PEZIZA. 55 



16. Peziza phlehophora. B. and Br. 



Cup poculiform, oblique, substipitate, finely pul- 

 verulent, venoso-costate at the base ; asci C} 7 lindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 10 — 12 X 6/i; paraphyses 

 sparse, linear. 



Peziza phlehophora — B. and Br., " Ann. Nat. Hist.," 

 No. 1153, t. 3, f. 9; Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 1970; 

 " Mycogr./' fig. 217. 



On clay bank. 



Cup J to 1J inch broad, often rather oblique, yellow 

 or brownish, springing from a very short stem-like base, 

 from which branched ribs are given off, ending in little 

 pits ; hymenium often venose. 



Name — (p\i\p, a vein, Qtpu), to carry ; from the veined 

 base. 



King's Cliffe (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Brislington 

 (Mr. C. E. Broome). Coed Coch, North Wales (Rev. M. 

 J. Berkeley). Hill Plantation, near Carlisle ! (Dr: 

 Carlyle). 



Subgenus IV. — Cochleama. Cooke. 



Cup sessile, externally pruinose, flexuose, csespitose- 

 contorted. (Plate III. fig. 14.) 



Although the cups in this subgenus are sometimes 

 laterally divided, they are rarely elongated on the one 

 side, as in Otidea. 



Name — Cochlea, the shell of a snail. 



Arrangement of the Species. 



a. Sporidia elliptic, asperate . . . . . . species 17-19 



b. Sporidia elliptic, smooth . . . . . . „ 20-29 



Key to the Species. 



Hvroenium faint purple, changing to pale buff . . Adx. 



Hymenium olivaceous umber . . . . . . . . grandte. 



Hymenium orange red ; sporidia rough . . 1 



Hymenium orange red or bright yellow ; sporidia 



smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Hymenium some shade of brown . . . . . . 4 



, I Taraphyses globose at the apices .. .. .. fibrillosa. 



' \ Taraphyses clavate at the apices . . L . . . 2 



