Stamnaria 229 



22. Pyrenopeziza multipunctoidea Dearn. & House, N. Y. State 

 Mus. Circ. 24: 28. 1940. 



Apothecia at first immersed, minute, thickly scattered, often 

 in rows, emerging through a usually elliptic rupture of the 

 cuticle, .15-22 mm. in diameter; asci cylindric, or fusoid, reach- 

 ing a length of 33-48 ^ and a diameter of 6-7.5 yu, 8-spored; 

 spores partially 2-seriate, ellipsoid, 2.5-2.75 X 5-7 /i; paraphy- 

 ses numerous, filiform. 



On dead leaves of Carex lacustris. 



Type locality: Newcomb, Essex Co., New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Part of the type material is in The New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



Doubtful and Excluded Species 



Pyrenopeziza cariosa (Peck) Sacc. S\1I. P^ung. 8: 367. 1889; Peziza cariosa 

 Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 95. 1872. On rotten wood, Catskill 

 Mountains. Description incomplete. 



Pyrenopeziza doryphora Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 288. 1907. On 

 dead stems of Carex, Colorado. A variety, Heleocharidis Clements, Crypt. 

 Form. Colo. 525. 1908, has been listed. So far as known these have not been 

 officially published. 



Pyrenopeziza foliicola (Karst.) Sacc. Michelia 1: 65. 1877; Mollisia folii- 

 cola Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 201. 1871. This species has been reported from 

 Georgia but on a doubtful determination. 



PhiUipsiella nigrella Cooke & Hark. Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 23. 1884. 

 On leaves of Qiiercus agrifolia, California. 



Pyrenopeziza nigrella Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nacht. 3: 30. 1875. Re- 

 ported from Michigan by Dr. B. Kanouse. On deca>ing stems. No material 

 seen. 



Pyrenopeziza nigritella (Phill. & Hark.) Sacc. Syil. Fung. 8: 357. 1889; 

 Peziza nigritella Phill. & Hark. Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 22. 1884. Apothecia 

 blackish; spores 6 X 15 ju. On dead stems of Galium. 



42. STAMNARIA Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 309. 1869. 



Apothecia erumpent-superficial, occurring singly, or more 

 often in cespitose clusters, more or less gelatinous, horny when 

 dry, sessile, or short-stipitate; asci clavate, usually 8-spored; 

 spores simple, ellipsoid, hyaline; paraphyses filiform, slightly 

 enlarged above. 



Type species, Peziza Persoonii Moug. 



On species of £gMwe/Mw. 1. S. americana. 



On foliage of Thuja. 2. .S". Thtijae. 



