propolis. 377 



Name — Versicolor, changing colour. 

 Common ! 



C. SPORIDIA FUSIFORM. 



5. Propolis chrysophcea. (Pers.) 



Scattered, erumpent, orbicular ; hymenium concave, 

 reddish ; border rather thickened, golden yellow ; asci 

 cylindraceo-clavate or cylindrical ; sporidia 8, fusiform, 

 simple, 9 — 11 X 2/u ; paraphyses filiform, slender, some- 

 times branched in the upper part, and slightly thickened 

 at the apices. 



Peziza chrysophcea — Pers., " Syn. Fung.," p. 674 ; 

 " Icon. Pict.," p. 17, t. 8, f. 1, 2. Stictis chrysophcea — ■ 

 Pers., " Myco. Eur.," p. 335 ; B. and Br., " Ann. Nat. 

 Hist.," No. 966, t. 16, f. 19; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 

 2226. 



On wych-elm. 



About J- to f of a line broad. 



Name — \pva6g, gold, tyaioq, dusky ; dingy golden. 



Batheaston ! (Mr. C. E. Broome in Berkeley's herb., 

 Kew.) 



D. SPORIDIA CYLINDRICAL. 



6. Propolis Rosce. Fckl. 



Disc erumpent, nearly convex, white, size and form 

 variable ; asci cylindrical, stipitate ; sporidia biseriate, 

 cylindrical, bent, obtusely rounded at each end, 2 guttle, 

 hyaline, 24 — 26 X 7 — 8/x ; paraphyses filiform, same 

 length as the asci. 



Propolis Rosce — Fckl., " Symb. Myco.," p. 254. 



Exs.— Fckl, " F. Rh," 1276. 



The sporidia in my specimen become 2 pseudo- 

 septate; asci 118 X 12^u. Fuckel regards Exiclia sac- 

 charina, Fries, as the conidial stage of this species. 



On fallen branches of Rosa canina. 



Name — Rosa, the genus to which Rosa canina 

 belongs, on which it is found. 



Trefriw, North Wales ! 



