GODRONIA 325 



in diameter, scarcely enlarged above, forming a yellowish 

 hymenium. 



On dead stems of Nemopanthes canadensis {Nemopanthes 

 mucronata) . 



Type locality: Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York. 



Distribution: New York to Maine and Ontario. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 29: 76,/. 3; 77,/. 4 9. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2330; Fungi Columb. 

 332; Barth. Fungi Columb. 4539; Reliq. Farlow. 121. 



15. Godronia Urceolus (Alb. & Schw.) Karst. Acta Soc. Fauna 

 Fl. Fenn. 2^: 144. 1885. 



Peziza Urceolus Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 2,2i2. 1805. 

 Peziza globularis Pers. Myc. Eu. 1: 326. 1822. 

 Cenanginm Urceolus Fries, S\st. Myc. 2: 182. 1822. 

 Sphaeria iiberiformis Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 491. 1823. 

 Tympanis Urceolus Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 2: 425. 1833. 

 Mastomyces Friesii Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 10: 135. 1848. 

 Cenangium globulare Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 364. 1849. 

 Crumenula Urceolus DeNot. Conim. Critt. Ital. 1: 363. 1863. 

 Cenangium urceolatum Ellis; Cooke & Ellis, Grevillea 6: 9. 1877. 

 Godronia Cassandrae Peck, Ann. Rep. N. V. State Mus. 39: 50. 1886. 

 Cenangella urceolata Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 591. 1889. 



Apothecia scattered, or rareh' five to seven closely crowded 

 together, erumpent through the bark, usually with a short, 

 thick stem, urceolate, reaching a diameter of .5-1.5 mm., exter- 

 nally brownish, or brownish-black; hymenium grayish, or pallid; 

 stem very short and inconspicuous; asci clavate-cylindric, reach- 

 ing a length of 90-125 /x and a diameter of 6-7 ijl, 8-spored; 

 spores filiform, many-septate, 1.5 X 50-75 fi; paraphyses filiform, 

 2 n in diameter. 



Reported on twigs of various kinds, Alnus, Betula, Cassandra 

 and Clethra. American specimen on Rihes seems to agree. 



Type locality : Europe. 



Distribution: Newfoundland to Alaska and Michigan; also 

 in Europe. 



Illustrations: Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. pi. 3,f. 4; E. & 

 P. Nat. Pfl. V: 234, f. 178, G-J; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 217,/. 1-5; 

 Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 39: pL l,f. 16 20. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 000 (as Cenangium urceola- 

 tum.); Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 742. 



