170 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Spores 14-20 n long, on Aralia. 9. B. minimum. 

 Spores 12-15 ;u long. 



On twigs of Abies. 10. B. inconspicuum. 



On Populus and Salix. 11.5. aggregalum. 

 On monocotyledonous tissues. 



On petioles of palms. 12. B. sclerogenum. 

 On grasses or sedges. 



Spores not over 20 m long. 



On culms of Spartina. 13. B. heteromorphum. 



On Andropogon. 14. B. Andropogonis. 

 Spores 20 n or more long. 



On Calamagrostis, spores 24-30 n long. 15. B. intermedium. 



On Carex, spores 18-24 n long. 16. B. caricincolum . 



On Arundinaria, spores 20-24 n long. 17. B. eustegiaeforme. 



On various grasses, spores 21-40 ^ long. 18. B. culmicola. 



1. Belonium Glyceriae (Peck) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Belonidium Glyceriae Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 139: 19. 1909. 



Apothecia 1-1.5 mm. in diameter, sessile, papillate on the 

 under side; hymenium plane, or convex, pale-yellow; asci sub- 

 clavate, or fusoid, reaching a length of 120-130 /x and a diameter 

 of 14-18 /x, 8-spored; spores elongate-ellipsoid, straight, or 

 slightly curved, 2-seriate, 4-5 X 35-40 n, becoming 3-septate; 

 paraphyses filiform. 



On dead culms of Glyceria nervata. 



Type locality: Lyndonville, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



2. Belonium basitrichum (Sacc.) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Belonidium basitrichum. Sacc. Atti Soc. Veneto Sci. Nat. Padova 4M 35. 1875. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, patelliform, soft, entirely 

 white, finally sordid-white, .25-. 5 mm. in diameter; hymenium 

 concave, or plane, becoming yellowish; asci clavate, reaching a 

 length of 100-120 /x and a diameter of 14 /n, short-stipitate, 8- 

 spored; spores 2-seriate, elongate-fusoid, curved, 3-4 X 36-40 ju, 

 becoming 6-8-septate, hyaline; paraphyses filiform, clavate. 



On rotten wood Querciis, and Castanea, seated on a black 

 mycelial growth. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



The only specimen seen of this species is one collected by 

 C. L. Shear in Ringwood, New York and which seems to agree 

 with the original description. 



