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3. Orbilia Fairmani (Rehm) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Pezizella Fairmani Rehm, Ann. Myc. 5: 519. 1907. 



Apothecia scattered, sessile, first globose, then expanded, 

 externally smooth, .25 mm. in diameter, hyaline to slightly 

 yellowish; asci clavate, reaching a length of 30-35 n and a diam- 

 eter of 6-8 n, 8-spored; spores ovoid, 2-seriate, 3 X 6 7 yn; pa- 

 raphyses filiform, 3 ju in diameter. 



On wood of Tsuga canadensis. 



Type locality: Lyndonville, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



4. Orbilia leucostigma Fries, Summa. Veg. Scand. 357. 1849. 



Peziza leucostigma Fries, Obs. Myc. 1: 165. 1815. 

 Peziza xanthostigma Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 146. 1818. 

 MoUisia leucostigma Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 126. 1882. 

 Mollisia xanthostigma Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 125. 1882. 

 Calloria xanthostigma Phill. Brit. Discom. 329. 1887. 

 Calloria leucostigma Phill. Brit. Discom. 330. 1887. 



Apothecia gregarious, or scattered, sessile, becoming plane, 

 submembranaceous, whitish, becoming yellowish, translucent, 

 reaching a diameter of .5 to 1 mm. ; asci cylindric to cylindric- 

 clavate, reaching a length of 30-35 n and a diameter of 3-3.5 ju, 

 8-spored; spores ellipsoid, 1-1.5 X 3 4 ju; paraphyses slender 

 with subglobose apices. 



On dead wood. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New Jersey to California and West Virginia; 

 probably widely distributed in North America; also in Europe. 



The writer can see no reason for separating Peziza leuco- 

 stigma and Peziza xanthostigma. Rehm recognizes a varietal 

 difference only. 



5. Orbilia inflatula Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 11: 248. 



1871. 



Peziza inflatula Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: 175. 1869. 

 Calloria inflatula Phill. Brit. Discom. 335. 1887. 



Apothecia patellate, subtremelloid, 1-1.5 mm. in diameter, 

 whitish-translucent, when dry becoming subglobose, or angular, 

 sordid-yellowish, subcartilaginous; asci cylindric, or subcylindric, 

 reaching a length of 18-24 n and a diameter of 2-3 jx, 8-spored; 



