HYMENOSCYPHA. 117 



slender, curved, 10 — 13x1 — 2 oji ; paraphyses scarce, 

 filiform. 



Peziza Curreyana — Berk, in " Trans. Linn. Soc," 

 xxiv. (1865), p. 495 ; Tul., " Select. Fung. Carp.," i. 105, 

 t. 22, f. 11-17. Cooke, " Handbk," No. 20$3. Peziza 

 Curreii — Berk., " Outl.," p. 370. Peziza juncifida — NyL, 

 " Pez. Fenn.," p. 39 ; Karst., « Mon Pez," p. 133. Rut- 

 titroemia Curreyana — Karst., " Myco. Fenn.," p. 107. 

 Pkialea Curreyana — Gill., " Champ.," figure. 



Exs.— Phil., "Elv. Brit.," 31. 



On Sclerotium rosewm in dead juncus. 



The Sclerotium is found in the pith of rushes, from 

 which Mr. Currey found the Peziza freely developed 

 (see "Jour. Linn. Soc," vol. 1, p. 147). 



" The cup was of a bright brown colour, varying 

 somewhat in shape; in most it was hemispherical, in 

 some infundibuliform. In one the edge of the cup was 

 erect, extending beyond the equator of the hemisphere ; 

 in others the edge of the cup was recurved and sinuous. 

 The number growing from one Sclerotium varied from 

 2 to 13, and the greater the number the less was the size 

 of the individual. The diameter of the largest cup was 

 rather more than one-half, and of the smallest about -^ 

 of an inch. The stalk was well developed, being gene- 

 rally about the length of the diameter of the cup, of a 

 darker colour, and tapering somewhat from above down- 

 wards. In one specimen the base of the stem at its point 

 of junction with the Sclerotium was thickly covered with 

 hairs" (F. Currey). 



Name — After Mr. Frederick Currey. 



St. George's Hill, near Weybridge (Mr. F. Curry). 

 King's Lynn ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Bomere, near 

 Shrewsbury ! 



7. Hymenoscypha ciborioides. Fries. 



Cup infundibuliform, even, dark rufescent ; stem very 

 long, hair-like, bright brown. 



Peziza ciborioides — Fries, " Obs. Myco.," ii. p. 307 ; 

 and "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 117; Berk., "Ann. Nat. Hist.," 



