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by a claw at the base to the putrid stems of decayed plants, 

 in moist places near rills of water. It is shaped like a trumpet 

 in miniature. The height about half an inch. The colour a 

 bright pale yellow " (Bolton, p. io6). 



The above being all that is known of Bolton's Peziza tuba, 

 it is improbable it will again be recognised with certainty 

 among the many British yellow Helotii at present described]. 



STAMNARIA Fckl. 



1984. Stamnaria equiseti Sacc. [Lycoperdon equiseti 

 Hoffm. ; Peziza Peysooiiii Moug. ; Stamnayia Persoonii Fckl.]. 



N.E. — Raincliff Wood, Scarboro', on dead stems of 

 Eqiiisetum maxivmm. 



S.W. — Steeton, on dead Equisetum (Fl. Skipt.). 



" Distinguished by the horny, perfectly glabrous ascophore 

 with a somewhat narrowed, delicately bordered mouth " 

 (Mass. Brit. Fung. Fl. iv. p. 231, figs. 15-17, p. 156). 



POCILLUM De Not. 



1985. Poclllum Needhami Mass. & Crossl. 



S.W. — Elland Park Wood, on dead oak-leaves (Mass. Brit. 



Fung. Fl. iv. p. 498 : the locality is given as Hebden Bridge, 



in mistake). 



GORGONICEPS Karst. 



1986. Gopgonlceps Guernisaci Sacc. [Vibrissia 

 Guernisaci Crouan] . 



S.W. — ^Not uncommon in the Halifax; Hebden Bridge ; and 

 intervening districts on decorticated wood, branches, and twigs 

 of various kinds lying in rills, etc. (Fl. Hx.). Cullingworth. 



N.E. — Scarboro', on dead willow-branches, in a pond. 



N.W. — Masham, on dead sticks in water (' Nat.', May '03). 



BELONIUM Sacc. 



1987. Belonium pilosum Crossl. 



S.W. — Elland Park Wood, near Halifax, on dead stems and 

 leaves oiCavex pendula (New and Critical British Fungi. Crossl. 

 ' Nat.' Jan. 1900, pp. 6 & 10, figs. 7-14). In ' Nat.' June 1901, 

 p. 181, the figures are quoted 4-14, in error. 



