156 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



clavate; sporidia 8, oblong or fusiform, 3-guttulate, 

 6 — 12 x 2 — 4<{i; paraphyses scarce. 



Peziza alniella — Nyl., " Pez. Fenn.," p. 45 ; Karst., 

 "Mon. Pez./' p. 140. Helotium alniellum — Karst., 

 " Myco. Fenn.," p. 129. Helotium Grenseri — Auersw. in 

 Rabh., "Fung. Eur.," ed. ii. No. 1122; "Scott. Nat./' vi. 124. 



Exs.— Rabh., "Fung. Eur./' ed. ii. No. 1122. 



On catkins of Alnus glutinosus. 



Cup | to |a line broad, sessile or subsessile, pallid - 

 white or yellowish. 



Name — Alnus, the generic name of the alder- tree. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Dr. Keith). Scarborough ! (Mr. Massee). 



(b) Sporidia oblong-elliptic. 

 (a) On wood. 



5. Helotium fibuliforme. (Bolt.) 



Cup stipitate, convex, yellow, fleshy, rather firm ; 

 dark brown beneath, as well as the short, thick, sub- 

 villose stem ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia oblong 

 or fusiform, 2-guttulate, 9 — 12 x 2 — 4^u. 



Helvetia Jibuliformis — Bolt., t. 176. Peziza fibuli- 

 formis — Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 155; "Eng. Flo.," v. 

 p. 207. Helotium fibuliforme — Berk., " Outl.," p. 371 ; 

 Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2126 ; Gill., "Champ.," p. 158. 



On sticks of elm in water; also on ash in like 

 situations. 



Cup \\ to 3 lines broad, about 2 \ lines high. 



It consists of a little hard pileus, smooth, slippery, 

 and of a yellow-ochre colour on the upper side. It is 

 supported by a round stem, a line in length ; of a solid 

 and firm consistence ; and, together with the under side of 

 the pileus, is of a dusky black (Bolt., I. c). 



Name — Fibula, a button, forma, shape. 



Bell Bank, near Bingley (Bolton). Bettws-y-Coed ! 



6. Helotium flavum. (Klotzsch.) 

 Gregarious, stipitate ; cup at first subpyriform, then 



expanded ; hymenium bright yellow ; externally pallid ; 



