720 ELVELLACEI. 



to the wood ; sporldia colourless, biseriate, slightly curved, 3- 

 septate, — Curr. Linn. Trans, xxiv. 494, t. 51,/. 15, 16. 

 On wood somewhat decayed. 



It might at first sight be taken for a Peziza, but the toughness of its 

 texture, and its septate sporidia point clearly to the genus Patellaria ; disc 

 not more than l in. broad ; sporidia (■U007--0008 in.) •0177--02 m.m. long. 

 —F.C. 



2176. Patellaria constipata. Blox. MSS. " Fir-bark 



Patellaria." 



Gregarious, or in a short series, irregular, compressed and 

 contorted, shortly stipitate, furfuraceous, honey-coloured or 

 brownish ; sporidia biseriate, cylindrical obtuse, triseptate, 

 slightly constricted, hyaline, or yellowish. 



On bark of firs. Gopsal. (Rev. A. Bloxam.) 



2177. Patellaria lignyota. Fr. " Sooty Patellaria." 



Sessile, dry, convexo-plane, then expanded, blackish ; margin 

 tumid ; disc dingy ; sporidia elliptical, uniseptate, brownish. — 

 Rahli. no. 1 1 52. Peziza lignyota, Fr. S.M. ii.p. 150. Ann. N.H. 

 710. 579. 



On dead wood. Feb. Wraxall. Shere. 



Scattered or subgregarious, \ line broad, thin, horny when dry, black, 

 softer when moist ; disc sooty-black, subperenuial ; sporidia somewhat re- 

 sembling those of a Diplodia. 



2178. Patellaria parvula. CooTte. " Little Black Patellaria." 



Minute, scattered, black, somewhat erumpent, thin, contorted 

 when dry ; margin linear ; sporidia elongated-elliptical, rounded 

 at the ends, triseptate, hyaline. 



On bleached decorticated sticks. Shere. (E.G.) 



Sporidia ('OOOS in.) '02 m.m. long. 



2179. Patellaria lecideola. Fr. " Lecidea-like I atellaria." 



Sessile, minute, somewhat horny, concave, black, seated upon 

 a cinereous spot-like crust. — Peziza lecideola, Fr. S.M. \\.p. 151. 

 Fr. Obs. i. t. 4t,f. 1. Excipula lecideola. Fries, exs.no. 157. 



On dead wood. 



