62 FETCH : 



Peradeniya, January, 1912, spores 14-16 x 8-12 \x. 

 No. 3965, Hakgala, April, 1914, spores 16-22 X 8 ^x, occa- 

 sionally 20 X 16 [).. No. 4342, Haputale, spores 17-24 X 

 9-10 ^, some globose 10 ^. No. 5129, Henaratgoda, 

 August, 1916, spores 15 X 8 ^. No. 5494, Deviturai, 

 August, 1917, spores 14-18 X 8-10 \k, some globose 10-12 ^ 

 diameter. No. 2666, Peradeniya, October, 1908, spores 

 13-20 X 8 \).. No. 2883, Peradeniya, July, 1909, spores in 

 one peridiole 15-19 X 8-12 [x, in another up to 21 X 14- 

 15 [K. No. 3038, Peradeniya, 1909, spores 15-24 x 8-12 ^. 

 No. 3853, Peradeniya, December, 1913, spores 12-17 X 

 6-8 [JL. 



The spores are oval, usually with almost parallel 

 sides. 



Cyathus striatus Hudson. No. 2324, on elephant dung, 

 Hakgala, March, 1907 ; det. Lloyd. No. 5557, on elephant 

 dung, Hakgala, December, 1917. 



Lloyd, Letter 17, writes of this form : " Differs from the 

 European plant in having larger, narrower, more scabrous 

 cups, and much smaller spores — 7 X 12. The spores of the 

 type form are 8-10 X 18-20, hence for those who base new 

 species largely on spore measurements it is a marked 

 species, I can see nothing in it, however, but a form of 

 striatus." 



The two collections are identical, and it has not been 

 found elsewhere or on a different substratum. The cups 

 are up to 18 mm. high, usually conico-cylindric, about 2 mm. 

 diameter at the base and 7 mm. diameter at the mouth. 

 The spores vary from 12 X 7 to 5 X 4 jji,. 



Cyathus stercoreus Schw. No. 2136, on deer dung, Pattipola, 

 October, 1908 ; det. Lloyd. 



Cyathus triplex Lloyd. No. 2144, Peradeniya, October, 1906 ; 

 det. Lloyd. No. 2135, Middlemarch, October, 1906, spores 

 16-20 X 9-10 \x ; det. Lloyd. No. 2146, Peradeniya, June, 

 1906, spores 20-25 x 10 [k. No. 3854, Peradeniya, Novem- 

 ber, 1913, spores usually 15-16 X 10-12 ^J^, but one 24 X 

 10 \K. No. 4363, Peradeniya, December, 1914. No. 5556, 

 Warriapolla, January, 1918, spores 16-24 X 10-12 ^. 



