198 The' North American Cup-Fungi 



diameter of 6 /x; spores 1 -senate, ellipsoid, or fusoid, 2-3 X 

 7-10 n; paraphyses indistinct. 



On old chips of Betula. 



Type locality: Lyndonville, New York. 



Distribution: New York and Michigan. 



11. Tapesia carina (Ellis) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 377. 1889. 

 Peziza carina Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 8: 124. 1881. 



Apothecia thin, soft, seated on a loose mycelium of dirty- 

 white, matted, cottony hairs, circular about 1 mm. in diameter; 

 hymenium brick-red when dry; asci cylindric, reaching a length of 

 100-125 /x and a diameter of 12 /i, 8-spored; spores 1 -seriate, ellip- 

 soid, usually with one oil-drop, 7 X 15 ju; paraphyses rather stout, 

 thickened above. 



On dead stems and leaves of grasses and on weather-beaten 

 wood, still partly covered with snow. 



Type locality: Pleasant Valley, Utah, elevation 6,000 feet. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



Doubtful and Excluded Species 



Tapesia anomala (Pers.) Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 300. 1869; Peziza anomala 

 Pers. Obs. Myc. 1: 29. 1796; Solenia anomala Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nacht. 1: 

 290. 1871. This is now regarded as a Solenia. Widely distributed. 



Tapesia arachnoidea (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 384. 1889; Peziza 

 arachnoidea Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 174. 1832. The type of this 

 species was examined by the writer on May 2, 1916, and no apothecia could 

 be found. The description is brief and incomplete and the species must re- 

 main in doubt. 



Tapesia atrofusca (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 373. 1889; Peziza 

 atrofusca Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 156. 1875. The original descrip- 

 tion states "Cups dark brown, with an inflexed crenulated granulated margin 

 springing from a pale ochre membranaceous stratum." This is all that is 

 known of the species. No specimens seen. Probabh^ Tapesia fusca. 



Tapesia Bloxami (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 380. 1889; Peziza 

 Bloxami Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 7: 181. 1851. This species 

 has been rejected by Phillips (Brit. Discom. 408) since no fruit could be found. 



Tapesia cinerella Rehni, Hedwigia 21: 102. 1882. Reported on stems of 

 Gaultheria Shallon from Washington by Dr. B. Kanouse. No material seen. 



Tapesia daedalea (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 379. 1889; Peziza daedalea 

 Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 174. 1832. Specimens distributed under 

 this name (Rav. Fungi Car. 1: 37) are referred apparently b\' Ellis to Solenia 

 poriaeformis. The type in the Schweinitz was examined by the writer May 2, 

 1916. 



Tapesia derelida Morgan, Jour. Myc. 8: 186. 1902. No specimen has 

 been seen but the white subiculum and septate spores strongly suggest Arach- 

 nopeziza aurelia. 



