XIDULAEIACEl. 



411 



1200. 



Crucibulum vulgaire. 



Crucibulum." 



Tul. " Common 



Periclium tawny tan-colour, thick, externally nearly even, in- 

 ternally quite even, smooth, shining; mouth quite entire, naked; 

 sporangia pale ochre, at length whitish ; spores minute, ovate. 

 — Tul. Ann, Sc. Nat. 1844, i. p. 90. Ray. Syn. Srded. 1. 1,/. 2, 

 h.c. Mkh.Ll02,f.3. Gled.t.i. Schcef. 1. 17 d. Fl. Dan. 1. 105. 

 Hoffm.Cr.t.8,f.l. Bull t. 4.0, f. B.C. Nidularia Icevis. Built. 

 488,/. 2. Sow. t. 30. Holms, ii. 1. 1. Cyathus crucibulum. JSfees. 

 f. 133. Grev. t. 34. Desm. exs.no. 766. Corda. Anl. t. D.f. 42, 

 (10-18). Berk. Outl. t. 2,/. 1. Berk. exs. no. 167. Fckl. exs. no. 

 1248. 



On fern, sticks, &c. [United States.] 



{Fig. 143.) 



Gen. 98. 



NIDULARIA, Tul. 



Fig. 144. 



1201. 



Nidularia pisifoxxnis. 



Nidularia." 



Peridium uniform, glo- 

 bose, of a simple mem- 

 brane, at first closed, at 

 length ruptured, or open- 

 ing with a circular mouth ; 

 without a proper veil. 

 Sporangia numerous, 

 small, enveloped in niu- 

 cus. — Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 1844,1.^.92. 



{Fig. 144.) 



Tul. " Pea- shaped 



Gregarious, subglobose, sessile, rootless, hairy, brownish. 

 Sporangia subrotund or discoid dark brown; sporidia colour- 

 less, globose, or elliptical. — Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. 184:4:, i. p. 100. 

 B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1039. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxiv, t. 25, /. 

 4-6 ^ 21-22. Rahh.F.E.no. 1328. Granularia pisiformis. Both. 

 Ust. Ann. b. l,s. 6,t. 1,/. 1. 



On pine chips. Weybridge. May — Oct. 1862. 



Peridium subrotund, slightly flattened, varying in different specimens 

 trom yj t'^ 4 i^' across, brown or brownish white, woolly, tuberculate when 

 ripe, from the pressure outwards of the sporangia ^ indehiscent, opening by 



