LACHXEA. 219 



(li) Epispore smooth. 

 21. Lachnea hinnulea. (B. and Br.) 



Cups scattered, sessile, hemispherical, then expanded, 

 flexuose, marginate, between fleshy and waxy, chestnut- 

 brown ; margin fimbriate, with short brown hairs ; asci 

 cylindrical; sporidia 8, globose, with one large gutta, 

 smooth, 12 — 14/x; paraphyses clavate at the apices. 



Peziza hinnulea — B. and Br., " Ann. Nat. Hist.," No. 

 1320*; " Grevillea," ii. p. 129, 154; Cooke, "Mycogr.," 

 fig. 52. Peziza psammophila — Berk, and Curtis, ined. 



Exs.— Roumg., " Fung. Gal.," 2768. 



On the ground amongst grass. Autumn. 



Name — Hinnuleus, a young fawn ; from the colour. 



Powerscourt (Berkeley and Broome). 



B. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC. 



(a) Epispore asperate. 



(a) Hymenium red, scarlet, or orange. 



22. Lachnea umbrorum. (Fckl.) 



Cups scattered, sessile, at first hemispherical, then 

 expanded, nearly plane, fleshy, vermilion or flesh-coloured, 

 paler when dry ; clothed externally with short, bay, 

 septate, rather rigid bristles; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, 

 broadly elliptic, nearly globose, tuberculate, 20 — 22 X 18/x ; 

 paraphyses clavate at the apices, filled with red granules. 



Peziza umbrorum — Cooke, " Mycogr.," fig. 138. Hu- 

 maria umbrorum — Fckl., " Symb. Myco." p. 323. Peziza 

 umbrosa — Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. 85 (in part) ; B. and 

 Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist.," 1866, No. 1163, t. 4, f. 28 

 (var. with globose sporidia). Peziza umbrata — Cooke, 

 " Handbk.," No. 2024. Lachnea umbrorum — Gill., 

 « Champ.," p. 209, c. i. 



Exs.— Fckl., " F. Rh.," No. 2080 ; Phil., " Elv. Brit.," 

 No. 65. 



On damp ground in woods. Autumn. 



