Lachnella 257 



On leaves of Gaultheria Shallon. 

 Type locality: Seattle, Washington. 

 Distribution: Washington to Oregon and California. 

 According to Zeller (Mycologia 26: 293) this species is very 

 closely related to Trichopeziza ecJnnulata Rehm, Ascom. 259. 



23. Lachnella Halesiae Cash, Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 48. 

 1939. 



Apothecia scattered over the lower surface of the host, 

 sessile, or substipitate, at first subglobose with the margin in- 

 rolled and the hymenium hidden, then expanding and becoming 

 subdiscoid, .2-. 6 mm. in diameter, externally clothed with white 

 hairs; hymenium translucent, apricot-colored; hairs hyaline, 

 septate, delicately roughened, not enlarged above; asci broad- 

 cylindric, 8-spored, reaching a length of 47-50 n and a diameter 

 of 7-8 tx\ spores obliqueh' 1-seriate, fusoid, 1.5-2 X 12-15 /x; 

 paraphyses lanceolate, longer than the asci 2.5-4 yL thick. 



On leaves of Halesia Carolina. 



Type locality: Athens, Georgia. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 47,/. 2. 



24. Lachnella pygmaea (Fries) Phill. Brit. Discom. 242. 1887. 

 (Plate 125, fig. 2.) 



Peziza pygmaea Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 79. 1822. 



Helotium luteolum Currey, Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: 153. 1864. 



Helotiiim rhizophilum Fuckel, Fungi Rhen. 1598. 1865. 



Ciboria rhicophila Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 312. 1869. 



Helotium pygmaeum Karst. Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. II: 214. 1871. 



Lachnea pygmaea Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 71. 1880. 



Peziza nuda Phill. & Plow. Grevillea 8: 101. 1880. 



Helotium affinissimnm Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 33: 32. 1883. 



Erinella pygmaea Quel. Ench. Fung. 303. 1886. 



Hymenoscypha Hedwigii PhiW. Brit. Discom. 130. 1887. 



Hymenoscypha rhizophila Phill. Brit. Discom. 144. 1887. 



Lachnella nuda Phill. Brit. Discom. 247. 1887. 



Lachnella luteola Phill. Brit. Discom. 247. 1887. 



Helotium rhizogenum Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4: 100. 1888. 



Helotium Phillipsii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 220. 1889. 



Phialea Hedwigii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 260. 1889. 



Phialea affinissima Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 272. 1889. 



Dasyscypha pygmaea Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 436. 1889. 



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



Hymenoscypha flexipes Cooke & Phill. Grevillea 19: 106. 1891. 



Phialea flexipes Sacc. Syll. Fung. 10: 9. 1892. 



