Rev. M.J. Berkeley on British Fungi. 355 



There is scarcely ever the slightest indication of a papilla^ and 

 they are obovate with a single globose nucleus. The smell re- 

 sembles that of M. ambiguus. The walls of the cells are yellow- 

 ish, and are red in the dry specimens. 



*303. Batarrea phalloides, P. Sent to Sir W. J. Hooker in 

 1843 from Dropmore. 



304. Clathrus cancellatus, L. Isle of Wight, Dr. Broomfield 

 and Mr. Kippist. 



*305. Vibrissea truncorum, Fr. Llyn Howel, Rev. T. Salwey. 



Asci lineari-clavate, giving out a quantity of very slender, long, 

 curved, linear sporidia. 



*306. Peziza badia, P. Milton, Mr. J. Henderson, by the side 

 of a pond. The specimens were of a rich dark brown. This spe- 

 cies also occurred abundantly on rubbish in the Botanic Garden, 

 Regent^s Park, towards the end of 1842. The specimens in this 

 instance, found by Mr. J. D. C. Sowerby, were of a beautiful 

 vinous purple. 



307. P. pustullata, P. Milton, Mr. J. Henderson. The spe- 

 cimens grew in abundance on the bare soil, and were far more 

 strongly furfuraceous than any specimen I ever saw of P. vesi- 

 culosa. There is besides no tendency as in that species to become 

 expanded, the margin, as far as I have seen, being always in- 

 flected. 



*308. P. cupularis, P. Bristol, H. 0. Stephens, Esq. ; Bungay, 

 Mr. D. Stock ; Caistor, Norths, Mr, J. Henderson. 



The specimens sent by Mr. Stephens are perfectly stemless. 

 Those of Mr. Henderson have a very distinct stem, are dark ex- 

 ternally and yellow within, and come near to P. carbonaria, w^hich 

 appears to be but a variety. Mr. Stock^s specimens have a stem 

 like those of Mr. Henderson, but are of a far paler colour. 



*309. P. brunnea, A. and S. Rudloe, C. E. Broome, Esq. 



M. Desmazieres^s plant (of which I have a specimen) appears 

 to me the same with Mr. Broome^s, and both to accord with Mr. 

 Sowerby^s. My friend however — see Ann. d. Sc. Nat. vol. xix. 

 p. 367 — has come to a different conclusion. 



310. P. cauUcohj Fr. On stems of herbaceous plants. Not 

 uncommon. 



311. P. corticalis, P. Bristol, H. 0. Stephens, Esq.; Thame, 

 Dr. Ayres ; Rudloe, Wilts, C. E. Broome, Esq. 



312. P. eriobasis, n. s. Gregaria nivea sessilis, cupulis ut plu- 

 rimum distinctis tomentosis planis rotundis siccitate flexuosis 

 tomento basi affixis, hymenio alb^o, sicco ochraceo. On the smooth 

 inner surface of bark, Sherwood Forest, Notts. 



Gregarious but generally distinct ; cups half a line broad, flat, 

 orbicular, tomentose, fixed to little, round, snow-white, cottony 

 spots, which sometimes, though rarely, become confluent, but do 



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