Erinellina 293 



This scarcely differs from ErineUa cervina Ellis & Ev. so far 

 as we can judge from the descriptions. 



6. Erinellina maculosa (Ellis & Martin) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 Helotium maculosum Ellis & Martin, Am. Nat. 17: 1284. 1883. 



Apothecia sessile, .16 mm. in diameter, externally clothed 

 with a few brown, bristle-Hke, faintly septate hairs arising from 

 near the base; hymenium dull flesh-colored; asci clavate, reaching 

 a length of 55 ^ and a diameter of 12 p., 8-spored ; spores 2-seriate, 

 broad-fusoid, becoming 3-septate, 4-5 /x 16-20 ju; paraphyses 

 rather stout. 



On pale-brown spots on living leaves of Persea palustris. 



Type locality: Green Cove, Florida. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis. N. Am. Fungi 1276. 



7. Erinellina Nylanderi (Rehm) Seaver, comb. nov. 

 ErineUa Nylanderi Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. V: 910. 1893. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, globose, at first closed, expand- 

 ing and becoming cup-shaped, externally yellow, or yellowish- 

 brown, densely hairy, .3-2 mm. in diameter; hymenium faintly 

 bluish, or reddish-gray; hairs pointed, septate, rough, greenish- 

 yellow, reaching a length of 150 m and a diameter of 4-5 ju; asci 

 cylindric-clavate, slightly attenuated above, reaching a length 

 of 80-90 M and a diameter of 5-6 m, 8-spored; spores elongated, 

 fusiform, straight, or somewhat curved, becoming 3-5-septate, 

 hyaline, 2 X 25-33 /x; paraphyses sparse, not strongly pointed, 

 3-4 M in diameter. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants Urtica and Impatiens. 



Type locality: Europe and Michigan. 



Distribution: New York; also in Europe. 



Resembling and often confused with Lachnella sulphurea. 



8. Erinellina longispora (Karst.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Lachnum longisporum Karst. Hedwigia 28: 191. 1889. 



?Erinella suhcorticalis Pat. in Duss, Enum. Meth. Champ. Guadeloupe and 



Martin. 67. 1903. 

 ?Dasyscyphella suhcorticalis Cash, Mycologia 35: 601. 1943. 



Apothecia gregarious, or subsparse, sessile, or short-stipitate, 

 white-tomentose, at first subglobose, then cup-shaped, .5 mm. in 

 diameter; hymenium yellowish; asci cylindric-clavate, reaching 



