380 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



pallid ; asci cylindrical, long ; sporidia filiform, somewhat 

 flexuose, 160 — 180 X 1/u ; paraphyses filiform, very 

 slender. 



Stictis annulata — Cooke and Phil., " Grevillea," ix. 

 p. 8. 



On honeysuckle. 



Cup 300 to 500 /J. broad ; asci 170 x 7/u. 



Name — Annulatus, ringed. 



Oswestry, Salop ! 



C. HYMEXIUM TESTACEOUS OR ORANGE- YELLOW. 



4. Schmitzomia radiata. (Linn.) 



Gregarious or scattered, immersed, urceolate, at first 

 closed, then open ; margin reflexed and divided into 

 radiating obtuse lacinise ; hvmenium testaceous or nearlv 

 orange-yellow ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, filiform, at 

 length multiseptate, 150 — 250 X 25 — S/ll ; paraphyses 

 numerous, filiform, slender. 



Lycoperdon radiatum — Linn., " Spec. Plant." Sphcero- 

 bolus rosaceus — Tode, " Fung. Meckl.," i. p. 44, t. 7, f. 58. 

 Stictis radiata — Pers., " Obs.," ii. p. 73 ; " Syn. Fung.." 

 p. 674 ; " Myco. Eur.," i. p. 336 ; Fries, " Sys. Mvco.," ii. 

 p. 194; Wallr., "Flo. Germ.," ii. p. 144; " Eng. *Flo.," v. 

 p. 213; Grev., t. 227; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 2220; 

 Gill., " Champ.," p. 179. Peziza marginata — Sow., t. 16. 



Exs.— Berk., No. 70 ; Baxt., 80 ; Karst., " Fung. Fenn.," 

 769 ; Rehm, " Asco.," 122 ; Winter, " Fungi Eur.," 2735 



On wood, twigs, etc. 



Name — Radio, to shed beams ; from the radiating 

 margin. 



Appin (Capt. Carmichael). Near Manchester ! (Mr. 

 Brittain). 



D. HYMENIUM WHITISH OR BLUISH-WHITE. 



5. Schmitzomia arundinacea. (Pers.) 

 Scattered, immersed, orbicular, urceolate, at first 

 closed, then open ; margin prominent, entire or nearly 

 entire, whitish pulverulent ; hymenium whitish or bluish- 

 white ; asci cylindrical, very long ; sporidia 8, filiform, 



