46 Thirty-second Report on the State Museum. 



Peziza apiculata Ck. 



Decaying wood. Stamford, Delaware County Sept. 



The specimens differ from the type in being blackish-brown, in having the 

 tips of the spores colored and in their habitat. Possibly they should consti- 

 tute a distinct species, but the agreement with the description is so good in 

 other respects, that for the present I have concluded to refer them to this 

 species. 



Peziza (Humaria) tetraonalis n. sp. 



Cups sessile, one to two lines broad, externally cinereous, the margin 

 sometimes wavy or flexous, the disk blackish or blackish-brown ; asci cylin- 

 drical, truncate at the apex; spores uniseriate, elliptical, smooth, colorless, 

 .0006'-.0007' long, .0003' broad. 



Partridge dung. Catskill Mountains. July. 



This plant is about equal in size to P. gallinacea, which also has the same 

 habitat, but its darker disk and longer spores require its separation. It 

 does not harmonize well in color with other species of Humaria. It is a rare 

 species with us 



Peziza (Humaria) htmosoides n. sp. 



Cups small, scarcely more than half a line broad, sessile, scattered or 

 crowded, orange inclining to vinous-red, the disk plane or slightly convex, 

 scarcely margined ; asci short, cylindrical or clavate ; spores crowded, ellip- 

 tical, smooth, .0008-.001' long, .0005' broad; paraphyses filiform, slightly 

 thickened at the apex. 



Dung of some wild animal. Catskill Mountains. July. 

 The cups are attached to the matrix by a few whitish filaments. The 

 peculiar habitat and small size indicate its distinctness from P. humosa. 



Peziza (Dasyscyph^) longipila n. sp. 



Cups gregarious, small, .014 -.02' broad, narrowed below into a short 

 stem, hirsute with long septate brown hairs ; disk whitish, when dry con- 

 cealed by the hairs of the margin ; asci cylindrical ; spores oblong, hyaline, 

 straight or slightly curved, .00033' long, .00012' broad. 



Dead stems of Eupatorium maculatum. Adirondack Mountains. July. 



Peziza (Dasyscyphje) urticina n. sp. 



Cups minute, .007-.014' broad, sessile, subglobose and hyaline when moist, 

 with the mouth contracted, whitish when dry, pulverulent-hairy ; asci subfusi- 

 form ; spores crowded or biseriate, fusiform, .0004'-.0005' long ; paraphyses 

 filiform. 



Dead stems of nettle, Urtica Canadensis. Catskill Mountains. July. 



The species is apparently near P. translacida. The hairs in our plant 

 are appressed and arranged in such a manner that when moist the cups appear 

 somewhat longitudinally striate. When dry the disk is generally concealed. 

 The plants are so small that to the naked eye they appear like mere white 

 grains. 



