708 ELVELLACEI. 



2127. Helotiuxn agaricinum. Berh. " Agaric-like 



Helotium." 



Firm, dark green, convex, rather uneven; margin revolute; 

 stem rather thick, obconic ; asci long, flexuous, obtuse. — Peziza 

 agaricina, Carm. MSS. Eng. Fl. Y.p.201 . 



On decayed wood. Appin. 



Plant 1^-2 lines broad, very much resembling at first sight Helotium virens, 

 bat on closer inspection quite different. 



2128. Helotiuxn sclerotioides. Berk. ** Sclerotium-like 



Helotium." 



Convex, umbilicate, clear red-brown, concave beneath, and 

 confluent with the short, obconic stem ; asci slender ; sporidia ? 

 — Peziza sclerotioides. B. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 208. 



On decayed wood. Appin. 



At first sight resembling Sclerotium quercigenum, about one line broad. — 

 M.J.B. 



129. Helotiuxn aciculare. Fr. " Long-stemmed Helotium." 



White, smooth, head convex 5 stem elongated, equal. — Fr. 

 S.M. ii. p. 156. Eng. FL v. p. 208. Bull. t. 4:73,/. 1. Relv. agarici- 

 fjrmis, Bolt. t. 98,/. 1. Soiv. t. 57. Fej^s. Ohs. t. 5,/. 1, t. 6,/. 1, 

 2. Cooheexs.no. 4:0^. 



On roots and old hollow stumps. Aug. — Dec. Common. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia oblong or subfusiform. {Fig. 332.) 



2130. Helotiuxn subtile. Fr. " Little White Helotium." 



"White, minute, rather finn ; head plano-convex ; stem thin, 

 short ; sporidia sub-cylindrical or subfusiform, elongated. — 

 Fr. S.M. ii. p. 157. Eng. Fl. v. 208. Karst. exs. no. 68. Mon. Fez. 

 p. 141. Fckl.exs.no, 1160. 



On fir leaves. 



Stem not 1 line high, somewhat attenuated ; head 1 line broad, at length 

 slightly convex. — Fries. 



Sporidia '005 -'007 m.m. long. — Karsten. 



Sporidia attenuated, oblong, -OOo-'OOZ X •001--0015 m.m.— A^yZ. Karst. 



2131. Helotiuxn aeruginosuxn. Fr. " Green Helotium." 



Verdigris-green, head turbinate, then expanded, subflexuose; 

 disc paler; stem short. — Berk. Outl.p. 372. Peziza ceniginosa. 

 Fr. S.M. ii.p. 130. E7ig.Fl. Y.p. 202. Grev.t.24.1. Berk. exs. 



