498 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



bent, at first continuous, then 1- finally 3-septate, 12-16 X 

 l'o fi; paraphyses slender, hyaline, tips thickened. 



Helotium dcparcidum, Karsten, Myc. Fenn., i. p. 150; Phil., 

 in Grev., xx. p. 38. 



Pscudohelotium deparculum, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1224. 



On dead stems of meadow-sweet. 



Specimens in Kunze, Fung. Sel., n. 387, examined. 



(To follow B. vcntosum, p. 224.) 



Pocillum Needhami. Mass. & Crossl. 



Hypophyllous, scattered, subcylindrical or turbinate, 

 narrowed to a very short, stem-like base, disc circular, 

 plane, truncate, substance soft and watery, whitish with a 

 slight tinge of flesh-colour, tinged with amber when dry, 

 about h-?i mm - broad and high ; cortex formed of more or 

 less parallel rows of septate hyphae extending from base to 

 margin, where they are brownish, 4 /x thick, sometimes 

 branching; asci clavate, apex narrowed, often slightly 

 curved, 8-spored; spores irregularly 2-seriate, hyaline, 

 smooth, continuous, often guttulate, narrowly elliptical, or 

 sometimes with a very slight tendency to become clavate, 

 18-20 x 3-4 jx; paraphyses cylindrical, slender, hyaline. 



On fallen decaying leaves, probably belonging to Salix 

 capraea. 



The spores often contain 3-4 guttae, and may possibly be 

 septate when quite mature. This very interesting addition 

 to our Mycologic Flora was found near Iiebden Bridge, 

 Yorkshire, by Mr. Needham, an enthusiastic collector of 

 fungi. 



(To follow P. Boltoni, p. 231.) 



Helotium nudum. Mass. 



Gregarious, plane or convex, stipitate, waxy, flesh-colour, 

 glabrous ; disc same colour, undulated ; stem long, flexuous, 

 expanding into the ascophore; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; 

 spores 8, fusiform or oblong-elliptic, hyaline, 5-10 X 2-3 /x; 

 paraphyses acerose, granular within, exceeding the asci. 



Peziza nuda, Phil., Scot. Nat., vi. p. 124. 



Lachnella nuda, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 247. 



On the ground amongst moss, in a fir wood. 



Ascophore 1 line broad, and 2 lines high. 



