LACHXELLA. 257 



fusiform, 5 — 9 X 2 — Sjj. ; paraplryses filiform. (Plate 

 VIII. fig. 47.) 



Peziza Ptericlis — A. and S., "Consp.," p. 338, t. 12, 

 fig. 7 ; Pers., " Myco. Eur.," p. 300 ; Nyl., " Pez. Fenn.," 

 p. 59. Trichopeziza pulveracea — Fckl., " Symb. Myco.," 

 p. 297 ; Sacc, " Mvco. Ven. Sp./'p. 163. Mollisia Ptericlis 

 —Gill., "Champ./' p. 121. 



Exs.— Desm., "Crypt. Fr." ed. i. 1419, ed. ii. 919; 

 Rabh., "Fung. Eur.," 424; Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," i. 657, 

 ii. 387; Phil., " Elv. Brit.," 33; Rehm, "Asco.," 411; 

 Rabh., " Fung. Eur.," 1817. 



On dead stems of Pteris aquiliva. 



Cups 200 to 500^ broad, nearly globose, roughish 

 and blackish brown to the naked eye. 



Name — Pteris, a genus of ferns. 



Castle Rising,Norfolk ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Shrews- 

 bury ! 



38. Lachnella papillaris. (Bull.) 



Cups gregarious, sessile, hemispherical, then expanded, 

 externally between villose and hairy, entirely milk-white ; 

 margin granulated ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, 

 oblong or oblong-fusiform, 10 — 14 x Sjix. 



Peziza papillaris — Bull., t. 467, f. 1 ; Sow., t. 177 ; 

 Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 102; "Eng. Flo.," p. 197; 

 Cooke, " Handbk.," 2051 ; Karst., " Pez. et Ascob.," p. 21 ; 

 and "Mon. Pez.," p. 188. Helotium pa,pillare — Karst., 

 "Myco. Fenn.," p. 160. Lachnea papillaris — Gill., 

 " Champ./' p. 80. 



On dead wood. 



Cups nearly \ of a line broad. 



Gregarious, crowded, not adnate, waxy, rather firm ; 

 margin entire, denticulated ; when dry closed, granuli- 

 form, persistent, so slightly tinged with yellow that it 

 can scarcely be called straw-coloured (Fries). 



The hairs are septate, faintly brown, with crystal 

 granules at the summits. 



Name — Papilla, the nipple ; appearing covered with 

 papillae. 



Greenhithe, Kent ! (Sowerby). 



