LACHNEA. 221 



drical ; sporidia 8, broadly elliptic, asperate, 22 X 15/* 

 paraphyses clavate at the apices, filled with yellow 

 granules. 



Peziza vitellina — Pers., " Mvco. Eur.," p. 257; Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco.," ii. 84; "Eng. Flo.," v. p. 193; Cooke, 

 " Handbk.," No. 2023 ; B. and Br., « Ann. Nat. Hist.," 

 1866, No. 1163*, t. 4, f. 29; * Grevillea," in fig. 110; 

 Cooke, "Mycogr.," fig. 143. Lachnella vitellina — Gill., 

 " Champ.," p. 74. 



On the ground. Autumn. 



Cups 2J lines broad ; hairs rather long, septate, 

 coloured. 



Name — Vitellus, the yolk of an egg; from its colour. 



Appin (Carmichael). Wareham (Mr. C. E. Broome). 

 Coed Coch, North Wales (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Worlaby ! 

 (Mr. C. H Spencer Perceval). 



(y) Hymenium livid. 

 25. Lachnea livida. (Schum.) 



Cups gregarious, sessile, hemispherical, becoming 

 plane ; externally fuliginous, clothed with long, strigose, 

 septate, brown hairs, those on the margin short, stout, 

 and obtuse ; hymenium livid-glaucous ; asci cylindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, broadly elliptic, minutely asperate, 20 X 10/*; 

 paraphyses linear, clavate at the apices. 



Peziza livida — Schum., " Saell," ii. p. 422 ; " Flo. 

 Dan.," t. 1915, f. 3; Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 86 ; Weinm., 

 p. 438; "Grevillea," iii. fig. 222; Cooke, "Mycogr," 

 fig. 139. Peziza scutellata — Batsch, " Cont," f. 154. 

 Humaria livida — Fckl, " Symb. Myco," 322 (?). Lachnea 

 livida — Gill, "Champ," p. 73. 



On rotten wood. Spring. 



Cups 2 J lines broad ; marginal hairs short, broad 

 obtuse, septate, brown, 200 to 250/* long. Peziza ccertdea 

 (Bolt, "Fung," t. 108, fig. 2) is allied to this species 

 (Cooke). 



Name — Lividus, a pale lead-colour. 



Dumfriesshire (Sir W. Jardine). 



