LACHNELLA. 265 



Exs.— Karst, " Fung. Fenn./' 62; Phil., "Ely. Brit.," 

 25; Roumg., "Fung. Gal./' 1415. 



On dead nettle-stems and Stachys. 



Cups J to | of a line. 



Name — Sulphur, brimstone ; sulphur-coloured. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Ruse Hill, near 

 Shrewsbury ! 



Var. /3. leucophcea. (Pers.) 



Scattered or gregarious, hemispherical, pallid-tomen- 

 tose, hairs whitish or sulphury, often at length fer- 

 ruginous ; hymenium whitish ; asci subcylindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, fu so-filiform, 7 — 16 X 1 — 1'5/x; paraphyses 

 acerose, slightly exceeding the asci, rather slender. 



Peziza sulphurea, var. leucophcea — Pers., "Myco. 

 Eur.," 250; Weinm, "Myco." p. 451. P. leucophcea — 

 NyL, "Fez. Fenn.," p. 31; Karst., "Mon. Pez.," p. 199. 

 Lachnum leucophceum — Karst., " Myco. Fenn.," p. 177 ; 

 "Scott. Nat." vi. 123. 



Exs. — Rab., " Herb. Myco.," ed. ii. 707 ; Desm, " Crypt. 

 Fr.," ed. i. 173, and ed. ii. 121; Karst., "Fung. Fenn.," 

 62 (in part) ; Rehm, H Asco.," 308 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit.," 

 ed. ii. 372. ' 



On nettles, large Umbelliferce, and Artemisia, 



Certainly not worthy of specific rank. 



Name — Xzvkoq, white, <paiog, dusky; grey ash-coloured. 



Leigh Downs, near Bristol! (Air. C. Bucknall). Forden, 

 North Wales ! 



B. HAIKS OF CUP HYALINE. 



(a) Sporidia elliptic, oblong, or subcymbiform. 



(a) Paraphyses filiform or absent 



(i.) Cups coloured. 



53 Lachnella dematiicola. (B. and Br.) 



Cups gregarious, minute, hemispherical, watery-umber, 

 ciliated with long, hyaline, non-septate flocci ; hymenium 

 same colour, or cinereous; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; 



