GORGONICEPS 181 



On fallen leaves of beech and on fir needles. 

 Type locality: Echo Lake, Flathead National Forest, 

 Montana. 



DisTRiBUTiox: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Gorgoniceps iowensis Rehm, Ann. Myc. 4: 338. 1906. 



Apothecia scattered, at first subglobose, sessile, or contracted 

 into a very short stem, expanding and becoming patellate, 

 whitish, with a slight grayish-green tint when dry, pale-brownish, 

 reaching a diameter of .2-.5 mm. ; asci clavate, reaching a length 

 of 80-100 M and a diameter of 10-12 /x; spores subcylindric, or 

 clavate, straight, or curved, becoming 7-septate, hyaline, 3-4 X 

 30-37 m; paraphyses filiform, slightly enlarged above. 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 



Distribution: New York and Iowa. 



Illustration: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: 

 pi. 26 J. 2. 



6. Gorgoniceps confluens Seaver & Waterston, Mycologia 32: 

 399. 1940. (Plate 110, Fig. 2.) 



Apothecia gregarious, occasionally crowded and several fusing 

 together, sessile, or contracted into a very short, stem-like base, 

 whitish or bluish-white, remaining light-colored, or becoming 

 darker when dried, reaching a diameter of .5 mm., soft and waxy; 

 hymenium plane, or slightly convex, similar in color to the out- 

 side of the apothecium; asci broad-clavate, with a very short, 

 stem-like base, attenuated at the apex, reaching a length of 100 ju 

 and a diameter of 14 ji, 8-spored; spores bunched together and 

 overlapping, cylindric, fusoid, or subclavate, straight, or more 

 often curved or double curved, becoming 7-septate, 5 7 X 40- 

 45 fi; paraphyses filiform, about 2 m in diameter. 



On rotten wood and on palm stems, Sabal. 



Type locality: Bermuda. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 38: 551 (lower figure). 



Type collected in Bermuda by Stewardson Brown, N. L. 

 Britton and Fred J. Seaver (No. 1487) Nov. 29-Dec. 14, 1912. 

 This is very similar to G. iowensis Rehm, which was described 

 from material collected by the author in Iowa. The spores of 

 the Bermuda specimens seem to be larger. Also collected in 

 Paget Marsh on stems of native palm by Seaver & Waterston. 



