440 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



PLATE III. 



Fig. 11. a, Peziza acetabulum, nat. size ; 5, a section of the same ; 

 o, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 12. a, Peziza cupularis, nat. size ; b, a section of the same ; 

 ':, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 13. a, a, Peziza pleurota, nat. size ; b, section of the same ; 

 c, an ascus and a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 14. a, Peziza aurantia, nat. size ; b, section of the same ; c, an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; d, sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 15. a, a, a, Peziza trachycarpa, nat. size ; ft, a section ; c, an 

 .iscus and a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia, c and d x 400 times. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 16. a, Peziza succosa, two cups, nat. size; b, a section of a 

 cup ; c, an ascus with two paraphyses ; d, lour sporidia, the two lower 

 more mature, c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 17.- - a, a, Peziza radula, nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; c, an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 18. a, a, a, Peziza lividula, nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; 

 c, an ascus with a paraphysis ; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 19. a, Peziza Crouani, nat. size; b, a cup magnified 5 times ; 

 c, a section of the same ; d, an ascus with a paraphysis ; e, four 

 sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 20. a, Peziza rutilans, two cups, nat. size ; &, a section of a 

 cup; c, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 

 rimes. 



Fig. 21. a, Peziza corallina, a group the rat. size; b, b, two cups 

 slightly magnified ; c, a section of a cup also slightly magnified ; d } an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; e, two sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. 22. a, Peziza omphalodes, a group the nat. size ; b, a group 

 slightly magnified; c, a cup more highly magnified; d, a section of 

 the latter, both showing the white mycelium from which they spring ; 

 <?, an ascus with paraphyses; /, four sporidia. e and/ x 400 times. 



Kig. 23. a, a, Psilopezia, nat. size ; ft, a section of the upper one ; 

 c, ascus with a paraphysis ; d, seven sporidia. c and d x 40l) times. 



Fig. 24. a, Hymenoscypha sclerotiorum, a group the nat. size, with 

 the sclerotia from which they arise ; b } a section < >f one ; c, an ascus 

 with a paraphysis ; d, five sporidia, c and d x 400 times. 



