Peckiella hymenii Peck 1907

Peckiella hymenii Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus
116: 28. 1907.
Stromata white, overrunning the hymenium of the host and obliterating the gills, sometimes interrupted, becoming yellowish with age ; perithecia minute, ovoid, immersed with the necks protruding, numerous, pale-yellow, becoming darker with age; asci cylindric ; spores 1-seriate with ends overlapping, fusiform but not apiculate, straight or a little curved or doubly curved, simple, slender, 35-40 X5/i, oozing from the perithecia and forming
minute whitish masses upon them.
On the hymenium of species of Lactaria. Type locality : Wading River, New York. Distribution : New York and Pennsylvania.