MYCOLOGIA 



Vol. X January, 1918 No. 1 



PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 CUP-FUNGI— VII. 1 THE GENUS 

 UNDERWOODIA 



Fred J. Seaver 

 (With Plate i) 



The above genus was founded by Peck on three plants col- 

 lected by J. T. Fischer at Kirkville, New York, July, 1889. As 

 indicated by the author of the genus in connection with his 

 original description, the three plants were split lengthwise and 

 a half of each sent to him by Professor Underwood to whom the 

 genus was dedicated. The other half of each plant was retained 

 and eventually deposited in the herbarium of the New York 

 Botanical Garden. A note by Underwood accompanying these 

 specimens states, " The locality has been carefully searched every 

 year from 1889 to 1895 with the above results." The results 

 consisted of one specimen collected by Underwood in June, 1890, 

 from which the accompanying photograph and drawings have 

 been made ; also fragments of a specimen collected by Under- 

 wood in June, 1893, making in all three collections of the species 

 including the type. 



On July 23, 1917, Mr. Stewart H. Burnham sent from Hudson 

 Falls, New York, two small specimens of the species collected 

 at Tripoli, New York, and determined by himself. This is the 

 extent of our knowledge of the species so far as our own col- 

 lections are concerned. While it is impossible to know how many 



1 An error occurred in the numbering of the last paper under this main 

 title in Mycologia for March, 19 17. It should have been numbered VI instead 

 of V. The species illustrated was Discina venosa. 



[Mycologia for November (g : 323-374) was issued November 15, 1917.] 



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