ELVELLACEI. 715 



GreDfarious, fleshy, adpressed, convex, sometimes depressed; stem ex- 

 tremely short. — £/ici. Fl. 



Sporidia fusiform, •01--014 X •002--0025 m.m.- Nyl 



Sporidia straight or curved, uniseptate, •009-"014 X '002 m.Ta..—Karst. 



2157. Helotium epiphyllum. Fr. " Dead leaf Helotium." 



Subsessile, smooth, convexo-plane, marginate, pallid-oclira- 

 ceous, — Berk Outl.p. 372. Pezizaepiphylla. Fr. S.M. \i.p. 137. 

 Karst. Mon. Pez.p. ] 43. FcJd. exs. no. 1145. 



On dead leaves. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia oblong, or fusiform oblong, simple, •013--018 X 'OOSo-'OOiS m.m. 



Nyl. 



Sporidia straight or curved, •012--017 X •003-'004 m.va.- Karst. 



2158. Helotium fagineum. Fr. "Beech Helotium." 



Minute ; head nearly plane, whitish ; stem short, thick. — 

 Berk. Outl. p. 372, Pezizafaginea. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 136. Scop. 

 Ann.iv.t. 2,/. 3. Johnst.Fl. Beriv.ii.p.lh^. Fng.Fl.Y.p. 20^. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 963*. Fckl. exs. no. 1146. 



On decayed twigs, straws, beech mast, &c. 

 Sporidia ovate-oblong, hyaline, continuous. 



2159. Helotium punctatum. Fr. "Point-like Helotium." 



Bright yellow, very minute, gregarious, punctiform, globular, 

 at length plane, or subconvex, margin minutely crenate. — Grev. 

 t.63. Eng.Fl.Y. p. 206. 



On dead oak leaves. Near Edinburgh. 



2160. Helotium marchantiae. Fr. " Marchantia Helotium." 



Eather thick, obconic, pale yellowish-brown, marginate, 

 flexuose ; disc flat ; asci clavate ; sporidia elliptic. — Berk. Outl. 

 p. 312. Fezizamarchantice. Berk.Eng.Fl.Y.p. 204:. 



On fading Marchantia hemispherica. May. Whittlesea 



Mere. 



Smooth 1| line broad, head quite confluent with the thick stem, so as to 

 be irregularly and obtusely obconic ; flesh white ; hymenium thin. — M. J. B. 



2161. Helotium ferrugineum. Fr. '■ Rusty Helotium."' 



Substipitate, obconic, disc concave, ferruginous-yellow, extern- 

 ally and tumid margin pallid yellow. — Fr. S. V.S.p. 356. Peziza 

 ferruginea. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 134. Bull. t. 300, var. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 962. 



On dead wood. Twy cross. 



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