Lachnella 269 



and a diameter of 5 fx; spores partially 2-seriate, ellipsoid, 

 4 X 7 /x; paraphyses filiform. 



On bark of conifers (Abies, Larix, Picea), or more rarely on 

 the leaves. 



Type locality: Blue Canon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 

 California. 



Distribution: Newfoundland to Alberta and south to 

 Colorado and California; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Grevillea 5: pi. <S'9,f. 13; Bres. Fungi. Trid. 

 pi. 104, j. 1. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2146 (as Peziza fusco- 

 sanguinea); Fungi Columb. 1223, 1311; 1414; Clements, Crypt. 

 Form. Colo. 81 (as Dasyscypha cerina (Pers.) Fuckel) ; W. B. 

 Cooke, Mycobiota N. Am. 66. 



One of the commonest species in the Rocky Mountains on 

 spruces and firs, and conspicuous by reason of the bright-yellow 

 color of the hymenium and distinguished from most other 

 conifer-inhabiting species, by the dark exteriors of the apothecia. 



47. Lachnella fuscosanguinea (Rehm) Karst. Medd. Soc. Fauna 

 Fl. Fenn. 16: 16. 1888. 



Dasyscypha fuscosanguinea Rehm, Ascom. 112; Ber. Naturh. \'er. Augsburg 



26: 30. 1881. 

 Lachnella Pint Brunch. Bergens Mus. Aarb. 1892^: 8. 1892. 

 Dasyscypha Pint Hahn & Ayers, Mycologia 26: 487. 1934. 



Apothecia scattered, or occasionally several in close contact, 

 short-stipitate, at first rounded, becoming shallow cup-shaped 

 with the margin slightly upturned, reaching a diameter of 2-3 

 mm., becoming hysteriform, or angular when dry, excipular 

 cells dark-brown, giving rise to a dense covering of brown hairs; 

 hymenium bright-yellowish; hairs cylindrical, brown, septate, 

 externalh' minutely roughened, reaching a diameter of 4-5 /x 

 and a length of 150-200 fx; asci cylindric reaching a length of 

 90 100 fx and a diameter of 9 /x; spores 1-2-seriate, ellipsoid with 

 the ends narrowed, 5 X 12-15 n; paraphyses clavate, reaching 

 a diameter of 3 |i at their apices. 



On bark of Pinus Murrayana, and other species of Pinus. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Colorado and Michigan; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Rab. Krypt.-Fl. I'': 827, /. 1-4; Mycologia 

 26: pi. 53. 



