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BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



" Eng. Flo.," v. p. 201 ; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 2087. 

 Phialea inflexa Gill., " Champ.," p. 106. 



On stems of nettles. Autumn. 



Name Inflecto, to bend or curve. 



Near Halifax (Bolton). 



SUBGENUS IY. CYATHOIDEA. 



Smaller than the preceding; cups thin,at first urceolate, 

 then concave or plane, orbicular, glabrous, or subtomen- 

 tose ; stem usually slender. (Plate V. fig. 27.) 



Rarely exceeding 3 lines in height. Growing on 

 wood, herbaceous stems, and fruit. 



Name KvaOos, a cup, sTSoe, a resemblance. 



ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 



A. Sporidia oblong or oblongo-elliptic. 



(a) On dead wood 



(6) On herbaceous stems 



(c) On leaves 



(d) On fruit 



B. Sporidia fusiform or clavate, broad. 



(a) On wood (except fructigena on fruit) 

 (&) On herbaceous stems and grass 

 (c) On leaves 



C. Sporidia fusiform, narrow. 



(a) On wood . . . . . . 



(6) On herbaceous stems 

 (c) On leaves 



D. Sporidia pyriform or reniform. 



(a) On fruit 

 (6) On leaves 



E. Sporidia cylindrical. 



(a) On dead wood . . . . . . 



(&) On root-fibres 



(c) On carex stems 



(d) On fruit 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Hymenium brown 



Hymenium pale tan-colour, externally farinose 



Hymenium testaceous (confer scutuli) 



Hymenium red 



Hymenium amber 



Hymenium yellow 



Hymenium white 



Hymenium rosy- .vhite 



Hymenium, ? colour 



species 



55 



55 



21-24 



25 



26-28 



29 



30-34 



35 



36 



37-39 

 40-42 

 43-44 



45 

 46 



47 

 48 

 49 

 50 



nitidula. 



emergens. 



3 



electrina. 



4 



6 



rhodnleuea. 



aquatic a. 



