158 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Exs.— Rabh., " Fung. Eur./' No. 29 ; Karst., " Fung. 

 Fenn.," No. 80 and 458; Moug. and Nest., No. 784; 

 Phil., " Elv. Brit." No. 41 ; Rehm, " Asco.," 704 ; Roumg., 

 " Fung. Gal.," 446, 650. 



On dead stumps and naked wood. Autumn. 



Cup from J to 1 line broad. Gregarious or crowded ; 

 clear citrine-yellow. 



Name — Citrus, lemon ; lemon-yellow. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Penicuick, near Edin- 

 burgh ! Cawdor, N.B. ! Leigh Woods, near Bristol (Mr. 

 Cedric Bucknall). Forden, Montgomeryshire ! (Rev. J. 

 E. Vize). Downton, Salop ! Wrekin, Salop ! Trefrew, 

 North Wales ! Clungunford, Salop ! 



9. Helotium pallescens. (Pers.) 



Cup shortly stipitate, concave or plane, waxy, pale 

 yellow or whitish, inclining to pallid, glabrous ; stem 

 short, rather stout, or absent ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; 

 sporidia elliptic or oblong, pseudo-uniseptate, 8 — 11 X 2 

 — 4/x ; paraphyses filiform, slender. 



Helotium pallescens — Fries, " Summa Veg. Scan.," 

 p. 355; Cooke, "Handbk," No. 2146; Karst, " Myco. 

 Fenn.," p. 114 (?) ; Gill., " Champ.," p. 109. Peziza pal- 

 lescens — Pers., " Obs.," p. 85 ; " Syn. Fung.," p. 664 ; 

 Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 132 ; " Eng. Flo./' p. 203. 



Exs.— Karst., " Fung. Fenn.," 640. 



On dead stumps. Autumn. 



Cup about \ to 1 line broad, nearly sessile, firm, 

 waxy texture, margin paler than the disc, and regular. 



Name — Pallesco, to grow pale. 



Leigh Woods, near Bristol (Mr. Cedric Bucknall). 

 North Wootton! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Forres, N.B. ! 

 (Rev. Dr. Keith). Near Shrewsbury ! 



10. Helotium subsessile. Schum. 



Cups very shortly stipitate or sessile, plano-convex, 

 pale umber, externally pallid; stem umber- brown at the 

 base ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong, sublanceolate, 2 

 to 3-nucleate. 



