724 ELVELLACEI. 



2189. Cenangium cerasi. Fr. *' Cherry Cenangium." 



Pycxidia. Pcrithecia pustulate, innate, sub-cylindrical, de- 

 formed by mutual pressure ; ostiola white ; spores curved above. 

 Micropera drupacearum. Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1846), p. 283. See 

 n«\ 1375, ante. 



AscoPHORE. Subc^espitose, irregular, at first tuberculate, 

 rugose, reddish-clay colour, at length expanding into blackish 

 cups, plane above ; sporidia oblong, rounded at the ends, curved, 

 hyaline, simple. — Fi\ S.M. ii. jh 179. Eng. Fl. v. p. 211. Pers. 

 Ic.pict.t. 20, f. 1. Be?'k. exs. no. 161. Moug. exs. no. 494. Tul. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. xx. (1853), 1. 16, /. 12, 13. Fez. cerasi. Grev. Fl. 

 Fd.p.426. 



On wild cherry, &c. [S. Carolina.] 



2190. Cenangium prunastri. Fr. " Sloe Cenangium." 



Subc^espitose, rather horny, naked, blackish; cups at first 

 awl-shaped, then open, concave, substipitate. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 



180. Berk. exs. no. 163. Fng. Fl. v. p. 211. Dermatea prunastri. 

 FcH.exs. nos. 1843, 1126. Peziza prunastri. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 

 425. 



On sloe. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Bursting tlirough the bark in the gnise of awl-shaped bodies, which 

 gradually become depressed in the centre, and at length expand into a 

 cup. C. cerasi sometimes puts on the same form. — M.J.B. 



2191. Cenangium aucupariae. Fr. " Mountaiii Ash 



Cenangium." 



C^espitose, black, sprinkled with whitish meal ; cups at first 

 elongated, somewhat cylindrical, closed, at length open at the 

 apex. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 181. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 212. Peziza aucuparice. 

 Grev.Fl.Ed.p.^26. 



On mountain ash. Autunm. — Spring. 



2192. Cenangium pulveraceum. Fr. "Powdery 



Cenangium." 



Gregarious, blackish, covered with a dense cinereous powder ; 

 cup subglobose, with the simple stem turbinate. — Fr. S.M, ii.j9. 



181. Eng.Fl. Y.p. 212. A. S,- S.t.^,f.2. 



On wood. [Up. Carolina.] 



2193. Cenangium fuliginosum. Fr. "Sooty Cenangium." 



Cups irregular, dingy-brown, crowded into broad patches ; 

 disc pale, growing in a widely effused, more or less ambient, 



