340 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



hairs abundant round the margin, scanty elsewhere, hyaline, 

 continuous, very thick-walled, smooth, cylindrical, apex 

 more or less acute, crooked, 70-100 X 4-5 [x, spreading and 

 pointing obliquely all in one direction round the margin ; 

 cortical cells almost quadrate, 7-9 fx diameter; asci small, 

 cylindric-clavate, apex slightly narrowed, 8-spored ; spores, 

 irregularly 2-sei iate, hyaline, continuous, narrowly cylindric- 

 fusiform, 6 • 7 X 1 * 5 \x ; paraphyses very slender, hyaline, 

 cylindrical. 



Peziza asterostoma, Phil., Grev., vii. p. 140. 



Peziza spirotricha, Oudem., Hedw. 1874, p. 87 ; Phil., Brit. 

 Disc, p. 266. 



Trichopeziza spirotricha, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1667. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Spring. 



Phillips first described the present species as Peziza aste- 

 rostoma, in Grev., vii. p. 140, and afterwards, considering it to 

 be identical with Peziza spirotricha, Oudemans, adopted the 

 latter name in Elv. Brit., n. 168, and in Brit. Disc, p. 266. 

 Examination of an authentic specimen of P. spirotricha from 

 Oudemans shows that Phillips' fungus is quite distinct, 

 hence the original specific name has been restored. 



Beadily distinguished by the form of the ascophore, with 

 its somewhat contracted mouth, and the marginal zone of 

 thick-walled, crooked, obliquely inserted hairs. 



Dasyscypha tami. Mass. 



Scattered, rarely gregarious, very thin and delicate, sessile, 

 base narrowed, up to J mm. across ; entirely white and trans- 

 lucent when fresh, becoming amber-colour when dry ; exter- 

 nally minutely downy, hairs very delicate, about 20-30 x 

 2'5 jx; margin entire; cortex parenchymatous, cells irregularly 

 polygonal, 4-5 fx diameter ; asci small, narrowly cylindrie- 

 clavate, apex slightly narrowed, 8-spored ; spores irregularly 

 2-seriate, hyaline continuous, linear-fusiform, 7-8 X 1 * 5 fx ; 

 paraphyses very slender, hyaline, cylindrical. 



Peziza tami, Lamy, in Desm., Crypt. Er., ser. ii., n. 827. 



Var. humuli, Phil.. Brit. Disc, p. 270. 



Trichopeziza tami, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1863. 



On dead stems of Tamus communis and bop. 



A very minute, delicate species, allied to D. micacea, 

 according to Desmazieres. Very nearly glabrous, but retain- 



