266 White : The Nidulariaceae of North America 



not seen ; the measurement being taken from some mss. notes on 



Cyatlius by Massee, made from the type of C. Wrightii at Kew. 



De Toni gives the measurement in Saccardo as " i 5 fx long by 10 



p. wide." 



13. Cyathia stercorea (Schwein.) 



Nididaria stercorea Schvveinitz, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 4: 253. 



1834. 



Cyatlius LesiieiLrii Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. i : 79. //. 5. /. 



S-13. 1844. 



Cyatlius Lcsueurii, var. minor Tul. /. c. 80. 



Cyatlius stercoreiis (Schwein.) De Toni ; Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 

 7 : 40. 1888. 



Peridia slender, campanulate, sessile or with an elongated 

 slender base, .5-1.5 cm. high, 4-8 mm. wide at the top, 1-3 mm. 

 at the base ; outer surface brownish fawn-colored, the young plants 

 being strigose with a copious covering of shaggy hairs, which 

 gradually disappear, leaving the mature peridium almost smooth, 

 or marked with circular depressed zones ; inner surface smooth, 

 shiny, lead-colored, somewhat darker toward the base; the mouth 

 entire or at first appearing fimbriate from the surrounding hairy 

 covering, but not ciliate-fimbriate ; sporangioles blackish-lead- 

 colored, smooth, shiny, 2 mm. in diameter, depressed beneath ; 

 spores 25-30// long, 20-25 a wide, thick-walled, hyaline, granu- 

 lar within. {PI. ij.f. 17-20 ; //. 16. f. i, 2.) 



Growing on manure, bits of wood, etc. 



Exsicc. : E. & E. Fungi Columbiani, 644 (as Cyatlius verni- 

 cosus) ; Ravenel, Fungi Amer. Exsic. 473 (as Cyatlius vernicosus\ 

 474 (as Cyatlius Lesueurii) ; Ravenel, Fungi Car. Exsic. 3 : 73 (as 

 Cyatlius campanulatus)\ Ellis, N. A. Fungi, 1308 {Cyatlius ver7ii- 

 cosus) ; Shear, N. Y. Fungi, 316. 



Pennsylvania : Schweiuitz ; New York : Underwood, Shear ^ 

 Brozun, Vail; Massachusetts: Ellis, Knight ; Maine: Harvey; 

 New Jersey : Ellis ; Delaware : 0. S. ; South Carolina : Ravenel; 

 Virginia : Murrill ; Iowa : Langlois ; Indiana : Underwood, Arthur ; 

 Ohio : Morgan, Lloyd ; Alabama : F. S. Earle & C. F. Baker, 

 Tuskegee, Carver; Kansas: Cragin, 27 j ; Colorado : Baker ; 

 Nebraska : Williams ; New Mexico : F. S. Earle & E. S. Earle 

 Cock ere II ; Canada : Dearness, 114^. 



This species varies very much as to size, shape and smooth- 

 ness of the peridium, which facts have been rather misleading, but 



