BELONIDIUM. 225 



tapering pedicel, 8-spored ; spores irregularly 2-seriate, 

 hyaline, narrowly cylinclric-fusiform, straight or slightly 

 curved, at first 1-septate, finally becoming 7-septate, 

 28-30 x 4-5 fx ; paraphyses slender, often forked, tips not 

 thickened, very numerous ; stem very short, stout, more or 

 less narrowed towards the base. 



Peziza agaricina, Carm., in Engl. Flor., vol. v. p. 207. 



Helotium agaricinum, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 170; Sacc, 

 Syll., n. 896. 



On rotten wood. 



Carmichael's specimen, now in Herb. Berk., Kew, 

 examined. 



Eesembling the genus Chlorosplenium in the green colour 

 of the ascophore, but differing in the multiseptate spores. 



Belonidium cyanites. Mass. 



Gregarious; hemispherical then expanded and with a 

 slightly upraised margin, about ^ mm. across, sessile on a 

 broad base, pale amber and rather translucent when moist, 

 externally black and disc greyish when dry ; excipulum 

 parenchymatous, cells irregularly polygonal, 6-8 /x diameter, 

 becoming arranged in parallel series towards the margin and 

 giving it a minutely fimbriated appearance; asci clavate, 

 apex slightly narrow, 8-spored ; spores irregularly biseriate, 

 narrowly cylindric-fusiforum, hyaline, guttulate then 3- 

 septate, straight or very slightly curved, 22-25 x 3 ll; 

 j^araphyses very numerous, slender, about 2 //, thick, apex 

 capitate, 4 lk thick. 



Mollisia cyanites, Cke. & Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 176; Sacc, 

 jSyll., viii. n. 1452. 



On some herbaceous stem. 



Described from Klotzsch's specimen in Herb. Kew; the 

 same specimen from which the imperfect description in Brit. 

 Disc, was drawn up. The fungus when growing, I should 

 imagine would be pale coloured. 



Belonidium Arctii. Mass. 

 Sessile, innate, gregarious, subglobose and closed at first, 

 then expanding and becoming almost plane, the pale, irre- 

 gular margin remaining erect or slightly incurved; disc 

 pale watery brown when moist, externally dark brown, 

 minutely granular ; ^-| mm. across ; excipulum truly 



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