276 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



margined, much resembling L. rufo-olivacea (A. and S.) ; 

 substance firm. 



Name — Fraxinus, an ash, colo, to inhabit. 



Northamptonshire ! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 



B. SPORIDIA OBLOXG. 



73. Lachnella siparia. (B. and Br.) 



Cups erumpent, subsessile, at first globose, then 

 cyathiform ; externally furfuraceous, ochraceous ; hyme- 

 nium becoming brownish; asci linear-clavate ; sporidia 

 8, linear-oblong, straight or curved, polari-nucleate, 

 10 — 12 x 2 — 3/i ; paraphyses filiform, slender. 



Peziza siparia — B. and Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist.," No. 

 772 ; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 2079. 



On decorticated elm-branches. October. 



Cups 1 to 1 \ lines broad. " Accompanied by a floccose 

 stratum, which is, however, possibly not constant. Cup 

 at first subglobose, then cyathiform, scarcely stipitate, 

 but fixed by a broad base, with the margin free ; exter- 

 nally ochraceous, furfuraceous ; hymenium ochraceous, at 

 length brownish; sporidia linear-oblong, *00045 inch 

 long, curved, often with a nucleus at either extremity " 

 (B and Br.). 



Name — Siparium, a veil ; from the furfuraceous veil. 



Elmhurst ! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 



Genus X. — Tapesia. Fries. 



Cups waxy or subcoriaceous, subsessile, crowded into 

 a crust, or seated on a subtomentose subiculum (Fries 

 " Sys. Myco.,'^ ii. p. 105). (Plate VIII. fig. 50.) 



Name — rairrjg, a carpet ; seated on a carpet. 



Arrangement of the Species. 



a. Cups externally villose or tomentose. 

 (a) Sporidia fusiform or oblong. 



(a) Sporidia simple. . .. .. species 1-4 



1,3) Sporidia septate .. .. „ 5,6 



