270 White : The Nidulariaceae of North America 



Pezizalaevis Huds. Fl. Ang. 634. 1778. [Ed. 2.] 



Cynt/iHs cjlindnais YJ'xWd. Fl. Berol. 399. 1787. 



Cyathus cnicibidiformis Hoffm. Veg. Crypt, fasc. 2, 29. pi. 8. 

 f. I. 1790. 



Nididaria lacvis Bull. Champ, i: 164. //. 4^8. f. 2. pi. 40. 

 1791 ; With. Bot. Arrang. 3: 446. 1792 [Ed. 2] ; Sibth. Fl. 

 Ox. 393. 1794. 



Cyathus Crucibulum Pers. Syn. Fung. 238. 1801 ; Nees, Syst. 

 1^0. pi. ij.f. 133. 18 17. 



Cyathus laevis DC. Fl. Fr. 2 : 269. 1805. 



Nididaria Crucibulum SQcret Mycogr. Suisse, 3: 378. 1833; 

 Schwein. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 4: 253. 1834. 



Nididaria jiiglandicola Schwein. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 4 : 253, 



1834. 



Crucibidum vidgare Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. i: go.pl. 6.f. 



g-24. pi. 7.f. I. pi. 8.f. 13-17. 1844. 



Crucibulum juglandicolum De Toni ; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7: 44. 

 1888. 



Peridia 5-1 o mm. high, 5-10 mm. across at the top, 4-7 mm. 

 at the base, cylindrical-campanulate, base truncate or but slightly 

 contracted ; outer surface dirty cinnamon or grayish fawn-color, 

 young plant minutely velvety tomentose, becoming smoother with 

 age ; the inner surface smooth, shiny and whitish ; mouth en- 

 tire, firm and even, sometimes slightly contracted, sporangioles 

 pale ochraceous, becoming whitish, 1.5-2 mm. in diameter, very 

 numerous and crowded, flattened beneath ; spores hyaline, elliptic, 

 Z-\o IX long, 4-6// wide, smooth, some thick-walled. {PI. 16. f. 

 10-13 ; pi. 18. f. 7-13 and 16.) 



Plants gregarious or single on twigs, old bagging, chips, etc.; 

 common and variable. 



Exsic: Ellis, N. A. Fungi, no. 728; Ravenel, Fungi Amer. 

 Exsic. no. 139. 



New York: Underzvood, Clinton, Jclliffe ; Maine: Harvey; 

 Connecticut: Underivood, White; Massachusetts: Underwood, 

 Underwood & Seymour, g 4.1 ; New ]ersey : Bllis, White; Pennsyl- 

 vania : Haines, Everhart ; Alabama : Underivood, Earle ; Virginia : 

 Underwood ; Kentucky : Underwood ; Indiana, Underivood ; Kan- 

 sas: Cragin, 4go ; Oregon: Carpenter ; Montana: Reynolds ; Qq-l- 

 OKXHo: Bethel, Underivood & Selby ; Washington: Suksdoif. 



