338 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



matons, cells elongated in the direction from base to apex, 

 5-7 X 3-4 /x ; asci small, apex slightly narrowed, base short, 

 stout, 8-spored ; spores 2-seriate hyaline, smooth, continuous, 

 elliptic-fusiform, 4-5 X 1'6/x; paraphyses hyaline, slender, 

 cylindrical. 



Peziza acuum, Alb. & Schw., Consp. Fung., p. 330. 



Lachnella acuum, Phil., Brit. Disc, p 246. 



On fallen, decaying pine leaves. 



A very minute species, recognised by the very short, 

 external hairs, the minute spores, and the habitat. The 

 paraphyses are not 1 -seriate as described by Phillips, neither 

 are the paraphyses diffluent in water, as stated by the same 

 author, but they are very difficult to see until shown up by a 

 solution of iodine. 



Specimens examined in Phil., Elv. Brit., n. 163 and 

 Fuckel, Fung. Ehen., n. 1153. 



Dasyscypha aspidiicola. Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1878. 



Gregarious, gradually narrowed downwards into a stout 

 stem-like base, globose and closed at first, gradually becoming 

 plane, entirely- white, *— ^- mm. across ; externally minutely 

 flocose, hairs short, thin-walled, usually aseptate, cylindrical 

 or slightly clavate, often minutely rough, 25-35 X 3-4 /a; 

 cortex parenchymatous, cells irregularly polygonal, 4-6 /x 

 diameter ; asci small, cylindric-clavate, 8-sj)ored ; spores 

 hyaline, continuous, narrowly elliptical or inclined to be 

 clavate, 5-8 x 1-5 jx 2-seriate ; parajDhj-ses very slender, 

 cylindrical. 



Peziza aspidiicola, B & Br., Ann. Kat. Hist., n. 771. 



Laclinella aspidiicola, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 245. 



On dead stems of Neplirodium filix-mas. 



Type specimen examined, also specimens in Fung. Brit., 

 n. 565. 



Dasyscypha hyalina. Mass. 

 Gregarious, sessile, globose and closed at first, then hemi- 

 spherical, finally plane, very thin, soft, and translucent, 

 colourless or sometimes with a faint tinge of yellow or 

 rose, up to J mm. across, contracted and with a tinge of 

 amber when dry ; externally very minutely villose, hairs 

 delicate, thin-walled, septate, cylindrical, often minutely 



