ELVELLACEI. 711 



2139. Helotium aquaticum. Curr. " Aquatic Helotium." 



Solitary, stem about \ in. long ; disc minute, yery little 

 wider than the apex of the delicate, almost filiform stem; spo- 

 ridia colourless, hyaline, with granules accumulated at each end. 

 — Curr. Linn. Trans, xxiv.^. 154,^. 25,/. 19. 



On a fragment of stick in water. May. Paul's Cray Common. 



The fruit is large for the size of the plant; sporidia ("0007 in.) -0177 m.m. 

 long. 



Suh.-Gen. 2. Calycella, Fries. 



At first turbinate ; disc concave ; stem firm when present. — 

 Berk. Outl. p. 372. 



2140. Helotium tuba. Fr. *' Tube Helotium." 



Yellow; head turbinate; disc plane, margin swollen; stem 

 long, slender. — Berk. Outl. p. 312. Pezizatuha. Fr. S.M.ii.p. 

 128. Bolt.t. 106,/. 1. Eng. Fl. v. p. 202. Jlendius tuhceformis. 

 With. \Y.p. 146. 



On fallen branches. 



Plant \ in. or more high. 



2141. Helotium buccina. Fr. " Trumpet Helotium." 



Rather large, infundibuliform, dull-yellow ; stem thickened, 

 striate, somewhat incurved. — Berk. Outl. p. 312. Feziza buccina. 

 Fr. S.M. n.p. 129. Eng. Fl. v. p. 202. 



On wood and pine branches. Rare. Appin, [Mid. Carolina.] 



2142. Helotium calyculus. Fr. " Yellow-brown Helotium." 



Yellowish-brown ; head concave, with an elevated margin ; 

 stem short, thick, clothed with whitish down. — Berk. Outl. p. 312. 

 Peziza calyculus, Fr. S.M. ii.p. 129. Eng. Fl.v. p 202. Sow, t. 

 116. F. infundihulum, Grev. Fl. ed. p. 423. 



On fallen branches. 

 About 2 lines high. 



2143. Helotium infundibulum. Fr. " Funnel Helotium." 



Ferruginous-red, smooth ; stem short, dilated into the head. — 

 Fr. Peziza calycidus, /3. infundibulum, Fr. S.M. ii. i). 130. Batsch. 

 f. 147. Ann. N.H. tzo. 961. 



On dead sticks. Dec. Twycross. 



