HYMENOSCYPHA. 125 



At first hemispherical, then expanded and plane ; 

 stem slender, attenuated downwards. 



Name — After Aspegren, a friend of Fries. 

 Wier Coppice, near Shrewsbury S 



17. Hymenoscypha serotina. (Pers.) 



Cup stipitate, plano-convex, rather thin, bright 

 yellow; stem short, firm, thickish ; asci cylindraceo- 

 clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic or clavate, straight 

 or slightly curved, 22 — 24 x 4/^. 



Helotium serotinum — Berk., "Outl," p. 372; Fckl, 

 "Symb. Myco.," p. 313; Cooke, "Handbk," No. 2132; 

 Gill, " Champ.," p. 156. Peziza serotina — Pers., " Syn. 

 Fung.," p. 661; Fries, " Sys. Myco," ii. p. 119; "Eng. 

 Flo," v. p. 201. Helvetia aurea — Bolt, t. 98. 



Exs.— Fckl, 1157. 



On dead leaves and branches in water. Autumn. 



Cup about 1 to 2 lines broad ; stem 1^ to 2 lines 

 long. Gregarious or crowded. 



Name — Serotinus, late ; from its late appearance. 



Near Halifax (Bolton). 



C. SPORIDIA CYLINDRICAL. 



18. Hymenoscypha bryophila. (Fries.) 



Cup stipitate, slender, at first concave, then convex, 

 glabrous, flavescent ; stem long, slender, flexuose, slightly 

 pubescent ; asci clavate ; sporidia cylindrical, curved, 

 10 X 2/u ; paraphyses filiform, enlarged upwards, septate. 



Peziza bryophila — Fries, " Sys. Myco," ii. p. 119. 

 P. pyxidata — " Flo. Dan," 1. 1017, f. 1. Phialea bryophila 

 —Gill, " Champ," p. 100. 



Amongst moss in mountain pastures. Autumn. 



Cup 1 to 1 J lines broad, 2 J to 5 lines high. Scattered, 

 slender, nearly white, becoming yellowish. 



Name — Bryum, a genus of mosses, and <j>(\og, loving ; 

 from its habitat. 



Longmynd, Salop ' 



