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27. Helotium Humuli. (Lasch.) 



Cup very shortly stipitate or sessile, convex, 

 becoming slightly concave, lutescent, firm ; asci cylin- 

 draceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, slender, 2 to 

 3-guttulate, becoming uniseptate, straight or slightly 

 curved, 16 20 X 4/i. 



Peziza Humuli Lasch. in Rabh., "Herb. Myco.," ed. 



V 



ii. 221, and ed. i. 630. Helotium Humuli Karst., 

 '' Myco. Fenn.," p. 112. Peziza Humilis Desin., " Ann. 

 Sc. Nat.," 1847, notice 84. 



Exs. Koumg., "Fung. Gal./' 1859. 



On dead stems of Humuius Lupulus. 



Cup 1 line broad, scattered, mostly sessile, thick, 

 waxy, glabrous, at first globose, then the disc becomes 

 slightly depressed, almost marginate. The colour is at 

 first white ; it then changes to pale yellow or pale 

 brown. 



Name Humuius, the hop ; on hops. 



Llanymynach ! 



28. Helotium badium (nov. sp.). 



Gregarious, erumpent, sessile, at first turbinate and 

 slightly concave, at length plane ; hymenium bay-brown, 

 margin distinct and somewhat lighter; externally the 

 same colour, glabrous ; asci broadly clavate, rather 

 abruptly narrowed at the base ; sporidia 8, oblong- 

 fusiform or subclavate, 3 to 5-guttulate, 20 x 5/*; para- 

 physes filiform, slender. 



On dead twigs (willow ?) 



Cup ^ to 1 line broad ; margin entire and even. It 

 has a general likeness to H. ferrugineum, but differs 

 altogether in the fruit. 



Botanic Garden, Oxford ! 1822 (Mr. Baxter). 



(/3) On cones. 



29. Helotium conigenum. (Pers.) 



Cup shortly stipitate or sessile, plane, at length 

 convex, pale yellow or pallid, glabrous ; stem thick, 



