252 The North American Cup-Fungi 



hyaline, 1.5 X 6 n; paraphyses filiform semiacute but scarcely 

 lanceolate. 



Type collected on rotten stumps of olive tree, Olea europaea, 

 Walsingham, Bermuda, Nov. 30, 1938. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



14. Lachnella hyalina (Pers.) Phill. Brit. Discom. 267. 1887. 



Peziza hyalina Pers. Syn. Fung. 655. 1801. 



Helothim hyalinum Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna FI. Fenn. 11: 240. 1871. 



Lachnea hyalina Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 79. 1880. 



Urceola hyalina Quel. Ench. Fung. 321. 1886. 



P seudohelotium hyalinum Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 298. 1869. 



Hyaloscypha hyalina Boud. Ic. Myc. 4: 308. 1911. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, at first globose and closed, 

 opening and becoming cup-shaped, then expanded and saucer- 

 shaped, soft and externally slightly downy, .1-.5 mm. in diameter; 

 hymenium hyaline, occasionally slightly yellowish or rosy; hairs 

 delicate, hyaline, or white; asci fusoid, reaching a length of 35- 

 45 ju and a diameter of 7-10 /x, 8-spored; spores elongated, or 

 slightly fusiform, 2-seriate, straight, or slightly curved, 2-2.5 X 

 6-10 m; paraphyses filiform, 2 ^i thick. 



On dead wood and bark of various kinds. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New Jersey to Washington, California and 

 Louisiana; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Phill. Brit. Discom. pi. 8, f. 48; Boud. Ic. 

 Myc. pi 525. 



ExsiccATi : Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2810. 



15. Lachnella crucifera Phill. Brit. Discom. 250. 1887. 

 (Plate 122.) 



Peziza crucifera Phill. Card. Chron. II. 10: 397. 1878. 

 Peziza sulphurella Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 30: 59. 1878. 

 Dasyscypha crucifera Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 440. 1889. 

 Dasyscypha sulphurella Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 459. 1889. 



Apothecia stipitate, reaching a diameter of .5-1 mm., shallow 

 cup-shaped with hymenium pale-yellowish, externally clothed 

 with hairs intermixed with crystals of calcium oxalate giving them 

 a granular appearance; stem reaching a length of .5-1 mm. and 

 also clothed with hairs; hairs hyaline, clavate, septate, reaching 

 a length of 80 /x and a diameter of 4 ^t; asci clavate, reaching a 

 length of 40 ix and a diameter of 5-6 /x, 8-spored; spores minute, 

 about 2 X 5-6 /x; paraphyses lanceolate. 



