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24. Hymenoscypha lutescens. (Hedw.) 



Cup stipitate, at first hemispherical, then hypocrateri- 

 form, yellowish ; hyrnenium brownish, margin paler ; 

 stem short or sometimes elongated, slender, flexuose, 

 subcylindrical, pale; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 

 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 12 — 15 X 4/* ; paraphyses 

 slender, filiform. 



Octospora lutescens — Hedw., " Mus. Frond.," ii. t. 9, 

 f. 3. Peziza lutescens — A. and S., p. 334; "Flo. Dan.," 

 t. 1440, f. 1 ; Wahl., " Ups," p. 465 ; Fries, " Sys. Myco.," 

 ii. p. 120. Helotium lutescens — Berk., " Outi," p. 372 ; 

 Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2134. Phialea lutescens — Gill., 

 "Champ.," 157. 



On dead twigs amongst moss, etc. 



Cup J to 1J lines broad, and as much high. Gre- 

 garious. 



Name — Luteus, yellow ; yellowish. 



Bloxham in Herb. Kew ! 



(b) On herbaceous stems. 



25. Hymenoscypha rhodoleuca. (Fries.) 



Cup plane, rosy -white, glabrous; stem nearly equal, 

 slender, same colour ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 

 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 10 — 14x4/*; paraphyses 

 filiform. 



Peziza rhodoleuca — Fries, " Obs. Myco.," ii. p. 306 ; 

 "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 127; Karst., "Pez. et Asco.," p. 31; 

 and "Mon. Pez.," p. 139. Helotium rhodoleucum — Fries, 

 " Summa Veg. Scan.," p. 355 ; Karst., " Myco. Fenn.," 

 p. 128. 



Exs.— Karst., "Fung. Fenn.," 152. 



On dead branches of Equisetum, in damp places. 

 Spring. 



Cup J to f line broad ; stem varying from J to J a 

 line high. When young this plant is pyriform, but soon 

 becomes expanded, and at length plane or convex. The 

 colour is a beautiful rosy-white. 



Name — po^ov, a rose, Ahokoc, white ; rose-white. 



Shelton Rough, near Shrewsbury ! 



