HYMENOSCYPHA. 137 



cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform or clavate, 

 straight or curved, 2 to 3-guttulate or pseudo-septate, 

 18 25 X 4 6/z ; paraphyses filiform. 



Peziza scutula Pers., " Myco. Eur.," p. 284 ; Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco./' ii. p. 123; Kickx., "Flo. Flan./' i. 485; 

 Nees, f. 282. Helotium scutula Karst, " Symb.," p. 233 ; 

 "Myco. Fenn," 110; "Scott. Nat," vi. 125. Phialea 

 scutula Gill, "Champ," p. 108. Helotium virgultorum 

 Pat, p. 38, f. 94. 



Exs. Karst, "Fung. Fenn," 739; Sacc, "Myco. Ven," 

 No. 728. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Spirea Ulmaria, etc. 



Cup J to 1 J lines broad ; stem J to 2J lines long. This 

 species has a group of near allies which can be regarded 

 only as varieties. 



Name Scutum, a shield ; from its resemblance when 

 fully expanded to a little shield. 



"Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. J. Keith). Falmouth ! (Mr. E. M. 

 Holmes). Persley Den, near Aberdeen ! (Professor 

 Trail). 



Var./itcata. Phil, in "Elv. Brit," No. 120. 



Cup subhemispherical ; margin incurved; disc brown- 

 ish yellow ; externally whitish, stained irregularly with 

 dirty yellow. 



On dead stems of Polygonum lying in water. 



Ellesmere, Salop ! 



Var. Lysimachice. Phil, in " Elv. Brit," No. 120A. 



On dead stems of Lysimachia vulgaris. 

 Shrewsbury ! 



Var. Menthce. Phil. 



Cup plane or convex ; disc bright yellow ; stem 

 slender ; sporidia 14 2 X 3 5/u ; 2 to 3 guttulse, often 

 pseudo-uniseptate. 



Helotium Menthce in " Elv. Brit," No. 188. 



On decaying stems of Mentha. 



