Orbilia 153 



Spores mostly less than 12 n long. 



Spores subglobose, or broad-ellipsoid. 



Paraphyses with globose apices. 12. 0. coccinella. 



Paraphyses filiform. 



Spores subglobose, 2-3 n in diameter. 13. 0. rubinella. 

 Spores ellipsoid, 3 X 5-7 m- 14. 0. Eucalypti. 



Spores baciliiform. 



Spores 4-5 fx long, on bark. 15. 0. cruenta. 



Spores 5-6 ^i long, on Caulophyllum. 16. 0. Caulophylli. 



Spores 6-12/1 long. 



Apothecia yellowish-red. 17. 0. Udeorubella. 



Apothecia flesh-red to dark-red. 18. 0. rubella. 



Spores minute, spermatoid, on P/jyo/acca. 19. 0. ptdviscula. 

 Asci many-spored. 20. 0. myn'ospora. 



1. Orbilia chrysocoma (Bull.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 624. 1889. 



Peziza chrysocoma Bull. Hist. Champ. Fr. 254. 1791. 

 Calloria chrysocoma Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 359. 1849. 

 Dacryornyces chrysocomus Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 19: 211. 1853. 

 Guepiniopsis chrysocomus Brasfield, Am. Mid. Nat. 20: 226. 1938. 



Apothecia gregarious, superficial, at first globose, soon ex- 

 panded, golden-yellow, when dry subcorneous, flexuous, scarcely 

 .5 mm. in diameter; asci cylindric, subsessile, reaching a length of 

 40-45 yL and a diameter of 5 ^x, 8-spored; spores baciliiform, 

 curved,! X 14-15 ju; paraphyses filiform, slightly enlarged above- 



On old wood and pasteboard. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Vermont to California, Porto Rico and 

 Bermuda; probably throughout North America; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 376, f. 2; Cooke, Austr. 

 Fungi pi. 20, f. 161. 



2. Orbilia diaphanula (Cooke) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Peziza diaphanula Cooke, Hedwigia 14: 84. 1875. 



Apothecia gregarious, minute, transparent-white, at first 

 hemispherical, then expanded, .1 mm. in diameter; asci clavate; 

 spores elongate-ellipsoid, 8 X 17-20 m; paraphyses filiform, 

 scarcely enlarged above. 



On old bark and wood of decaying Magnolia. 



Type locality: Newfield, New Jersey. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



