Calloria 165 



On wet mats of dead stems of Solidago sp. 

 Type locality: Bank of Huron River, near Dexter, Michigan. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locaHty. 

 Illustrations: Papers Mich. x\cad. Sci. 20: pi. 12, f. 2. 



5. Calloria Lithospermi (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Niptera Lithospermi Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Sci. Phila. 1893: 147. 1893. 



Apothecia erumpent-superficial, scattered, sessile, .75 mm. 

 in diameter, at first closed, finally opening, blackish-brown on 

 the outside, granular; hymenium concave, livid-white, becoming 

 darker with age; asci cylindric, reaching a length of 45-55 n and 

 a diameter of 8-10 /x; spores 2-seriate, long-ellipsoid, becoming 

 1 -septate and mostly constricted in the center, 3-3.5 X 12-20 n\ 

 paraphyses obscure. 



On dead stems of Lithospermum canescens. 



Type locality: Mount Helena, Montana. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



6. Calloria aurea (Ellis) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 640. 1889. 

 Omhrophila aurea Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 8: 74. 1881. 



Apothecia at first obconic and concave above, at length 

 becoming plane, or convex, with a subundulated margin, reach- 

 ing a diameter of 1-3 mm., soft, golden-yellow; asci cylindric, 

 narrowed at the base, reaching a length of 100 /z and a diameter 

 of 10 ju; spores 1 -seriate, acutely ellipsoid, finally 1 -septate, 

 4 X 12 14 ix\ paraphyses filiform, yellow. 



In swamps, mostly on decaying cedar limbs lying partly in 

 the water; also on old leaves and rubbish. 



Type locality: New Jersey. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 395. 



7. Calloria nitens (Cash) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Helotium nitens Cash, Mycologia 28: 251. 1936. 



Apothecia fleshy to subgelatinous, subsessile, pulvinate, 

 convex, gregarious, sometimes confluent, reaching a diameter of 

 1.5 mm., 1 mm. high, pale yellow-orange to light salmon-orange; 

 hymenium darker, even, smooth; asci clavate-cylindric, rounded 

 with the wall slightly thickened at the apex, attenuated below 

 into a long stem, reaching a length of 150-170 n and a diameter 

 of 7-8 fx; spores ellipsoid-clavate, at first simple, later becoming 



