510 MR. G. MASSEE—REDESCRIPTIONS OF 
Geopyxis aluticolor, Sace. Syll. viii. n. 210. 
On logs, branches, and twigs. New Zealand (Colenso, n. 2810; 
Kirk, n. 286); Brisbane (Bailey, n. 790); Clarence River, Aus- 
tralia; Inanda, Natal (Wood, n. 678); Cape of Good Hope 
(MacOwan, n. 1101); Fort Dauphin, Madagascar (Scott Elliot). 
PEZIZA DOMINGENSIS, Berk. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. II. 
vol. ix. (1852) p. 201; Sace. Syll. vii. n. 359. (Pl XVI. 
figs. 7, 8.) 
Sessile, discoid, margin slightly upturned and often more or 
less wavy, rather fleshy, dise deep reddish-brown or chocolate- 
colour, very much cracked when dry; externally pale buff, 
wrinkled, at least when dry, 2-3 em. across; consisting entirely 
of slender, interwoven hyph:e, central portion least compact; 
asci cylindrical, apex obtuse, not becoming blue with iodine, 
8-spored, about 250x14 u; spores l-seriate, hyaline, smooth, 
continuous, broadly elliptical, ends obtuse, very slightly inequi- 
lateral, often 2-guttulate, 24-26 X11-12 u; paraphyses very 
slender, not thickened at the tips. 
Peziza crispata, Berk. & Curt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) vol. x. 
(1869) p. 367. 
Lachnea crispata, Sace. Syll. viii. n. 682. 
Phillipsia kermesina, Kalchb. & Cooke, in Grevillea, vol. ix. 
(1880) p. 25; Saec. Syll. viii. n. 606. 
Helotium purpuratum, Kalchb. in Thuemen, Myc. Univ. 
n. 1614; also in Roum. Fung. Sel. Exs. n. 4634. 
On rotten wood. St. Domingo (Sallé, nn. 42 & 83); Cuba 
(Wright, nn. 348, 660, 661, & 716); St. Thomas, W. Indies; 
Natal (J. M. Wood, n. 411); Cape of Good Hope (MacOwan, 
n. 1102). 
The African specimens agree exactly in structure with the 
West-Indian iype, but in the dry condition the disc is a little 
paler in colour. In one of the Cuban specimens the ascophore is 
continued downwards into a short, stout, stem-like base which 
is densely downy. 
PzzizA EPISPARTIA, Berk. $ Broome, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
(Bot.) vol. xvi. (1877) p. 103 ; Cooke, Mycogr. p. 171, fig. 296; 
Sace. Syll. viii. n. 323. 
Sessile and attached by a central point, soon expanding until 
plane, margin often lobed or waved, substance rather thin; disc 
