394 MYX0GASTEE9. 



* Operculum distinct, chalky. 



1149. Czateriuxn pedunculatuzn. Trent. '* Stalked Craterium." 



Peridium cyathiform, subcernuous, chestnut, operculum firm, 

 chalk-white; stem elongated, even, saffron-yellow; spores black. 

 — i^r. 5. J/. iii. p. 150. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 316. Mich. t. 86,/. 13. 

 Hopi. Cr. t. 2,/. 2. Sturm, iii. t. 9. Nees.f. 120. Chev. t. 4,/. 26. 

 Bisch.f. 3666. Kl. exs, ii. no. 139. FcJd. exs. no. 1453. 



On mosses, sticks, leaves, &c. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Gregarious, stems capillary, equal, even, shining, base adnata to a very 

 delicate, membranaceous, whitish hypoth alius, soon vanishing. Peridium 

 cup-shaped, somewhat nodding, dark bright brown ; operculum plane, orbi- 

 cular, seated below the prominent margin ; flocci white ; spores black, glo- 

 bose. (Fig.lZ^.) 



1150. Cxaterium pyxifoxxne. Ditm. " Pear-shaped Craterium." 



Peridium pyriform, nearly erect, ochraceous, as well as the 

 short even stem ; operculum firm, chalk-white ; spores black. — 

 Fr, S.M. iii. p. loO. Sturm. t.lO. Bisch.f. 3667 . Fa?/.f.b7S. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1454. 



On bark. Appin. 



Constantly differing from C. jpeduncrdafura in the form and colour of the 

 peridium, and in the shorter stem. Peridium generally contracted above. 



* * Operculum circumscissile, parting from the peridium. 



1151. Cxatexiuxn xninutuzn. Fr. *• Little Craterium." 



Peridium pyriform, erect, yellowish ; operculum convex, of 

 the same colour ; stem short, even, rufescent ; spores black. — 

 Fr.S.M. iii. p. Vol. Eng. Fix. p. 316. Bull.t.4.S4:,f.l. Cy- 

 athus minutus. Sow. t. 239. 



On moss leaves, &c. Common. 



Stem short, rather firm, equal, even, purplish expanding into the peri- 

 dium, hypothallus orbicular, brownish ; peridium always erect, pyriform, 

 rufous, then j-ellow, apex at first rounded; operculum convex circumscis- 

 sile, of the same colour, growing whitish. This is the commonest species. 



*** Operculum very delicate, evanescent. 



1152. Cxatexiuza leucocephaluxu. I>itm, "White-headed 



Craterium." 



Peridium turbinate, erect, bright brown, growing pale, oper- 

 culum very thin, evanescent ; stem striate, bay ; flocci white ; 



