Lachnella 263 



Apothecia scattered, one to eight on a single stroma of the 

 host fungus, nearly globose at first, then cup-shaped to subglo- 

 bose, with a circular opening, white, .1-.2 mm. in diameter and 

 height, externally white-tomentose, the hymenium translucent- 

 white; asci cylindric, 8-spored, reaching a length of 22-24 n and 

 a diameter of 3-3.5 /x; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, 1.5-2 X 3.5-4 /x; 

 paraphyses filiform, hyaline, simple, not enlarged at their tips. 



On stromata of Acanthonitschkea coloradensis. 



Type locality: Grand Mesa, Colorado. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 32: 129, f. 1, E, F. 



35. Lachnella succina (Phill.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Peziza succina Phill. Grevillea 5: 116. 1887. 

 Dasyscypha succina Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 458. 1889. 



Apothecia stipitate, scattered, or crowded, at first globose, 

 then expanded, concave, or nearly plane, reaching a diameter of 

 5 mm., the stem short and brownish, externally clothed with a 

 mass of rather poorly developed, sulphur-yellow hairs giving the 

 whole exterior of the apothecium a decidedly yellow color, the 

 individual hairs being yellow, or subhyaline; hymenium flesh- 

 colored; asci clavate, reaching a length of 80 /i and a diameter of 

 10 12 ju; spores ellipsoid, 3-5 X 10-14 m; paraphyses cylindric, 

 slightly enlarged above. 



On dead wood of Quercus and {Celtis ?). 



Type locality: Blue Cannon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 

 California. 



Distribution: California and Utah. 



Illustrations: Grevillea 5: pi. 89, j. 12. 



ExsicCATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi. 839. 



36. Lachnella albolutea (Pers.) Karst. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. 

 ■ Fenn. 2«: 132. 1885. 



Peziza sulphurea albolutea Pers. Syn. Fung. 649. 1801. 



Peziza variecolor Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 100. 1822. 



?Peziza turhinulata Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 173. 1832. 



Tapesia variecolor Fuckel, Symb. Myc. Nacht. 1: 336. 1871. 



Helotium alboluteum Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 160. 1871. 



Lachnea variecolor Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 83. 1880. 



Lachnella variecolor Phill. Brit. Discom. 259. 1887. 



Dasyscypha turhinulata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 456. 1889. 



?Lachnella citrina Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 46: 35. 1893. 



Dasyscypha sulphuricolor Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 157: 25. 1911. 



