ELVELLACEI. 675 



1997. Peziza polytrichi. Schum. " Heath Peziza." 



Subsessile, orbicular, somewhat concave, vermillion, externally- 

 paler, furnished with fasciculate flocci ; sporiclia sphseroid. — Fr. 

 S.M.n.p.lO. B.^'Br.Ann.X.H. no. 1 J 56*. Fl. Dan.t.l^lQ, 

 f. 1. Karst.Mon.Pez.p. 121. Gnnn. 4' Bahh. t. 4=,/. 3. 



On heaths. Scotland. 



Paraphyses clavate above, and orange-brown, ^annlose. 



Sporidia sphoerical, at first finely granulated, "Oll^'OlG m.m. — y^i/l. Karst. 



1998. Peziza aggregata. B.^-Br. "Crowded Peziza." 



Gregarious, confluent, obconical, orange, whitish tomentose 

 at the base ; hvmenium concave ; sporidia fusiform. — B. t)'- Br. 

 Ann, N.H. (1866), no. 1155. 



On heathy ground. Berwick. 



The peculiar crowded habit and fusiform sporidia ('0008 in.) '02 m m. long 

 by (•0003 in.) "007 m.m. wide, easily distinguish this species. 



1999. Peziza subhirsuta. Schum. " Hirsute Peziza." 



Sessile, gregarious, nearly plane, orange-yellow, paler beneath, 

 clothed with a few scattered, almost obsolete, hairs; asci linear; 

 sporidia smooth, elliptic, enucleate ; paraphyses slightly clavate. 

 Fr.S.M.n.p.lO. B. 4-. Br. Ann. N.H. (IS66), no A166,t. 3,/. 

 14. Fl. Dan. t. 1787,/. 2. Karst. Man. Fez. p. 123. Desm. exs. i. 

 no. 4:0)2. Fckl.exs.no. 1220. Pyronemasuhhirsutuni. FcJd. Sym. 

 Myc.p.^20. 



On the ground. Batheaston. 



Sporidia f'OOOGin. long\ ■014-"02 m.m. long, "OS-'Ol m.m. broad, 

 Sporidia elHpsoid •015--02 X •0<:»8 '01 m.m.— .Xyl 

 Sporidia elhpsoid, •014--02 X -OOS-'Ol m.m.— Karst. 



2000. Peziza leucoloma. Reh. ''White-edged Peziza." 



Sessile, scattered, concave, then plane, red, margin minutely 

 laciniate, white ; sporidia ellipsoid. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 71. Hedw. t. 

 4:,/. A. Nees.f.268. Fng. Fl.y.p. 191. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 1156*, t. 3,/. 16, no. 768. Karst. exs. no. 537. Karst. Mon. Fez. 

 p. 122. FcJd. exs. no. 1219. Gonn. 4' Babh. iii. t. 4,/. 7. Cooke 

 exs. no. 229. Leucoloma Hedgwigii. Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 317. 



On the ground. 



Sporidia (•OOOG-'OOOS in.) •09--013 m.m. long (-0004 in.) -OS-'Oll m.m. wide. 

 — Ko rsf. 



Sporidia sphserical, •011-'013 m.m. diameter. — G. d:^It, 



