LACHNELLA. 253 



((?) Sporidia elongate-fusiform or filiform. 



(a) Paraphyses acerose. 



33. Lachnella diminuta. (Rob.) 



Cups scattered or crowded, shortly stipitate, at first 

 globose, then expanded and hemispherical, whitish, 

 tomentose ; hymenium concave, yellowish or orange ; 

 asci clavate-cylindrical ; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic, 

 12 X 2/i ; paraphyses filiform. 



Peziza diminuta — Rob. in Desm. " Ann. Sc. Nat.," 

 1847, viii. p. 185; " Grevillea," iii. p. 184, t. 41, f. 183. 

 Lachnea diminuta — Gill., " Champ.," p. 71. 



Exs. — Desm., 1538 (in part); Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," 

 287. 



On dry culms of Juncus. 



Cups about 500/u broad ; stem very short ; hairs of 

 the exterior lono; and slender. 



In Desmaziere's published specimens L. apala (B. 

 and Br.) appears in some copies, and this species in 

 others, but the sporidia are so different that no mistake 

 can be made between them when examined. 



Name — Diminutus, diminished ; from its small size. 



Dr. M. C. Cooke, without locality. 



34. Lachnella apala. (B. and Br.) 



Cups scattered or crowded, stipitate or sessile, at first, 

 with the stem, obconical, then expanded, at length plane, 

 furfuraceo-villose, fawn-coloured ; hymenium plane, 

 darker ; asci clavate-cylindrical ; sporidia 8, fu so-filiform, 

 straight, 15 — 30 X 3/x ; paraphyses acerose, filled with 

 granules, exceeding the asci. 



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

 561 ; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 2060. 



Exs.— Rabh., " Fung. Eur.," No. 25 ; Cooke, " Fung. 

 Brit.," ed. ii. No. 374; Phil., « Elv. Brit.," 27; Winter 

 "Fungi Eur.," 2517. 



On dead rushes. Spring and summer. 



Cups about 500/1 broad. 



Hairs rather stout, asperate, non-septate, colourless, 



