MTXOGASTEES. 



395 



spores black. — Fr. S.M.'in. p. 153. Eng. FI.y. p. 316. Mich. t. 

 86, f. 14. Grev. t. 65. Cyathus cinereus. Purt. t. 35. Hoffm. Fl.d. 

 t. 6,f. 1. Fl. Dan. 1. 1314,/. 2. Sturm, t. 11. Bisch.f. 3665. 



On various substances. [United States.] 



Hypotliallus, or orbicular spot, bay, soon obsolete ; peridium top-sbaped, 

 at first bay, tben becoming paler, yellowisb, or whitisb-mealy with age. 



1153. 



Craterium xnutabile. Fr. 



" Changeable Craterium." 



Peridium sub-rotund, or turbinate, lacerated, erect ; base, and 

 short striate stem, golden- jellow, flocci yellowish ; spores black. 

 Fr. S.M.iii.p. 154. Eng.Fl. v. p. 316. Fl. Dan.t.2087,f. 2, 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1455. 



On bark, moss, &c. July. Aug. Appin. 



Peridium continuous, with the striate stem obovate above, and lacerated, 

 at length more open and cup-shaped; scarcely any true operculum; stem 

 short, thick, equal, or dilated upwards, sulcate. Colour of the whole fungus 

 golden-yellow, the peridium at length becoming paler. 



Gen. 85. 



diack.3:a, Fr. 



t-J-l 



m 



Fig. 131. 



Peridium very delicate, simple, falling off in 

 fragments. Capillitium, sub-reticulate, springing 

 from a grumous pallid columella. — BerJc. Outl. p. 

 308. {Fig. 131.) 



1154. 



Diachaea elegans. iv*. 



Diachcea." 



" Elegant 



Hypothallus persistent; peridium ovato-oblong, 

 deciduous, violet or steel-blue ; stem attenuated, 

 thick, shorter than the peridium, white. — Fr. S.M. 

 iii.j9. 156. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 112. Bull.t.b02,f. 

 2. Corda. Ic. v. f. 38. Pay. f. 582. Kl. exs. no. 

 1229. Fckl. exs. no. I'iol. 



On dead leaves, &c. King's Cliffe. 



[United States.] 



{Fig. 131.) 



