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Pycnidia mixed with, and similar to the ascophores; 

 conidia cylindrical, ends sometimes rather narrowed, strongly 

 curved, hyaline, at length 1-septate, 14-10 X 2/x; conidio- 

 phores subulate, simple, 10-0 /x long. 



Specimen examined in Elv. Brit., exs., n. 194. 



Crumenula urceoliformis. Karsten, Myc. Fen., 

 p. 213; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 350, pi. xi. fig. 08. 



Ascophores scattered, erumpent, at first clavate then 

 globose and with a very short, thick stem completely sunk 

 in the matrix ; mouth small, closed when dry ; disc pale 

 grey; externally blackish, at first with a delicate brown 

 scurf, then naked and vertically furrowed; about 1 mm. 

 across; excipulum formed of parallel, septate, coloured 

 hyphae ; asci subcylindrical, apex rounded, base narrowed, 

 8-spored; spores needle-shaped, continuous, hyaline, straight, 

 05-70 x 2 jx ; paraphyses filiform, often forked but not 

 thickened at the tips. 



Godronia urceoliformis, Karst., Rev., p. 144 ; Saec, SylL, 

 viii. n. 2480. 



On stems of Vaccinium vitis idaea and V. uliginosum. 



Pycnidia mixed with, and similar externally to the 

 ascophores ; conidia cylindric-oblong, ends narrowed, hyaline, 

 1-septate, slightly curved or straight. 



Doubtful species. 



Crumenula callunigena. Karsten, Myc. Fenn., 

 p. 212 ; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 350. 



Ascophores solitary, subglobose, subsessile, mouth small, 

 up to |- mm. across; disc pale, externally blackish-brown, 

 naked, somewhat striate; stem very short and thick, 

 springing from a radiating weft of dark brown, interwoven 

 hyphae, 4-5 jx thick ; asci cylindrical, narrowed to a slender 

 pedicel, apex somewhat narrowed, 8-spored ; spores needle- 

 shaped, ends narrowed, straight, hyaline, continuous at first, 

 then 3-septate, 40-00 X 2*5 /x, irregularly 2-seriate ; para- 

 physes crowded, slightly and irregularly thickened at the 

 tip. 



Peziza callunigena, Karsten, Mon. Pez., 171. 



