424 THELEPHORACE.E Cyphdla 



1901. C. Pimii Phill. (after Greenwood Pirn, mycologist) a b. 

 Fasciculate, cyathiform, erect or pendent, membranous, soft, 



fragile, pubescent, white or pale yellow. Stem somewhat 

 slender, crooked, enlarged upwards ; marg. somewhat incised. 

 Dead herbaceous stems in water, nettle, butter-bur. Feb. jt x J in. 



1902. C. eapula Fr. (from its resemblance to a small bowl, capulct) ab c. 

 Membranous, obliquely campanulate, smooth; marg. sinuate, 



irregular. Hym. even, whitish to yellowish, rarely greyish, 

 brownish, or wholly white. 



Dead herbaceous stems, twigs, branches, nettles, fennel, moss, strawberry, 

 comfrey ; frequent. Oct. -Aug. J in. 



1903. C. eernua Mass, (from the habit, bending downwards; 



cernuus, nodding) a. 



Thin, obliquely campanulate, glabrous, stem elongate, equal, 

 clear primrose-yellow, yellowish-white, somewhat sulphur or 

 very pale yellow. 



Bark, elder. J in. Perhaps the same as 1902, but Massee considers it 

 distinct in its more erect habit and larger spores. 



1904. C. eutieulosa Fr. ex Berk, (from the membranous substance ; 



cuticula, the outer skin) a b. 

 Membranous, at first oblong, then cup-shaped, smooth externally, 



diaphanous white. 

 Dead grass stems ; rare. Feb. ^-\ in. 



1905. C. laeera Fr. (from the cleft margin ; lacerus, torn) a I' c. 

 Membranous, cup-shaped, vertical or pendulous, torn into clefts, 



slightly striate and black fibrillose above. Hym. slightly 

 wrinkled and whitish, grey externally. 

 Dead twigs. ^ x J in. 



1906. C. galeata Fr. (from its resemblance to a metal skull-cap or 



helmet ; galea, a helmet) a c. 



Membranous soft, subsessile, even ; marg. entire, then torn. 

 Hym. slightly wrinkled, white to grey-white or pale rose-brown. 

 Mosses ; uncommon. Dec. J i 2 in. 



1907. C. Goldbaehii Weinm. (after Carl Ludwig Goldbach) a b c. 

 Membranous, cup-shaped, sessile, lobed or cleft, externally 



villous. Hym. even, pallid, white, ivory, or white-ochre. 

 Dead leaves of Air a cizspitosa, Carex panic ulata. Feb. J x T V in. 



1908. C. museigena Fr. (from its habit, borne on mosses ; muscus, 



moss, gigno, to bear) a b c. 



Membranous soft, becoming .plane, subdimidiate, externally 

 silky under a lens. Hym. slightly wrinkled, shining-white, 

 becoming pale brown. 



Various mosses ; uncommon. Sept. -Jan. f in. Varied in form, fan- 

 shaped, spathulate, etc. Sometimes stipitate, sometimes f in. across. 

 This is Cantharelhis l<zvis Fr. 



