180 The North American Cup-Fungi 



difficult to determine but apparently 16 to 20), reaching a length 

 of 65 fjL and a diameter of 2.5-3 ^c; paraphyses filiform about 2 /x 

 in diameter. 



On coniferous bark and scales of Pinus pungens. 



Type locality : Europe. 



Distribution: Pennsylvania; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: E. & P. Nat. Pfl. V: 208, /. 163 A; Rab. 

 Krypt.-Fl. V: 652, f. 1-5; Mycologia 38: 551 (upper figure). 



The only American specimen of this species seen is one 

 collected by Dr. L. O. Overholts and P. Spaulding (No. 10795) 

 in Pennsylvania. The plants are minute and the species is 

 probably more common than indicated by the material at hand. 



3. Gorgoniceps ontariensis (Rehm) Hohn. Mitt. Inst. Hochs. 

 Wien 3: 106. 1926. 



Pezizella ontariensis Rehm, Ann. Myc. 11: 167. 1913. 



Apothecia scattered, sessile, at first globose, expanding be- 

 coming cup-shaped, finally discoid, contracted at the base, 

 .5-1.5 mm. in diameter, pale yellowish-white, externally floccose; 

 hymenium plane or nearly so, pale rose-colored; asci clavate, 

 reaching a length of 45 n and a diameter of 6-7 ji, 8-spored; 

 spores filiform, overlapping in the ascus, 1 X 12-15 /x; paraphy- 

 ses filiform, hyaline, 1.5 n in diameter below, enlarged above 

 to 3 n. 



On needles of Pinus resinosa. 



Type locality: East Shore of Lake Huron, Ontario. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



ExsiccATi: Rehm, Ascom. 2030 (apparently part of type 

 material). 



4. Gorgoniceps montanensis (Kanouse) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Belonopsis montanensis Kanouse, Mycologia 33: 461. 1941. 



Apothecia superficial, 1.5-4.5 mm. in diameter, at first 

 globose and closed, finally expanding and becoming plane, or 

 slightly convex, the margin irregular with patches of the remains 

 of the hymenial covering, broadly sessile, soft-waxy, solitary, 

 gray-brown; hymenium orange when dry, slightly paler when 

 moist; asci cylindric-clavate, long-stemmed, 8-spored, reaching 

 a length of 130-155 yi and a diameter of 9-12 /x; spores needle- 

 shaped, straight, or slightly curved, 1.5-2 X 38-50 ju, becoming 

 about 7-septate; paraphyses filiform, twisted into coils or spirals 

 at the apices, forming a thin epithecium. 



