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ing stem ; hymenium bright orange ; asci cylindraceo- 

 clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, 11x25^; paraphyses 

 tiliform. 



Peziza pygmoea — Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 79 ; B. 

 and Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist," 1066, t. 5, f. 18, No. 1160*, 

 t. 4, f. 22 ; " Linn. Trans.," xxv. p. 432, t. 55, figs. 7-13 ; 

 Cooke, " Handbk," 2014. Helotium pyg-mceum — Karst., 

 " Symb. Myco," p. 214; "Myco. Fenn.," p. 153. Lacknea 

 pygmcea — Gill, " Champ," p. 71. 



Exs.— Rabb, "Fung. Eur," nov. ed. No. 1120. 



On dead twigs of Ulex, buried in the sand. November. 



Cups 3 to 6 lines broad. The stem varies in length 

 according to the depth at which the twig is buried. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, linear-oblong, "0005 to *0006 inch long; 

 about a J of an inch high when full grown, stipitate, the 

 stem branching out or dividing into several heads, which 

 form cups. The cups are often proliferous, producing 

 smaller cups on their surface, of a bright apricot colour, 

 but whitish towards the margin (B. and Br.). 



The tomentum disappears when dry. 



Name — Pygmcews, dwarfish ; from the size. 



Joyden's Wood, Dartford (Mr. C. E. Broome). Ascot 

 (Rev. G. Sawyer). Blackdown Hills, near Taunton, and 

 Wimbledon (Mr. C. E. Broome). 



16. Lachnella comitessce. (Cooke.) 



Cups csespitose, or single and gregarious, stipitate, at 

 first clavate, then expanded and cupulate, pale yellow, 

 tomentose ; hymenium bright golden-yellow; common 

 stem branching below ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 

 8, fusiform, straight or curved, 6 — 7*5 X 2*5/i ; paraphyses 

 filiform. 



Peziza comitessce — Cooke, " Grevillea," iv. p. 111. 



Exs.— Cooke, " Fung. Brit," ii. m. 371. 



On fallen tree. Autumn. 



Cups i to 1 h lines broad ; stems united at the base, 

 rather stout, expanding upwards into the cup, variable 

 in length : flesh soft. 



The branching stem resembles that of Peziza pjgmcea, 



