704 ELVELLACEI. 



2111. Peziza erumpens. Grev. ** Petiole Peziza." 



Minute, of a waxy-watery consistence, smooth, sessile, grey, 

 erumpent, — Gi^ev. t. 99. Eng. Fl. v. p. 206. Gonn. ^ Rahlu iii. t. 

 h,f. 6. Desm. exs. ii. no. 1345. 



On sycamore petioles. Autumn. 



Resembling to the naked eye an 7/?/.s/eriMm when dry, in moist weather 

 distending the small slit in the back of the petiole, till it attains its round 

 form, when the margin projects over the edge of the fissure. — Grev, 



Sporidia '003 '005 m,m. broad, and 2-3 times as long. — G. d; R. 



2112. Peziza atzata. Pers. "Small Black Peziza." 



Sessile, subglobose, smooth, blackish, mouth connivent, 

 whitish.— i^r./S.il/.ii. ;?. 148. Eng.FL.Y. p. 207. Nees.f.2QQ. 

 FcJcl. exs. no. 1869. Cooke exs. no. 284. Rav. exs. vi. no. 82. Berk. 

 exs.no. 68. Pyrenopeziza atrata.p.2^4i. 



On dead herbaceous stems, &c. [United States.] 



Scattered or gregarious, 1 line or more broad, blackish, with a livid, sub- 

 olivaceous tinge, the border nearly white, globose at first, but when crowded 

 often irregular, rugulose under a lens.— ^rt,^. Fl. 



Sporidia narrow-oblong, simple, '007 X "0015 m.m. — Nyl. 



Sporidia acicular, "OOo-'OOS X 'OOIS m.m. — Karst. 



2113. Peziza cornea. B.&Br. " Horn-coloured Peziza." 



Minute, gregarious, sessile, at first globose, yellow horn col- 

 oured, at length shortly obconic or turbinate, orange-brown ; 

 sporidia fusiform, slightly curved. — Ann. N.H.no 578. 



On dead stalks of Carex paniculata. March. 



Sometimes slightly hollow, but more generally flat and granulated, mar- 

 gin rather jagged. An extremely pretty, though minute species.—^, cf; Br. 



2114. Peziza fusaxioides. Berk. "Nettle Peziza." 



Hemispherico-depressed, soft, orange-red, stroma not dis- 

 tinct ; stylospores very long, pellucid, curved. — Fusarium tre- 

 melloides. Grev. t. 20. Eng. Fl. v. p. 355. Baxt. exs. no. 50. 

 Moug. exs. no. 896. Cooke exs. no. 343. BerJc. exs. no. 103. 



AscoPHORE. Cups shallow, scattered, or gregarious, erump- 

 ent, at first subglobose, gradually expanded, rather thick, even, 

 or flexuous border, orbicular or elongated, sometimes confluent, 

 bright orange ; asci clavate ; paraphyses slender, linear. — Mag. 

 Zool. ^ Bot. no. 12, t. 2,/. 4. Fchl. exs. no. 1131. Berk. exs. no. 

 67. Cooke exs. no. ?>^2. P.neglecta. Lib. exs. no. 2^. Calloria 

 fusarioides. Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 282. 



