ELYELLACEI. 703 



Plant J-f line higli ; cup at first ovate, closed, then urceolate, of a soft 

 waxy consistence ; margin quite entire, when dry scarlet, persistent.— ^^o^scA. 



Fries says that when dry it acquires a brownish tinge, and is sub-evan- 

 escent. 



2107. Feziza xanthostigma. Fr. '' Golden dot Peziza." 



Sessile, minute, siibmembranaceous, smooth, concave, orbicu- 

 lar, golden yellow. — Fr. S.2I. ii. p. 146. Eng. Fl. \.p. 206. 



On rotting fir wood. 



2108. Feziza leucostigma. Fr. '* ^\Tiite dot Peziza." 



Sessile, minute, submembranaceous, smooth, becoming plane, 

 white ; disc subcinereous. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 146. Eng. Fl. v. p. 

 206. 



On soft rotten wood. 



Very minute, dirty yellow when dry ; scattered, at first appearing under 

 the form of an urceolate dot, in which state it appears under a powerful 

 lens, most minutely rugulose, and fi:sed down by a few delicate white threads, 

 then quite flat, with a narrow border, white with the slightest possible cine- 

 reous ting-e in the centre ; in decay dirty yellow, or even grey. Xot more 

 than half line broad. — Eng. Fl. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, simple, "003 X '0015 m.m. — Xyl. 



Sporidia ellipsoid or oblong, •003--004 X •OOl-'OOlS va..m..—Earst. 



2109. Feziza ulxnarise. Lasch. " Meadow-sweet Peziza." 



Scattered, very minute, cups subglobose, at length open, 

 umber, with short downy hairs; disc honey-coloured ; asci small, 

 cylindrical; sporidia cylindrical, minute. — Klotch. exs.no. 1723. 

 Cooke exs. no. 399. Feziza spircece. Kirch. Lotos. (1856), p. 246? 



On stems of Spircea ulmaria. 



Forming very minute points on the dead stems, scarcely visible to the 

 naked eye, usually subglobose and nearly closed. It seems to be much more 

 minute that Kirchner's P. spircece, quoted above. 



2110. Feziza vulgaris. Fr. " Common Peziza." 



Sessile, subc^espitose, membranaceous, soft, smooth, dirty- 

 white, becoming pallid. — Fr. S.2I. ii.^:*. 146. Fng. Fl. v. jj. 206, 

 Bav. exs. iv. no. 18. 



var. p. diaphana. Scattered, urceolate, then plane, whitish, 

 hyaline. — Sow. t. 389,/. 7. 



On fallen branches. [United States.] 



Sporidia cylindrical-oblong, 'OOo-'OO/ X •OOlSm.m. — iVy^ 

 Sporidia straight or curved, -OOo-'OOS X •0015 mm. — Karst. 



