174 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Apothecia sessile, subhemispherical, yellowish, margin in- 

 flexed, finally applanate; asci clavate, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate, 

 fusiform, curved, becoming 3-septate, 30-34 n long. 



On petioles of palms. 



Type locality: Cuba. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



13. Belonium heteromorphum (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza heteronwrpha Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 2: 88. 1889. 

 Belonidium heteromorphum Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 502. 1889. 



Apothecia seated on a brownish-black, felt-like subiculum 

 which extends for several inches along the culm, scattered, 

 globose at first, with a small, round opening with a white margin, 

 at length expanding to nearly plane, or even slightly convex, 

 2-3 mm. in diameter; hymenium pallid-white to flesh-colored; 

 asci clavate-cylindric, reaching a length of 70 m and a diameter 

 of 6-7 fjL, 8-spored ; spores fusoid, slightly curved, finally 3-septate, 

 or pseudoseptate, 2.5-3 X 20 /x. 



On the base of culms of Spartina polystachya. 



Type locality: Louisiana. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



The subiculum suggests a Trichobelonium. 



14. Belonium Andropogonis (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 

 8: 493. 1889. 



Peziza Andropogonis Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 158. 1875. 

 Peziza aberrans Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 6: 14. 1875. 



Apothecia erumpent, at first elongated and hysteriform, 

 gradually expanding and becoming elliptic in form, externally 

 dark brownish-black, about .5 mm. long; hymenium concave, 

 pale-yellowish; asci clavate, reaching a length of 60-70 m and a 

 diameter of 10-12 n, 8-spored; spores irregularly 2-seriate, 

 fusoid, 2-3 X 18 ju, 3-septate; paraphyses filiform, about 2 m in 

 diameter. 



In Andropogon. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Distribution: New Jersey to South Carolina. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 61; Rab. -Winter, Fungi Eu. 

 3169 (from New Jersey). 



