372 The North American Cup-Fungi 



Distribution: New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Ontario. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 65; Rehm, Ascom. 423 (from 

 Newfield, New Jersey). 



For additional information on Tympanis see Groves, Myco- 

 logia 41 : 59-76. 1949. 



Doubtful and Excluded Species 



Tympanis cinerascens Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 237. 1832. On 

 unidentified branches, Easton [Pennsylvania]. 



Tympanis gyrosa Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 4: 3. 1875. The species 

 was described from sterile specimens. No authentic material has been seen. 



Tympanis plicatocrenulata (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 580. 1889; 

 Peziza plicate crenata Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1: 123. 1822. Material 

 in the Schweinitz collection was very scant and looked more like a Tapesia. 



Tympanis saligna Tode, Fungi Meckl. 1: 24, pi. 4, f. 37. 1790. Reported 

 on very scant material. 



Tympatiis pithya Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 228. 1871. This species has been 

 reported on Pinus albicaulis at Horse Camp on Mt. Shasta. See Groves. 



Position Doubtful 

 HAEMATOMYXA Sacc. Bot. Cent. 18: 250. 1884. 



Apothecia subglobose, finally subpatellate, irregularly sub- 

 cerebriform, gelatinous; asci broadly clavate, 8-spored; spores 

 becoming muriform, brown. 



Type species, Ilaematomyces vinosus Cooke & Ellis. 



Spores large 8-10 X 25-30 /x. \. H. vinosa. 



Spores small 8-10 X 18-20 yu. 2. H. ascoboloides. 



1. Haematomyxa vinosa (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. Bot. Cent. 18: 

 250. 1884. (Plate 150, Fig. 1.) 



Haematomyces vinosus Cooke & Ellis, Grevillea 4: 179. 1876. 

 Dothiora rufa (Ellis & Ev. in herb.); Rehm, .Ann. Myc. 10: 397. 1912. 

 Haematomyxa rufa Rehm, Ann. Myc. 10: 397. 1912. 



Apothecia at first subglobose, becoming patellate and irregu- 

 larly gyrose, wine-colored to blackish; less than 1 mm. in diam- 

 eter; asci broad-clavate, 8-spored; spores broad-ellipsoid, slightly 

 constricted in the middle, becoming muriform; paraphyses 

 sparse. 



On decorticated oak. 



Type locality: Newfield, New Jersey. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



The species shows some affinity with the Patellariaceae. 



