BELONIDIUM. 151 



parenchyma composed of subglobose cells below the 

 margin, and oblong cells near and at the margin, which 

 are umber-brown. 



Name — Excelsus, high, tall ; from its very large 

 sporidia. 



Grantown, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



5. Belonidium ventosum. (Karst.) 



Cups gregarious, from subspherical-applanate be- 

 coming convex, at first totally cinereous, then cinereous- 

 black ; hymenium pallid-ochraceous, or becoming totally 

 cinereous-black ; margin elevated, very slightly tlexuose, 

 obtuse ; asci cylindraceo-clavate or subcylindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, elongate-fusiform, often curved ; 2 to 4-guttu- 

 late, or spuriously and slenderly 3-septate, 10 — 20 X 2 

 — Sd/u ; paraphyses filiform. 



Peziza ventosa — Karst., " Mon. Pez.," p. 157; Phil, 

 and Plow., " Grevillea," viii. p. 103 ; Steven., " Myco. 

 Scot.," p. 326. Mollisea ventosa — Karst., " Myco. Fenn.," 

 p. 188. 



Exs.— Karst., " Fung. Fenn.," 733 ; Phil, " Elv. Brit," 

 173. 



On willow. Spring. 



Cup | to 1 line broad. 



Name — Ventosus, inconstant ; from its inconstant 

 colour. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Near Shrewsbury ! 



(c) Sporidia filiform. 

 6. Belonidium pullum. Phil, and Keith. 



Scattered, sessile, at first hemispherical, then ex- 

 panded, nearly plane ; externally brown ; hymenium 

 watery cinereous ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 

 fusiform, 4 to 6-guttulate, becoming 3-septate, 25 — 

 30 x 3 — 5/x ; paraphyses linear, slender. 



Belonidium pullum — Phil, and Keith in " Grevillea," 

 vi. p. 75. 



On Poa and Typha. Autumn. 



Cup J a line broad. The colour varies from pale 



