244 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



to which this species is allied ; the tufts contain from 

 two to four cups, proceeding from a common stem, or 

 sometimes single. It is an elegant species dedicated to 

 the Countess of Kinnoull, on whose estate it was dis- 

 covered (Dr. Cooke, I. c.). 



Name After the Countess of Kinnoull. 



Dupplin Castle, Perth (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 



17. LacJinella subtilissima. (Cooke.) 



Cups gregarious or scattered, stipitate, at first 

 globose, then hemispherical, at length expanded, waxy ; 

 externally white, villose ; hymenium orange-yellow ; 

 margin entire ; stem short, variable in size, enlarging 

 upwards into the cup ; asci cylindrical or subclavate ; 

 sporidia 8, fusiform, uniseriate, 10 12 X 2/m. 



Peziza subtilissima Cooke in " Grevillea," iii. p. 121, 

 fig. 167. Peziza calycina Nyl., "Fez. Fenn.," p. 24 (in 

 part); Karat, "Fez. et Ascob.," p. 16; "Mon. Fez./' 182. 

 Helotiwm, calycinum Karst., "Myco. Fenn./' p. 154. 



Exs. Fries, "Scl. Suec.," 360; Phil., "Elv. Brit./' 

 No. 114. 



On bark of firs. 



This was long confounded with P. calycina (Schum.), 

 till distinguished by Dr. Cooke (vide L c.). 



Name Subtilis, delicate ; very delicate. 



Scotland (Dr. Greville). Shrewsbury ! 



18. Lachnella luzulina. Phil. 



Cups gregarious or scattered, shortly stipitate, at 

 first turbinate, then hemispherical, at length nearly 

 plane ; externally white, pubescent ; hymenium pale 

 yellow ; margin entire ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, 

 straight or slightly curved, biseriate, 13 X 3^u; para- 

 physes filiform. 



Peziza luzulina Phil, in "Grevillea," iv. p. 121. 



Exs. Phil., "Elv. Brit.," 71. 



On dead Luzula sylvatica, at the base, between the 

 leaves. Winter. 



