DASYSCYPHA. 363 



Specimens examined in Phil., Elv. Brit., n. 72; Kehm, 

 Ascom., n. 418, and Fries, Scler., n. 332. 



Dasyscypha spadicea. Mass. 



Ascophores scattered, sessile, base somewhat narrowed, 

 snbglobose and closed at first, then expanding, but the margin 

 remaining erect or slightly incurved, rather dry and tough, 

 |r-^ mm. broad, disc pale bay, externally somewhat darker, 

 and along with the margin, very shortly but densely tomen- 

 tose, hairs tinged brown, septate, generally wavy, thin- 

 walled, obtuse, 40-60 X 3-4 fx; hypothecium and excipulum 

 formed of slender, intricately interwoven hyphae, which pass 

 directly into the external torn en turn ; asci narrowly cylindric- 

 clavate, apex slightly narrowed, pedicel stout, 8-spored, 

 spores irregularly 2-seriate, smooth, hyaline, continuous, 

 narrowly elliptic-fusoid, 8-10x2*5-3 fx ; paraphyses slender, 

 hyaline, cylindrical. 



Peziza spadicea, Pers., Myc. Eur., p. 252, 



Lachnetta spadicea, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 258 ; Sacc, Syll., 

 viii. n. 1623. 



On furze, poplar, and lime branches. 



Specimen in Herb. Berk., Kew, on furze, from Scotland, 

 accepted as typical. Differs from the structure of Dasyscypha 

 in having the hypothecium and excipulum formed of inter- 

 woven hyphae. 



Dasyscypha Carmichaeli. Mass. 



Gregarious ; sessile or narrowed to a very short, stem-like 

 base; turbinate then expanding, up to | mm. across, very 

 pale brown, rather flesh}'; excipukun minutely parenchyma- 

 tous ; externally rather densely covered with very short, 

 blunt, 2-3-sej3tate, slightly curved hairs, which form a 

 slightly irregularly fringed, whitish margin, 40-60 X 5-6 /x ; 

 asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored; spores irregularly biseriate, 

 oblong-fusiform, straight or slightly curved, hyaline, con- 

 tinuous, 6-8 X 1 ' 5 fx ; paraphyses filiform, about 1 • 5 /x thick, 

 hyaline. 



Peziza grisea, Carmichael in Herb. 



Lachnella grisella, Cke. & Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 260. 



On decayed decorticated wood. 



Type specimen examined. 



The margin of the ascophore is incurved when dry. The 



