LACIINEA. 219 



Epispore smooth. 

 21. Lachnea hinnulea. (B. and Br.) 



Cups scattered, sessile, hemispherical, then expanded, 

 flexuose, marginate, between fleshy and waxy, chestnut- 

 brown ; margin fimbriate, with short brown hairs ; asci 

 cylindrical; sporidia 8, globose, with one large gutta, 

 smooth, 12 14yz ; paraphyses clavate at the apices. 



Peziza hinnulea B. and Br., " Ann. Nat. Hist.," No. 

 1320*; " Grevillea," ii. p. 129, 154; Cooke, "Mycogr," 

 tig. 52. Peziza psammophila Berk, and Curtis, ined. 



Exs. Roumg., Fung. Gal.," 2768. 



On the ground amongst grass. Autumn. 



Name Hinnuleus, a young fawn ; from the colour. 



Powerscourt (Berkeley and Broome). 



B. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC. 



(a) Epispore asperate. 

 () Hymenium red, scarlet, or orange. 



22. Lachnea umbrorum. (Fckl.) 



Cups scattered, sessile, at first hemispherical, then 

 expanded, nearly plane, fleshy, vermilion or flesh-coloured, 

 paler when dry ; clothed externally with short, bay, 

 septate, rather rigid bristles; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, 

 broadly elliptic, nearly globose, tuberculate, 20 22 X 18/u ; 

 paraphyses clavate at the apices, filled with red granules. 



Peziza umbrorum Cooke, " Mycogr," fig. 138. Hu- 

 maria umbrorum Fckl., " Symb. Myco," p. 323. Peziza 

 umbrosa Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. 85 (in part); B. and 

 Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist," 1866, No. 1163, t. 4, f. 28 

 (var. with globose sporidia). Peziza umbrata Cooke, 

 " Handbk.," No. 2024. Lachnea umbrorum- -Gill., 

 Champ.," p. 209, c. i. 



Exs. Fckl, " F. Rh," No. 2080 ; Phil, " Elv. Brit," 

 No. 65. 



On damp ground in woods. Autumn* 



