HYMEXOSCYPHA. 113 



, ("Stem slen<ler, but not filiform . . . . . . . . 2 



' \Stem filiform . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Sclerotium buried in the earth, associated with Anemone 



nemerosa . . . . . . . . . . . . tuberosa. 



Sclerotium on Carex arennria . . . . . . . . Duri.rana. 



Sclerotium on Bras*ica napti* and Solanum tuberosum Sclerotiorum. 



JSclerotium on leaves of Castan-ea . . . . . . Gandolliana. 



(Sclerotium on leaves of Quercus and Trifolium . . ciborioides. 



. JSclerotium on Juncus . . . . . . . . . . Cur re 



\Sclerotium on decayed vegetable matter . . . . filipea. 



2. 

 3. 



A. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC. 



1. Hymenoscypha tuberosa. (Bull.) 



Cup thin, at first pyriform, then infundibuliform, at 

 length expanded, bright brown, margin entire ; stein 

 elongated, flexuous, more or less immersed in the earth, 

 arising from a black difformed sclerotium ; asci cylindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, elliptic, biguttulate, 15 X 7// ; paraphyses 

 filiform, rather stout. 



Peziza tubarosa Bull., p. 266, t. 485, fig. 3; Sow., 

 t. 63 ; Fries, " S\^. Myco.," ii. p. 58 ; Pers., " Syn. Fung.," 

 p. 614; "Eno;. Flo./' v. p. 189; Huss., ii. t. 10; Berk., 

 "Out!.," p. 365; Price, f. 67; Cooke, "Handbk.," 1966; 

 Karst., "Mon. Fez.," p. 130; Pat., p. 35, f. 83. Octo- 

 spora tuberosa Hedw., (< 3Ius. Frond.," ii. p. 33, t. 10, 

 f. B. Sclerotinia tuberosa Fckl., " Symb. Myco.," p. 331. 

 Rutstroemia tuberosa- -Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," p. 105. 

 Phialea tuberosa Gill., " Champ.," p. 97, c. i. 



Exs. Desm., "Crypt. Fr.," ed. i. 1739, ed. ii. 1339; 

 Berk., ex. 153 ; Eabh., '-'Herb. ^Lyco.," ed. ii. 308; Karst, 

 " Fung. Fenn.," 530 ; Moug. and Nest., 397 ; Fckl., rt F. 

 Rh.," 1235 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit.," ed. i. 558, ed. ii. 183 ; 

 Phil., "Elv. Brit.," 7; Rehm, " Asco./' 202; Roumg., 

 "Stirpes," 161. 



In shady woods, buried in the earth associated with 

 Anemone nemerosa. 



The cups are about 6 to 8 lines broad. The disc is 

 generally darker than the exterior ; the stem is usually 

 black and fibrous below ; the sporidia have a nucleus at 

 each pole ; the paraphyses are sometimes branched. 



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