CYPHELLA. 287 



On mosses. Rare. Cyphella. 



Name—muscus, moss; colo, to inhabit. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 663. Syst. Myc. 

 ii. p. 202. Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 949.— B. Fl. Dan. t. 2083./. 2. 



*** Stipiticoltz (growing on stems). 



12. C. lacera Fr. — When perfect 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) in stature, 

 whitish or yellow, membranaceous, cup-shaped, stipitate from the 

 vertex being extended, pendulous, then torn into many clefts, 

 slightly striate above with dense black fibrils. Hymenium 

 slightly wrinkled, whitish. 



On dead twigs. Rare. 



Name — lacerus, torn. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 664. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 202. 

 Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. 71. 950. — Alb. & Schw. t. 1. f. 5. 



13. C. capula Fr. — Whitish, membranaceous, obliquely cam- 

 panulate, extended into an oblique stem, smooth, margin sinuate, 

 irregularly shaped. Hymenium even. • 



It varies yellowish. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Frequent. 



Looks like Peziza. M.J.B. Spores ovoid, 7 mk. Q. Name — capula, 

 small bowls with handles. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 664. Berk. Out. p. 278. C. 

 Hbk. n. 951. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 915. Holmsk. ii. /. 22. Peziza Nov. Act. 

 Hafn. i. p. 286. f. 7. — Fl. Dan. t. 1970. f. 3 seems a var. 



14. C. Pimii Phill. — White or very pale yellow, cup-shaped, 

 erect or pendent, membranaceous, pubescent, margin of cup 

 somewhat incised. Stem rather slender, crooked, enlarged up- 

 wards. 



Fasciculate. About 4 mm. (2 lin.) high and cup 2 mm. (r lin.) wide. 

 Basidia cylindraceo-clavate, with sometimes only two spicules, generally lour ; 

 spores subpyriform, colourless (7-10x4 mk.) 



On dead herbaceous stems in water. Dublin. 

 Name — after Greenwood Pirn. Phill. Grevillea, vol. xiii. p. 49. 



*#** CanlicolcE and epiphyllce (growing o?i stalks and on leaves). 



15. C. pallida B. & Br. — Cups at first orbicular, at length 

 irregularly lobed, plane, tomentose or slightly hispid, sessile. 

 Hymenium at length wrinkled, pallid ochraceous. 



Cups }f-l line across, sometimes proliferous. Differs from C. Curreyi in 

 the colour of the hymenium, which is rugose, like that of Cantharellus mns- 

 cigenus, and its more irregular form. It appears also not to be erumpent, as 

 that species often is, but is seated on the bark or wood. 



