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Common on old wood and the inside of bark. 

 Coll. Freda M. Bachman, Oct. 30, 1907. L. O. Overholts, 

 May 2, 1908. Bruce Fink, Aug. 7, 1908. 



-\-Orbilia coccinella Fr. Sum. Veg. Scand. 357. 1849. ' 



Apothecia scattered or in groups, subsessile. 1-2 mm. broad, 

 funnel-shaped, then plane, interior and e.xterior dingy yellowish- 

 red changing to brick-red when dry : subgelatinous. Hymenium, 

 hypothecium and e.xciple pale yellow. Paraphyses slender, hya- 

 line, with globose ends. vSpores spherical, smooth, uniseriate, 

 2-3 mic. in diameter. 



Common on old logs, etc. 



Coll. Freda M. Bachman, Xo\'. 3, 1907, July 4, 1908, Aug. 

 6. 1908. 



Orbilia xaiitliostignia Fr. Sys. ]\lycol. 146. 1822. 



Apothecia scattered or caespitose, 1-3 mm. broad, becoming 

 plane, exterior and interior reddish when growing, reddish yel- 

 low when dry, subsessile. Hymenium. hypothecium and ex- 

 ciple hyaline. Paraphyses slender, ends globose. Spores ellip- 

 tic, hyaline, 3-4 mic. long and 1.5 mic. wide. 



Growing on old logs, etc. 



Coll. Bruce Fink, June 6, 1908. Freda ^I. Bachman, July 

 4, 1908. 



-\-Orbilia aiiricolor ( B. & Br.) Sacc. Syl. Fung. 8: 625. 1889. 



Peziza auricolor B. & Br. Ann. & ]\Iag. Xat. Hist. HI. 

 15. Xo. 90. 1865. 



Apothecia attached to the substratum by numerous white 

 septate hyphae which later become brown. Apothecia scattered 

 or crowded, sessile, becoming plane, interior and exterior yellow- 

 ish or reddish-yellow, 1.5-3 """'•''• hroad. Hymenium anrl hy- 

 pothecium hyaline, outer cells of the exciple somewhat dark. 

 Paraphyses slender, the ends flattened as a nail. Asci clavate. 

 Spores fusiform or oblong, 4-5 mic. long and 1-1.5 mic. wide. 



Growing on decaying wood. 



Coll. G. D. Smith, Freda AF Bachman, Aug. 5, 1908. 



