PITYA. 291 



corrected to Pitya by Saccardo, SylL, viii. p. 209); Sacc, 

 Sj'll., viii. p. 209 ; Eehm., Krypt.-Mora, Disc, p. 925. 



Distinguished from other genera having glohose, hyaline 

 spores,, by growing on conifers. 



Pitya cnpressi. Eehm, Krypt.-Plora, Disc, p. 926 ; 

 Sacc, SylL, viii. n. 849. 



Gregarious, sessile or narrowed into a short, stem-like 

 base, piriform and closed when young, then nearly plane, 

 somewhat fleshy ; margin entire, thiokish, glabrous, lower 

 portion of ascophore and stem downy, especially when 

 young, whitish; disc orange-yellow or yellow; 1-2-5 mm. 

 across; Lypothecium and excipulum parenchymatous, cortical 

 cells largest, polygonal, 8-1 1 X 6-7 fi. ; asci cylindrical, apex 

 rounded, tapering below into a long pedicel, 8-spored;. 

 spores globose, hyaline, smooth, with a large central oil- 

 globule, 10-12 /x diameter, 1 -seriate in the upper part of the 



ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE PEZIZAE, &c. 



Fig. X.Barlaea Ormmnii, Sacc, nat. size ; — Fig. 2, section of same, X ; — • 

 Fig. 3, spore of same, x 300 ; — PIlt. 4, ascus and paraphyses of same, 

 highly X ; — Pig. 5, Lachnea liemisplierica, Gillet, specimen in early stage, 

 nat size; — Fig. 6, section of excipulum, showing the external hairs in 

 tufts, X ; — Fig. 7, two of the marginal hairs, x 300 ; — Fig. 8, spores of 

 same in young and mature stage, x 300 ; — Fig. 9, section of same when 

 mature and expanded; — Fig. 10, Hdotium leoliithinum, Mass., nat. size; — 

 Fig. 11, section of same, x ; — Fig. 12, section of excipulum of same, x ; — 

 Fig. 13, ascus and parapbysis of same, highly x ; — Pig. 15, Acetabula 

 vulgaris, Pckl., small and young plant, nat. size; — Fig. 16, spore of same, 

 X 300 ; — Fig. 17, Otidea neglecta, Mass., young and only partly expanded 

 plant, nat. size; — Fig. 18, portion of excipulum of same, showing the 

 outside clavate cells, x 300; — Fig. ]9, spore of same, x 300; — Fig. 20,. 

 Lachnea scutellata. Gill., nat. size ; — Fig. 21, section of same, slightly X ; 

 Fig. 22, Feziza vesiculosa, Bull., small specimen, nat. size; — Fig. 23, ascus 

 and paraphysis of same, x 250; — Fig. 24, Geopyxis coccineu, Mass., nat. 

 size ; — Fig. 25, spores of same, x 300 ; — Fig. 26, Geopyxis rapulum, 

 Sacc, nat. size; — Fig. 27, spores of same, x 300; — Pig. 28, Mollisiella 

 iliciacola, Mass., nat. size ; — Fig. 29, the same, x ; — Fig. 30, ascus and 

 paraphyses, X 300, — Fig. Sl,'Selotium epiphyllum, ascus and paraphyses, 

 X 300 ; — Fig. 32, specimens of same on portion of dead oak leaf, nat. 

 size ; — Fig. 33, Neottiella eorallina, Mass., nat. sizej^Fig. 34, the 

 same, x ; — Fig. 35, spore of same, x 300 ; — Fig. 36, Helotium moniliferum, 

 Mass., a single ascophore, slightly x ; — Pig. 37, section of excipulum of 

 same x ; — Fig. 38, ascus and paraphyses of same, x 300 : — Fig. 39, conidia 

 of same, x 300;— Fig. 40, PZectaJim metosfoma, Fokl., section of ascophore, 

 nat. size. 



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