G78 ELVELLACEI. 



B. ^ Br. Ann. N.II. (18G6), no. 1159, t. 4, /. 20. Sturm, xxxiii. t. 



11. 



On cottage walls. Sept. N. TVales. 



Asci short, oblong, subclavate ; sporidia biseriate (•OO'^G by '0009 in.), 

 •015 by '022 m.m. or nearly globose.— i>. d: Br, 



Sect. 5. Encmlia — more or less coriaceous. 



2009. Peziza fascicularis. A. d: S. " Crisped Peziza." 



Caaspitose, sessile, membranaceous or coriaceous, irregular, 

 rugose, blackish, externally rather mealy ; sporidia cylindrical, 

 oblong. — Fr. S.M. \\.p. 75. FcJd. exs. no. 1128. Berk, exs.no. 

 154. A.^ S.t.l2J.'2. Eng.Fl.Y.p.m. Eabh. F.E. no. 721. 

 Karst. exs. no. ^^.Karst. Mon. Fez. p. 129. Dermatea fascicularis, 

 Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 278. P. crispa, Sow. t. 425./. 1, 2. Furt. t. 7. 



On branches, bursting through the bark. 



Cup 2-4 lines broad, generally in tufts resembling inform tbe convolutions 

 of the human brain, but sometimes scattered and solitary, growing upon the 

 bark, not upon the wood, beneath the epidermis. —^/t^^. Fl. 



Sporidia oblong, curved, •011--016 X '0035 m.m. — jyyi. 



Sporidia cylindrico-oblong, -OH-'Oie X '003 m.m.— ^ars^ 



2010. Peziza fuxfuracea. Fr. " Branny Peziza." 



Sessile, between fleshy and coriaceous, externally pallid, mealy; 

 margin inyolute, entire ; disc cinnamon-blackish. — Fr. S.M. ii. 

 p.lQ. Eng.Fl.Y. p. 192. Eoth.ii.t. 9,f.8. Karst. exs. no. 326. 

 Karst. Mon. Fez. p. 129. FcJd. exs. no. 1842. Bav. exs. vi. no. 86. 

 Dermateafurfuracea, FcJd. Sym. Myc.p. 278. 



On alder branches. 



Varying greatly in size from 1| lines to | an in. broad. 

 Sporidia subcylindrical, curved, •006--01 X "002 m.m. (•00023--0003 X 

 •00007 in.) with 2-5 nucleoli.— ^ars^ 



2011. Peziza fraxinicola. B. & Br. " Ash-twig Peziza." 



Scattered or clustered ; cups externally pale-fawn colour, fur- 

 furaceous, internally brown; hymenium slightly depressed; 

 sporidia uniseriate, elliptic. — B. ^ Br. Ann, N.H. (1866), no. 

 1160, ^.4,/. 21. 



On ash twigs. Northamptonshire. 



Cups at first closed, then opening with an irregular aperture, at length 

 orbicular, slightly depressed, pale fawn colour, and furfuraceous externally, 

 umber-brown within ; asci elongated, clavate ; sporidia uniseriate, elliptic 

 (•00045 in.) -012 m.m. long.— ^.cfc^r. 



