222 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Apothecia gregarious, globose, then expanded, dark-brown, 

 the margin coarsely lacerated into subtriangular, irregular teeth ; 

 hymenium cinereous, becoming blackish when dry; asci sub- 

 cylindric; spores cylindric-clavate, 12-13 ^x long. 



On Ruhus odoratus. 



Type locality: Adirondack Mountains, New York. 



Distribution: New York and West Virginia. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2044. 



3. Pyrenopeziza prinicola (Ellis & Ev.) Cash, Jour. Wash. Acad. 



Sci. 30:302. 1940. 



Peziza prinicola Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4: 99. 1888. 

 Mollisia prinicola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 330. 1889. 



Apothecia erumpent, becoming superficial, scattered rather 

 thickly and evenly over the lower surface of the leaf, minute, 

 .15-.27 mm. in diameter, subturbinate, then patellate, the entire 

 apothecium black when dr\'; the margin slighth' crenulate; 

 hymenium alutaceous to dark-brown when fresh; asci clavate, 

 narrowed below, reaching a length of 33-40 ix and a diameter of 

 6-8 II, 8-spored; spores irregularly 2-3-seriate, clavate, becoming 

 pseudoseptate, 1-1.5 X 10-15 /x; paraphyses filiform. 



On dead leaves of Quercus Prinus and other species of Quercus. 



Type locality: Louisiana. 



Distribution: Louisiana and Georgia. 



4. Pyrenopeziza protrusa (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 364. 



1889. 



Peziza protrusa Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 159. 1875. 

 Pseudopeziza protrusa Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 726. 1889. 



Apothecia erumpent, dot-like, surrounded by the ruptured 

 cuticle, externally granulated, chestnut; hymenium concave, 

 white; asci clavate, reaching a length of 45-50 fi and a diameter 

 of 5 yu; spores ellipsoid-clavate, 1.5 X 7-8 n; paraphyses filiform- 

 clavate. 



On the under side of the leaves of Magnolia glauca. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Distribution : New Jersey and South Carolina. 



Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 143; Rehm, Ascom. 310 

 (from New Jersey); Thiim. Myc. Univ. 519 (from New Jersey). 



