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12. Craterium pyriforme. Ditm. 



Stem shorter than the sporangium, very plicate, penetrating the 

 shining, pyriform, ochrey-brown coloured sporangium ; lid chalky- 

 white ; columella distinct ; spores bright-violet, smooth, 'OSS-'Ol 

 mm. Rtfki. Hon., 120. 



On bark. 



Craterium pyri forme, Ditm., 1. 10 (1817) ; Fr. S. M., iii. ; Cooke 

 Handbk. No. 1150. 



13. Craterium minutum. (Leers.) 



Sporangium pyriform, together with the lid of the same colour ; 

 stem concolorous, or dusky-coloured ; lid convex; columella distinct; 

 spores bright-violet, smooth, 'OOS3-'01 mm. Rtfki. Mon., 120. 



var. a. genuinum. 



Sporangium with the lid leather-colour, stem rusty, short. 

 g. turbinatum. 



Sporangium, lid, and stem alike dirty-yellow coloured ; stem 

 usually short, now and then otherwise, with the stem 

 one-and-a-half times the length of the sporangium. 



On moss, leaves, &c. (Fig. 95.) 



Peziza minuta, Leers. Fl. Herb., No. 1085 (1775). 

 Cyathus minutus, Hoff., Veg. Cr., t, 2, f. 2 (1790J ; Sow., t. 239. 

 Trichia minuta, Relli. Cant, teste Fr. (1786). 

 Nidnlaria minuta, With. Arr., iv. (1792). 

 Sphcerocarpus operculata, Schum. ISaell., 1503 (1803). 

 Physarum turbinatum, Schum. Saell., 1450 (1803). 

 Craterium levcocephalum, Grev. S. C. Fl. t. 65? (1814). 

 Craterium minutum, Fr. S. M., iii., p. 151 (1829); Eng. Fl., v., 

 316; Cooke Hdbk., 1151. 



Craterium turlinatum, Fr. S. M., iii., 152 (1829). 

 Arcyria leucocephala, Auct. 



Sub.-Gen. 2. Trachycraterium. 



14. " Craterium leucocephalum. (Pers.) 



Sporangium turbinate, erect, ferruginous, variegated with white, 

 the lower part, together with the stem, very plicate, ferruginous; 

 capillitium, columella, and spores rusty brown colour; spores 

 smooth, -0083--01 mm.KtJki. Man., 123. 



On various substances. (Figs. 98, 100.) 



Fungoides minimum, Mich., t. 86, f. 14 (1729). 

 Peziza convivalvis, Batsch., p. 121 (1781). 



