440 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 11. — <x, Peziza acetabulum, nat. size ; b, a section of the same ; 

 c, an ascus with a paraphysis ; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 12. — a, Peziza cujiularis, nat. size ; b, a section of the same ; 

 c, an ascus with a paraphysis ; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 13. — a, a, Peziza pleurota, nat. size ; b, section of the same ; 

 •, an ascus and a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 14. — a, Peziza aurantia, nat. size ; b, section of the same ; c, an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; d, sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 15. — a, a, a, Peziza trachycarpa, nat. size ; b, a section; c, an 

 ascus and a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 16. — a, Peziza succosa, two cups, nat. size ; b, a section of a 

 :up ; c, an ascus with two paraphyses ; d, four sporidia, the two lower 

 more mature, c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 17.-- a, a, Peziza radula, nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; c, an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 18. — a, a, a, Peziza Uvidula, nat. size ; b, a section of a cup ; 

 •, an ascus with a paraphysis ; d, three sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 19. — a, Peziza Crouani, nat. size; b, a cup magnified 5 times ; 

 e, a section of the same ; d, an ascus with a paraphysis ; e, four 

 sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 



Fig. 20. — a, Peziza rutilans, two cups, nat. size ; b, a section of a 

 cup ; c, an ascus with a paraphysis ; d, four sporidia. c and d x 400 

 times. 



Fig. 21. — a, Peziza corallina, a group the rat. size; b, b, two cups 

 lightly magnified ; c, a section of a cup also slightly magnified ; d, an 

 ascus with a paraphysis ; e, two sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 22. — a, Peziza omphalodes, a group the nat. size ; &, a group 

 .slightly magnified; c, a cup more highly magnified; d, a section of 

 the latter, both showing the white mycelium from which they spring ; 

 <?, an ascus with paraphyses ; /, four sporidia. e and/ x 400 times. 



Fig. 23. — a, a, Psilopezia, nat. size; b, a section of the tipper one; 

 c, ascus with a paraphysis; d, seven sporidia. c and d x 400 times. 



Fig. 24. — a, Hymenoscyphasclerotiorum, a group the nat. size, with 

 the sclerotia from which they arise; b } a section of one; c, an ascus 

 with a paraphysis ; d, five sporid'a. c and d x 400 times. 



