236 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Type species, Peziza sarcoides Pers. 



The name Coryne was first used by Nees (Syst. Pilze 157. 

 1817) for the conidial stage of this fungus. Later it was adopted 

 by Tulasne for the ascigerous stage and would seem to be the 

 tenable name for the genus. 



Spores large, 10-30 n long. 



Spores 4-6 X 10-18 m- 1. C. sarcoides. 



Spores 6-7 X 24-30 m- 2. C. unialis. 



Spores small, 2-3 X 5—6 /x. 3. C. microspora. 



1. Coryne sarcoides (Pers.) Bonord. Handb. Myk. 149. 1851. 



?Octospora violacea Hedw. Descr. 2: 32. 1789. Not Ombrophila violacea 



Fries. 1 849. 

 Peziza sarcoides Pers. Syn. Fung. 633. 1801. 

 Peziza janthina Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 130. 1822. 

 Bulgaria sarcoides Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 168. 1822. 

 TremeUa sarcoides Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 217. 1822. 

 Sarcodea sarcoides Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 11: 232. 1871. 

 Bulgaria striata Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 1: 90. 1885. 

 ?Coryne solitaria Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1^: 488. 1891. 

 Ombrophila sarcoides Phill. Brit. Di.scom. 323. 1887. 

 Coryne striata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 643. 1889. 

 ?Orbilia atropurpurea Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 4: 16. 1896. 



Apothecia sessile, or substipitate, gelatinous, flesh-red to 

 dark-purple, externally veined, turbinate, later expanding, 2 mm. 

 to 1 cm. in diameter; hymenium at first concave, becoming plane, 

 or repand, often irregularly deformed; asci clavate, reaching a 

 length of 100-135 ^i and a diameter of 7-8 n, 8-spored; spores 

 ellipsoid-fusoid, 4-6 X 10 18 /x. rarely larger, becoming several- 

 septate, the septa often indistinct; paraphyses filiform, often 

 adhering. 



On rotten wood. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Maine to Oregon and probably throughout 

 North America; also in Europe, and the West Indies. 



Illustrations: Hedw. Descr. 2: pi. 8,f. 1-7; Bull. Herb. Fr. 

 pi. 410, f. 1; (as Peziza tremelloidea) Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 

 pi. 49 (as Aleuria purpurascens); E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 1': 209, /. 

 164 E, F: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 5: pi. 22, f. 1; 

 Tul. Fung. Carp. 3:^/. 17, f. 1-8. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1280 (as Bulgaria purpurea)', 

 Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2606 (as TremeUa sarcoides). 



