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8. Pyrenopeziza Ellisii (Rchm) Massee, Jour. Bot. 34: 149. 



1896. 



Niptera Ellisii Rehm; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2329; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 11: 

 416. 1895. nom. nud. 



Apothecia sparse, or gregarious, erumpent, at first subglobose 

 and closed, then expanding, .5-.7 mm. in diameter, grayish- 

 black, externally brownish-black; asci clavate, reaching a length 

 of 90-100 /x and a diameter of 10-12 ju, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate, 

 elongate-cylindric, usually curved, 3.5-4 X 14-16 /i; paraphyses 

 filiform, 3 ^ in diameter. 



On dead stems of Festuca tenella; also reported on Ammophila 

 longifolia. 



Type locality: Newfield, New Jersey. 



Distribution: New Jersey and Montana. 



Illustrations: Jour. Bot. 34: pi. 357, f. 6, 7 . 



Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 565 (as Peziza denigrata 

 Kunze) ; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2329. 



9. Pyrenopeziza subatra (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 359. 



1889. 



Peziza subatra Cooke & Peck; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 28: 66. 1876, 



Apothecia erumpent, black, soft, or waxy, at first hemispheri- 

 cal, finally expanding, slightly rugose; hymenium fuliginous, the 

 margin paler; asci subcylindric, 8-spored; spores narrow-ellipsoid, 

 or fusoid, 15-16 /x long; paraphyses filiform. 



On dead herbaceous stems. 



Type locality: North Greenbush, New York. 



Distribution: New York and New Jersey; also reported 

 from Michigan. 



Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 445; Ellis & Ev. Fungi 

 Columb. 21. 



A portion of what appears to be the type of this species is in 

 the collection of The New York Botanical Garden. A number 

 of specimens have been doubtfully referred to this species. All 

 should be more carefully studied. 



10. Pyrenopeziza coloradensis Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 27: 

 60. 1900. 



Apothecia scattered, superficial, black, with a narrow, 

 slightly incurved margin, reaching a diameter of 1 mm.; hymen- 

 ium concave, or plane; asci clavate, reaching a length of 100-1 10 n 



