LACHNELLA. 247 



Peziza solfatera Cooke and Ellis in " Grevillea," vii. 

 p. 7. Peziza pulverulenta Lib. Auerswald in herb. 



On dead pine leaves. 



Cups J of a line broad. 



A minute and delicate species, nearly allied to L. 

 pulverulenta (Lib.), of which some may consider it only 

 a variety. The whole plant when fresh is a clear citrine- 

 yellow, of which colour the granules on the delicate, 

 non-septate hairs, and the globose masses at the tips of 

 the hairs, partake. The asci are about 2o/u long, and 

 about 4/i broad. 



Name Italian solfo, sulphur, terra, earth ; from the 

 colour. 



Clifton, near Bristol ! (Mr. Cedric Bucknall). Car- 

 lisle ! (Dr. Carlyle). 



Paraphyses acerose. 

 23. Lachnella nuda. Phil. 



Cups gregarious, plane or convex, stipitate, waxy, 

 flesh-colour, glabrous ; hymenium same colour, undulated : 

 stem long, flexuose, expanding into the cup ; asci cylin- 

 draceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform or oblong-elliptic, 

 hyaline, 5- -10 X 2 3^; paraphyses acerose, granular 

 within, exceeding the asci. 



Peziza nuda Phil., " Scott. Nat.," vi. 124. 



On the ground amongst moss, in a fir wood. 



Cups 1 line broad, and 2 lines high. 



A large and Helotium-like species, having acerose 

 paraphyses, which have never been observed before in a 

 perfectly glabrous species, the presence of which fully 

 iustifies placing here. The asci are 500/u long, and 4^u 

 broad ; the paraphyses are 70^u long. 



Name Nudus, naked ; nearly devoid of hairs. 



Torres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



24. Lachnella luteola. (Curr.) 



Cups csespitose, cyathiform, ultimately expanded and 

 convex, stipitate, pale straw-colour ; the edge covered 

 with very minute, parallel white hairs, giving a some- 



