700 ELVELLACEI. 



N.H. (1<S66), no. 1107. Ilelotium imherbe, Berk. Outl. p. xvii. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 963. Fckl. exs. no. 1148. 



On willow. Mossburnford. 



Sporidia ('0004 in.) '01 m.m. long. 



2095. Peziza minutissima. Batsch. " Very minute Peziza." 



Whitish ; cups obovate, siibstij^itate ; margin incurved ; hy- 

 menium concave ; asci clavate, elongated ; sporidia fusiform, 4- 

 scptate, joints rather swollen, paraphyses filiform. — B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. iY.iT. 1865, no. 1071, t. 15,/. 21. Batsch. f. 143. P. Helmin- 

 thosporii, Blox. MSS. 



On Helminthosporia. Jan. Twycross. Batheaston. 



Pallid; cups clavate, substipitate ; margin incurved; sporidia ('0014 in.) 

 •035 m.m. long, quadriseptate. Interesting from the marked character 

 aflforded by the sporidia.— J/./.-B. 



Sect. 2. Mollisia — sessile, waxy, soft. 



2096. Peziza clavus. A. ,^ S. " Swamp Peziza." 



Fleshy or gelatinous, somewhat firm, nearly ob-conic, purplish; 

 disc convexo-plane ; pileiform ; stem thick ; sporidia regularly 

 oblong, elliptic, with a sporidiolum at either extremity. — Fr. 

 S.M.ii.p. 137. A.^.S.p.806,t.ll,f.6. Ann. N.H. no. bib. 



On leaves, &c., in swamps. March — April. 



2097. . Peziza vinosa. A. tfc S. ** Vinous Peziza." 



Minute, sessile, sub-tremellose, nearly plane, smooth, quite 

 entire, fleshy-red.— i^r. S.M. ii.p. 141. A. ^- S.p. 808. Eng. Fl. 

 V. p. 205. Pi,av. exs. iv. no. 19. Calloria vinosa, Fckl. Sym. Myc. 

 p. 283. 



On fallen branches. Autumn — Spring. 



[Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



VThen dry it is much more concave, and appears to be held down by gela- 

 tinous filaments, which vanish as the plant swells on the application of 

 moisture, and assumes a much paler tint. — Eng. Fl. 



Sporidia acicular-fusiform, simijle, *0ll-'016 X 'OOl-'OOlS m.m.^iVy^ 

 Karst, 



2098. Peziza auxicolor. Blox. " Golden Peziza." 



Soft, snbgelatinous, orange ; cup marginate, springing from 

 a stratum of delicate, hyaline filaments ; sporidia narrow. — B. 

 ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 1865, no. 1068. 



