CYPHELLA. 285 



Sporophores turbinate. Spores 8-1 1 mk. Spores terminating slightly Cyphella. 

 branched threads. 



On Ulex. Twycross. 

 Name— after Rev. A. Bloxam. B. & Br. n. 1894. 



2. C. griseo-pallida Weinm. — Pallid-grey, somewhat mem- 

 branaceous, globose then campanulate, sessile, floccose exter- 

 nally. Hymenium even, smooth. 



On dead Carex paniculata. Spye Park, Wiltshire. 



Whole plant \ lin. diam., at first granuliform. Hymenium pale reddish- 

 grey, border slightly undulated. M.J.B. Name— from the colour. Weinm. 

 Ross. p. 522. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 662. Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 945. 



3. C. ochroleuca B. & Br. — Ochrey-white and villous above, 

 membranaceous, cup-shaped, margin at length split. Hymenium 

 even, pale ochre, brighter than the pileus. 



2 mm. (1 lin.) and more broad. 



On bramble sticks. Rare. 



Name — <*xP°s< pale yellow ; A.ev«6?, white. B. & Br. n. 719. Berk. Out. 

 p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 948. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 911. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 662. 



4. C. stuppea B. & Br. — Erumpent, sessile, peziza^form, exter- 

 nally coarsely hispid, brownish then becoming white. Hy- 

 menium fuscous. 



On broom. Menmuir, Forfarshire. March. 



Name — stuppeus, made of tow. From being coarsely hispid. B. & Br. n. 

 1698. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 912. 



5. C. fulva B. & Rav. — Brown-tawny, membranaceous, cup- 

 shaped, deflexed, externally tomenlose. 



On dead bark. 



Remarkable for its deflexed mouth. Spores ovate, 17 mk. B. &• Br. 

 Name— /afo/w, tawny. B. &> Br. n. 936. C. Hbk. n. 954. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 662. 



6. C. brunnea Phill. — Dirty-brown, sessile, cupulate, clothed 

 near the margin with a grey pruina, margin incurved, lacerated, 

 mouth oblique. Hymenium smooth, discoloured-brovvn ; flesh 

 paler, subgelatinous. 



Scattered or crowded. Cups .5 mm. across, .8 mm. high. Basidia clavate, 

 two to four spicules ; spores colourless, globose (5-6 mk.) 



On bark and wood of old elder-trees. Shrewsbury. 



