Helotium 151 



Pers. Syn. Fung. 661. 1801. This species has been recorded from North 

 America and Cuba. No material has been seen. 



Phialea olympiana Kanouse, Mycologia 39: 681. 1947. Apothecia de- 

 scribed as stipitate, 1 mm. in diameter, yellowish-citrine, drying black; spores 

 1 X 6-8 m; paraphyses filiform. Described from material collected in Wash- 

 ington. On herbaceous stems. 



Phialea pallida Kanouse, Mycologia 39: 681. 1947. Apothecia de- 

 scribed as pale olive-buff, .5 mm. in diameter, stipitate; spores 1.5 X 6-9 n; 

 paraphyses filiform. Reported from Washington on old stems of Delphinium. 

 Pezizella Pastinacae (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 290. 1889; Peziza 

 Pastinacae Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 176. 1832. The brief descrip- 

 tion suggests a Helotium. On Pastinaca. No material has been seen. 



Helotium Phiala (Vahl.) Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 355. 1849; Peziza 

 Phiala Vahl. Fl. Dan. 18: 8, pi. 1078, f. 2. 1792. This has been reported 

 from W^ashington on leaves of Sambucus callicarpa by Dr. B. Kanouse. Apo- 

 thecia described as buff-yellow, stout with a stem 7 mm. long; spores 7-8 X 

 14-16 M- finally becoming 1-septate. No material has been seen. 



Helotium pullatum Gerard; Cooke, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2: 298. 

 1875. On stems of Vitis. No fruit was described and the identity of the 

 species is uncertain. Looks like an Orbilia. 



Helotium rhylidodes Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 369. 1868. 

 Described as sessile, cup-shaped, below rugose-plicate; spores ellipsoid, smooth. 

 Cuba. Habitat not given. 



Helotium rubicohim (Fries) Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 314. 1869; Peziza fructi- 

 gena rubicola Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 119. 1822; Helotium virgultorum rubicolum 

 Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 355. 1849; Phialea rubicola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 

 253. 1 889. This has been reported from Michigan under the latter name but 

 no American material seen. 



Helotium scrupulosum Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1:152. 1871; Peziza scrupulosa 

 Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 178. 1869. This species is reported on 

 old wood from Washington by Dr. B. Kanouse under the name of Unguicularia 

 scrupulosa (Karst.) Hohn. Nothing more is known of it. 



Helotium sordidatum Karst. & Starb.; Karst. Hedwigia 26: 124. 1887; 

 Phialea sordidata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 271. 1889. This species has been re- 

 corded from Michigan on leaves and petioles of Quercus. The septate spores 

 would place it in the genus Calloria. 



Helotium sparsum Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 111. 1907. Reported 

 by Dr. B. Kanouse from Michigan on rotting leaves. Apothecia described as 

 minute but the spores relatively large 7-8 X 18 m- See p. 124. 



Phialea subgalbula Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 711. 1892. Reported 

 from Michigan by Dr. B. Kanouse and said to agree with Rehm, Ascom. 

 1981. No American material seen. 



Helotium tumidulitm (Rob.) Massee; Massee & Crossl. Fungus Fl. Yor- 

 shire 285. 1905; Peziza tumidula Rob.; Desm. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 16: 325. 

 1851; Pezizella tumidula Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 276. 1 889. This species has been 

 reported from Michigan by Dr. B. Kanouse but according to W'hite (Farlowia 

 1: 167. 1943) is based on incorrect determination. 



Helotium turgidellum Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 150. 1871; Peziza turgidella 

 Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 179. 1869; Pezizella turgidella Sacc 



