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" Champ," pt. i. p. 384 ; Gill, " Champ," p. 13, c. i. ; Pat, 

 p. 40, f. 100. H. Icevis—Barg., "Phyt," t. 149. a. albida. 

 H. albida— Pers. " Syn. Fung," p. 616; " Obs. Myco," i. 

 p. 71; Schum, " Saell," ii. p. 411. b. pallide fuliginea. 

 H.fuliginosa — Dicks, "Crypt," ii. p. 25; Sow, t. 154; 

 With, " Arr," iv. p. 341 ; Schaaff, t. 220. c. fusca— 

 Bull, I. c. 



Exs.— "Erb. Crit. Ital," 233 ; Desm, " Crypt, Fr," i. 

 425 ; Berk, " Brit. Fung," 266 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit," 

 i. 233; Fckl, "F. Rh," 137. 



Slender, 3 to 4 inches high, elastic, pellucid. Stem 

 when young stuffed, becoming fistulose, base incrassated, 

 often irregularly lacunose. Pileus hardly an inch broad, 

 2 to 3 lobed, frequently orbicular (Fries, I. &). 



Much resembling in some of its forms Peziza macropus. 



On the ground in moist places in shady woods. 

 Summer and autumn. 



Name — From the French elastique. 



Near Halifax (Bolton). Birdbrooke, Essex (Mr. T. 

 Walford). Madingley (Relham). Hirsel Woods, Berwick- 

 shire (Miss Bell). Ragley Woods, near Pophills, Alcester 

 (Purton). Bungay (D. Stock). Milton, Northampton- 

 shire ; Beading ; Coed Coch, North Wales ; Linlithgow 

 (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Moncreiffe, Scotland (Rev. J. 

 Stevenson). Rackheath and Colney, Norfolk (Mr. C. B. 

 Plowright). Epping Forest (Dr. M. C. Cooke). Haw 

 Wood, near Bristol (Mr. C. Bucknall). Blackford Bridge, 

 Cumberland (Dr. Carlyle). Woods near Hereford ! 

 Wrekin, Salop ! Sufton Court ! Forrest Walk, Dolgelly ! 

 Bomere, near Shrewsbury ! 



9. Helvetia atra. Konig. 



Fuliginous-black; pileus deflexed, adpressed on both 

 sides, free, even beneath ; stem stuffed, furfuraceo-villous; 

 asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, 17 X 8/x ; paraphyses 

 slightly thickened at the apices. 



Helvella atra — Konig, " Zcega. Flo. Isl," 20 ; Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco," ii. 19; Holms, " Ot," ii. t. 25; Kromb, 



