332 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Fenn," 646 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit," 343, ed. ii. 331 ; Phil., 

 "Elv. Brit," 82; Rhem, " Asco," 72 and 118. 



Spermogonia form — Desm, " Crypt. Fr," ed. ii. 402 ; 

 Rabh., " Herb. Myco," ed. ii. 73 ; and " Fung. Eur," 384. 



On dead stems of nettle. 



f to f of a line broad. 



Name — Fusarium, a genus of fungi, slSog, likeness. 



11. Calloria dentata. (Pers.) 



Sessile, very minute, at first subglobose, then hemi- 

 spherical, soft, pallid-white, subfarinaceous ; margin 

 dentate ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, biseriate, fusiform, 

 5 X 1 — 2/ll ; paraphyses not seen. 



Peziza dentata — Pers, " Icon, et Descr," p. 5, t. 1, 

 f. 6, 7; "Myco. Eur," p. 315; Fries, " Sys. Myco," ii. 

 p. 147. Mollisia dentata — Gill., " Champ," p. 124. 



On decorticated twigs. 



Cups 300 to 400/x broad. 



Name — Dens, a tooth ; toothed. 



Herb. Berkeley. 



(/3) Septate. 

 12. Calloria cornea. (B. and Br.) 



Minute, gregarious, sessile, at first globose, yellow 

 horn-coloured, at length shortly obconic or turbinate and 

 orange-brown ; asci clavate, pointed at the summit ; 

 sporidia 8, fusiform, slightly curved, biguttulate, at 

 length pseudo-uniseptate, 15 X 2/* ; paraphyses filiform, 

 very slender. 



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

 578 ; Cooke, " Handbk," No. 2113. 



On dead culms of Carex paniculata. March. 



Cups 300 to 500/z broad. " Sometimes slightly hollow, 

 but more generally flat and granulated ; margin rather 

 jagged. An extremely pretty though minute species" 

 (B. and Br.). 



Name— Corneus, horny ; from the colour. 



Batheaston ! (C. E. Broome, Esq.). 



