184 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Illustrations: Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 7: pi. 4,f. 24-27; Pat. Tab. 

 Fung./. 369; Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 11 J. 115-118. 



ExsiCCATi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2738. 



The long, filiform spores often protrude at maturity, giving 

 the hymenium a white, feathery appearance. This interesting 

 species has been encountered by the writer but once in New York. 



2. Apostemidium vibrisseoides (Peck) Boud. Ann. Myc. 4: 240. 

 1906. 



Helotiiim vibrisseoides Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 48. 1879. 



?Vibrissea turbinata Phill. Trans. Linn. Soc. II. 2: 8. 1881. 



?Gorgoniceps turbinata Sacc. Bot. Cent. 18: 219. 1884. 



Gorgoniceps vibrisseoides Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 505. 1889. 



? Apostemidium obconicum Kanouse, Papers Mich. Acad. .Sci. 21: 97. 1936. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, turbinate, 2-3 mm. in diameter; 

 hymenium plain to convex, varying in color from bluish-pallid to 

 yellowish, or ochraceous; asci reaching a length of 275-300 and 

 a diameter of 5-6 m, 8-spored ; spores in a parallel fascicle in the 

 ascus, long-filiform, hyaline, multiseptate, about 1 X 250 m; 

 paraphyses not numerous, slender, 1-1.5 /x thick below, simple, or 

 occasionally forked, the apical portion clavate-thickened, 

 colored, up to 6 ^t thick, about as long as the asci. 



On decaying sticks lying in the water. 



Type locality: New York. 



Distribution: New Hampshire to New York. 



Illustrations: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. V~:pl. 2,f. 7-9; Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. II. 2: ^/. 2,/. 14-18; Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 11 J. 119-120. 



Apostemidium obconicum is said to differ in the color and 

 more stipitate character of the apothecia. The writer doubts 

 that the characters are dependable. 



33. PHAEOHELOTIUM Kanouse, Papers Mich. Acad. Sci. 



20: 75. 1935. 



Apothecia superficial, sessile to stipitate, at first turbinate, 

 opening to a disk, finally convex and slightly umbilicate, soft- 

 waxy, drying brittle to chalky, externally pulverulent, bright- 

 colored; asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored; spores ellipsoid to 

 fusoid, straight, or slightly bent, 1-septate, brown; paraphyses 

 filiform. 



Type species, Phaeohelotium flavum Kanouse. 



