164 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Illustrations: Berk. Mag. Zool. Bot. 1: pi. 2, f. 4; Gill 

 Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 81. f. 2; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. l^: 217./. 169 

 E. G.; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 448,/. 1-3. 



2. Calloria oleosa (Ellis) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 639. 1889. 

 Peziza oleosa Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 10: 52. 1883. 



Apothecia scattered, or gregarious, small, subglobose when 

 fresh, orbicular and concave with a thick, obtuse margin when 

 dry, oily-gelatinous; hymenium orange-red; asci fusoid, reaching 

 a length of 75 90 /j. and a diameter of 10-12 fi, 8-spored; spores 

 2-seriate, fusiform-navicular, 1 -septate, hyaline, 3-3.5 X 18-22 /x; 

 paraphj'ses absent or not observed. 



On dead herbaceous stems. 



Type locality: Pleasant Valley, Utah. 



Distribution: Michigan to Utah. 



Exsiccati: Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 75. 



Ellis states "Allied to P. fusarioides." 



3. Calloria coccinea (Earle) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Niptera coccinea Earle in Green, PI. Baker. 2:7. 190L 



Apothecia scattered, or gregarious, cup-shaped, .3-.5 mm. in 

 diameter, soft, thin, subgelatinous, bright-vermilion throughout, 

 or sometimes the margin bordered by a lighter, nearly white line; 

 asci cylindric, reaching a length of 40-50 /x and a diameter of 

 4-6 /x; spores long-ellipsoid, becoming 1 -septate, not constricted 

 3 X 8 /x; paraphyses filiform, indistinct. 



On dead stems of Corydalis. 



Type locality: Pagosa Peak, Colorado, elevation 10,000 ft. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



4. Calloria Solidaginis Kanouse, Papers Mich. Acad. Sci. 20: 66. 



1935. 



Apothecia erumpent through the epidermis of the host, 

 solitary, or cespitose, often several appearing in rows, cup- 

 shaped, not expanding, .5-1 mm. in diameter; h\menium dirty- 

 white with violet tints, or light-brown when fresh, rose-lilac 

 when dry; asci cylindric-clavate, 4-spored, reaching a length of 

 45-65 /x and a diameter of 6-8 /x; spores ellipsoid to subfusoid, 

 straight, or slightly bent, with an oil-drop in each end, becoming 

 1-septate, 3-4 X 10-12 /x; paraph>ses filiform, scarcely thick- 

 ened, above and forming an epithecium. 



