328 The North American Cup-Fungi 



This is described from material collected by Mr. George V. 

 Nash, August 25, 1903. The species is distinguished by its 

 huge asci and spores. 



20. Godronia Castanopsidis Seaver, Mycologia 37: 351. 1945. 



Apothecia thickly gregarious, erumpent through the bark, 

 sessile, usually occurring singly, irregularly rounded, externally 

 blackish, reaching a diameter of 2-3 mm.; hymenium plane with 

 a dark, elevated margin, pale-yellowish, or nearly white; asci 

 subcylindric, tapering below into a stem-like base, attenuated 

 above, reaching a length of 300 /x and a diameter of 16-18 /x, 

 8-spored; spores filiform, nearly as long as the ascus, hyaline, 

 septate, 2 ju in diameter; paraphyses filiform, branched, pale- 

 yellowish, scarcely enlarged above, 2-3 fx in diameter. 



On dead branches of Castanopsis chrysophylla. 



Type locality: Mount Shasta, California. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Mycologia 37: 353 (lower figure). 



21. Godronia pinicola (Reb.) Karst. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 

 2«: 144. 1885. (Plate 139, Fig. 1.) 



Peziza pinicola Reb. Fl. Neom. 385. 1804. 

 Peziza pinicola solitaria Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 113. 1822. 

 Heterosphaeria pinicola Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 365. 1849. 

 Crumenula pinicola Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 210. 1871. 



Apothecia erumpent-superficial, at first rounded, expanding 

 and becoming shallow cup-shaped to scutellate, black with a 

 purplish tinge (purple by transmitted light) furfuraceous, or 

 slightly hairy, reaching a diameter of 2-3 mm., sessile, or short- 

 stipitate; hymenium concave, or nearly plane, similar in color to 

 the outside of the apothecium; asci clavate, reaching a length of 

 120 /x and a diameter of 12 /x, 8-spored; spores in a fascicle near 

 the end of the ascus or irregularly disposed, fusiform, hyaline, 

 3-4 X 24-36 ju, becoming 1-3-septate; paraphyses slender, 

 branched and forming a purplish epithecium. 



On living branches of Pinus rigida, P. pungens and P. resinosa. 



Type locality : Europe. 



Distribution: New Hampshire to Pennsylvania; also in 

 Europe. 



Illustrations: Not. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 10: pi. 2, f. e; 

 Mycologia 18: 182, /. 1, B-C; 37: 357 (upper figure); Rab. 

 Krypt.-Fl. P: 217,/. 1-5; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. V: 234, f. 178, A-C. 



