HYMKNOBCYPIIA. Ml 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Neatishead (Dr. 

 Cooke). Church Stretton, Salop ! Wrekin, Salop ! 



Var. Epilobii. Cooke in " Fung. Brit.," No. 378. 



On dead stems of Epilobium. 



Furden, Montgomeryshire (Rev. E. Vize). 



Var.Solami. Pers., " Obs.," 2, p. 80. 



On dead potato-stems. 



Exs. — Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," 377. 



Wellington, Salop ! 



41. Hymenoscypha Urticce. (Pers.) 



Cup turbinate, pal lid- white or fuscescent, perpendicu- 

 larly striate, firm ; margin connivent, slightly pruinose ; 

 hymenium urceolate ; stem rather short, equal, smooth ; 

 pale yellow ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong- 

 lusiform, 7 — 8 X 2/x. 



Peziza Urticce— Vers., " Myco. Eur.," i. p. 286 ; Nyl., 

 "Pez. Fenn.," p. 39; Karst., " Mon. Pez.," 136. Peziza 

 striata— Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 122; Fckl., " Symb. 

 Myco.," p. 307. Helotium Urticce — Karst., "Symb.," 

 p. 237 ; and " Myco. Fenn.," p. 133. 



On dead stems of nettles. Autumn and winter. 



Cup about J of a line ; stem about the same. 



Name — Urtica, generic name of the nettle. 



Church Stretton, Salop ! Clungunford, Salop ! Carlisle ! 

 (Dr. Carlyle). 



42. Hymenoscypha clavata. (Pers.) 



Cup cyathiform, pallid or fuscescent, glabrous, firm ; 

 stem rather thick, enlarging into the base of cup ; asci 

 cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong or oblong-fusiform, 

 4—8 X 1—2^. 



Peziza clavata — Pers., " Myco. Eur.," p. 285 ; Fries, 

 " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 122 ; Fckl., " Symb. Myco.," p. 307. 

 Helotium clavatum — Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," p. 135. 

 Phialea clavata — Gill., " Champ.," p. 110. 



Exs.— Phil, " Elv. Brit.," 124. 



