246 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



flocci; asci very short and slender; sporidia "0002 of 

 an inch long, oblong, subclavate. 



Resembling in its investing coat P. Berkeleii, but 

 differing in colour, in the distinct stem, more open disc, 

 and in the more minute sporidia. P. aspidii, Libert, is 

 a more minute species, of a purer, more persistent white, 

 and with a more tomentose coat (B. and Br., I. c.). 



Name Aspidium, an old genus of ferns, colo, to 

 inhabit ; on ferns. 



Orton, Leicestershire (Rev. A. Bloxam). Shrewsbury ! 



21. Lachnella acuum. (A. and S.) 



Caps gregarious or scattered, stipitate, at first globose, 

 then hemispherical, at length nearly plane; externally 

 white or roseate-white, villose ; l^menium clavate ; 

 sporidia 8, fusiform or oblong-fusiform, uniseriate, 

 5 X 1'5/z; paraphyses filiform. 



Peziza acuum A. and S., p. 330 ; Fries, " Sys. 

 Myco," ii. p. 95; Nyl, "Fez. Fenn," p. 27; Berk, 

 "Outl.," p. 368; Karst., "Mon. Fez," 181. Helotium 

 acuum Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," p. 147; Cooke, "Handbk.," 

 2137; Gill., " Champ.," p. 161. 



Exs. Desm., i. 1536, ii. 1036 ; Karst., " Fung. Fenn.," 

 322; Fckl, "F. Rh.," 1153; Phil., Elv. Brit," 163. 



On decaying pine-leaves, in damp places. 



Cups about 100 to 200/i broad; asci 30/x long, 5/z 

 wide. The paraphyses are not easily seen, being dif- 

 fluent in water. 



Name Acus, a needle; a pine-leaf being so called, 

 on which it grows. 



Rose Hill, near Shrewsbury ! Forrest N.B. (Rev. 

 Dr. Keith). Aberdeen ! (J. W. H. Trail). 



22. Lachnella solfatera. (Cooke and Ellis.) 



Cups scattered, hemispherical, very shortly stipitate, 

 citrine-yellow, tomentose ; hairs short, minutely asperate, 

 granulato-capitate ; asci subclavate ; sporidia 8, narrowly 

 fusiform, 8 X l/< ; paraphyses filiform, slender. 



