ELYELLACEI. 717 



2164. Patellaria xhabaxbaxina. BerTi. " Rhubarb-coloured 



Patellaria." 



IVIinute, sessile, disseminated, plane, or slightly convex, ocli- 

 raceo-ferrnginous, externally clothed with tawny, mealy pubes- 

 cence ; flesh bright rhubarb-coloured ; asci clarate ; sporidia 

 oblong; paraphyses spathulate. — Berk. Outl.p.'^lZ. Rav. exi.Y. 

 no. 46. Peziza rhaharbarina. Eng. Fl. v. j^. 197. Berh. exs. no. 

 271. Ann.N.H. no. 89. Fez. ardenensis. Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. v, 

 p. 287. Fatellaria ruhi. Lib. exs. no. 231. Fezicularhabarba- 

 rina. TuL Carp.iii. p. 183. Helotium rabi. Rabh. F.E. 717. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 2075. 



On dead bramble. [United States.] 



2165. Patellaria citrina. B. d: Br. "Lemon -coloured 



Fatellaria." 



Cups plane, externally pallid ; hymenium lemon-coloured ; 

 asci clavate ; sporidia filiform. — Ann.N.H. no. ^'83. Berk. Outl. 

 p. 373. Ascobolus citrinis. Chev. F. III. i. t. 31. 



On rose twigs in a running stream. April. Near Swansea. 



It has a broad, flat, yellow hymenium, with a pale border. The asci are 

 clavate, and contain long filiform sporidia. 



2166. Fatellaria clavispora. B. d; Br. " Club-spored 



Patellaria." 



Soft, when young nearly globose, when older expanding, sub- 

 irregular, pitch-brown; sporidia clavate, 4-6 septate. — B. 4'- Br. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 7 7 4=. 



On twigs of privet. Nov. Lucknam, Wilts. 



Substance beneath the hymenium paler ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia elon- 

 gated, clavate ('001 to "0014 in.) •02o-"035 m.m.long, 4-6 septate ; paraphyses 

 branched, bearing at their tips one or more dark bodies, sometimes arranged 

 like the joints of a necklace. The fructification is so remarkable that there 

 can be no difiiculty in recognising it, though its external appearance does 

 not differ greatly from some other species. AnAmerican species P. iLafe?ia^-ii 

 B, has a similar development of the tips of the paraphyses. 



2167. Patellaria livida. B. S" Br. " Livid Patellaria." 



Gregarious, often crowded, subhemispherical, sessile, oliva- 

 ceous-yellow, margin whitish ; externally minutely silky ; asci 

 subfusiform ; sporidia oblong, or elliptic. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 775. 



On fallen firs. Dec. Gopsal. 



