166,/. 10. 



According to W. L. White, Helotium bryogenum Peck is 

 synonymous with the above. This was described as pallid or 

 yellowish-white when moist, livid-red or subolivaceous when dry. 



9. Helotium mycetophilum Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 

 43:33. 1890. 



Calycina mycetophila Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3': 448. 1889. 



Apothecia scattered, or gregarious, appearing singly, or more 

 rarely two in close contact, substipitate, .1 to .3 mm. in diameter, 

 more or less turbinate in form, dark-red ; stem very short, tapering 

 upward; hymenium plane, or slightly concave; asci clavate, 

 reaching a length of 100-120 ju and a diameter of 13-15 m; 

 spores 1 -seriate below, irregularly 2-seriate above, narrow- 

 ellipsoid, slightly curved, or at least flattened on one side, 

 occasionally becoming 1-septate but usually 1-celled, 5.5-7 X 

 17-20 m; paraphyses simple, slightly flexuous, scarcely more 

 than 1 )Li in diameter. 



On pileus of old sporophore of Fomes fomentarius. 



Type locality: Rainbow Lake, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 34: 166,/. 16. 



