HELOTIUM. 163 



absent ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, straight, or 

 curved, 11 X 2'5/*; paraphyses filiform. 



Peziza phyllophila Desm, " Crypt. Fr." Helotium 

 phyllophilum Karst., " Symb.," p. 239. Pezicula phyllo- 

 phila Karst., " Myco. Fenn./' p. 167. Helotium albo- 

 punctum Bucknall, " Fung. Bristol," No. 805. Phialea 

 phyllophila Gill., " Champ.," p. 105. 



Exs. Desm., "Crypt. Fr.," ed. i. 1159. 



On dead leaves of Acer, Fagus, etc. Autumn and 

 winter. 



Cup about 1 \ lines broad ; gregarious or scattered. 

 Nearly obconical in outline at first, the cup at length 

 expands, and the disc is slightly concave, and at length 

 often convex. 



Name <vXXov, a leaf, ^t'Xoe, loving ; from its 

 habitat. 



Leigh Downs, Bristol ! (Mr. C. Bucknall). 



20. Helotium epiphyllum. Fries. 



Cup subsessile, convexo-plane, marginate, pallid- 

 ochraceous, smooth, firm ; stem very short or absent ; 

 asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform or oblong- 

 elliptic, straight or bent, 3 to 4-guttulate, 12 15 X 4/z ; 

 paraphyses filiform, slender. 



Helotium epiphyllum Fries, " Summa Yeg. Scan.," 

 p. 356; Berk, " Outl," p. 372 ; Gill, 'Champ./' p. 155, 

 c. i. Peziza epiphylla Pers, " Tent. Disp. Meth," p. 72 ; 

 " Syn. Fung.," p. 669 ; A. and S., p. 339 ; Fries, " Sys. 

 Myco.," ii. p. 137 ; Karst., " Fez. et Ascob.," p. 35 ; " Mon. 

 Fez," p. 143 ; Nyl., " Fez. Fenn," p. 46 ; FckL, " Symb. 

 Myco.," p. 316. 



Exs. Fckl, No. 1145; Karst, "Fung. Fenn," 722; 

 Roumg, " Fung. Gal," 1264. 



On dead leaves. 



Cup about J to 1J lines broad. 



Name tiri, upon, <uXXov, a leaf ; from its habitat. 



Forces, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Cawdor, N.B. ! (Rev. 

 J. Stevenson). Leigh Woods, near Bristol ! (Mr. Cedric 

 Bucknall). 



