706 ELVELLACEI. 



2119. Peziza peristomialis. B.d:Br. " Holly Peziza." 



Minute, cylindrical, pallid, mouth furnished with long white 

 triangular teeth ; disc nearly plane ; asci lanceolate ; sporidia 

 biseriate, fusiform, multi-nucleate. — B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. (1866), 

 720. 1169, ^ 5,/. 32. 



On holly. Penzance. 



A most exquisite object under a moderate magnifier, resembling some 

 Actinia in miniature. Sporidia ("001 in.) '025 m.m. long. — B. (^ Br, 



2120. Feziza viburnicola. B.^cBr. "Guelder-rose 



Peziza." 



Subglobose, then hemispherical, grey, externally granulated ; 

 margin denticulate, furfuraceous ; hymenium paler. — B. ^ Br. 

 , Ann. N.H. (1866), no. 1170. 



On either side of dead leaves of Viburnum. Shere, Surrey. 



Minute, punctiform, externally speckled witb little dark tufts of cells, 

 •which sometimes give out a few short, flesuoue bairsj asci clavate ; sporidia 

 lanceolate ^•0004--000o in.) •01--012 m.m. long. 



2121. Peziza nezvisequia. Besm. " Plantain-leaf Peziza." 



Seriate, black ; cups nestling in an indurated, linear subicu- 

 lum.— i^r. S.M. Yi.p. 153. Pers.M.E.p.mS. Besm. exs.no. 2012. 

 B. S^^Br. Ann.N.H.{l^QQ),no.llll. 



On leaves of Plantago lanceolata. Feb. Near Batheaston. 



Sporidia (°0004in.) '01 m.m. long. 



Sect. 3. Durella — indurated, persistent, lichenoid. 



2122. Peziza resinae. Fr. " Kesin Peziza." 



Sessile, hard, urceolate, then patellate, orange ; margin evan- 

 escent.— i^r. ^.^i. ii. i>. 149. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. ("1866), no. 

 1173. Fckl.exs.no. IIQQ. Pezizicula resincE, Fckl. Sym. Myc. 

 p. 27d. 



On resin. Jedburgh. 



2123. Peziza melanotheja. Br. " Little Black Peziza." 



Sessile, minute, externally between farinaceous and villous, 

 reddish yellow ; disc becoming concave, black. — P. melanoxantha, 

 Fr.S.3I.ii.p.d7. 



On oak branches. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Small, but beautiful, gregarious, granuliform j disc at length plane, 

 opaque J the margin prominent and entire. 



