186 FUNGI. IPeziza. 



over. Stem white, solid, smooth, not at all wrinkled, | of a inch high, 

 thick as a crow-quill." Wit/i. I. c. 



3. L. lubrica, Scop, {slimy Zeo^m) ; subgelatinous, pileus 

 tumid repand yellow olivaceous-green, stem at length hollow 

 equal yellow. Pers. Syn. p. 613. Myc. Eur. 1. p. 201. <. 9. 

 /. 4—7. Moug. ^ Nest ! n. 583. Fr. Sijst. Myc. v. 2. p. 29. 

 Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. b^. EL Ed. ;j. AlL—Helv. lubrica, 

 Scop. n. 16 19. — Helv.gelat'uiosa, Soiv. t. 70. With. v. 4. p. 298. 

 Purt. n. 1497. 



Woods, on the moist soil and amongst leaves ; not very common — 

 Varying greatly in size and form. Stem at first pulpy within, some- 

 times squamulose, as in specimens gathered at Appin in company with 

 Captain Carmichael. Helvella clavata, With., is undoubtedly Spathu^ 

 lariajiavida. 



26. ViBRi'ssEA. Fr. Vibrissea. 



' Receptacle capitato-pileate ; margin at first adnate, soon free ; 

 asci emerging from the hymenium. — Name from vibro, to 

 vibrate. 



1. V. tnmcorwn, A. & S. (golde?i Vibrissea) ; simple, recep- 

 tacle orbicular, golden yellow stem round glaucous at length 



dusk)^ F?'. Syst. 3Iyc. v. 2. p. 31 Leotia f.ruiicorum, A. 4' S, 



consp. t 3./. 2. Pers. Myc. Eur. v. \. p. 199. — Leotia Claviis, 

 Pers. I. c. t. 1 1./. 9. Moug. ^ Nest. ! n. 781 . 

 « On branches and trunks of trees, lying in the water. Summer. Appin, 

 Captain Carmichael. Scottish Highlands, Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. 

 — Receptacle 1 — 2 lines broad, barren beneath. Stem 2 lines — 1 inch 

 or more high. According to Fries, v/hen taken from the water and 

 exposed to the rays of the sun though at first smooth, it is soon covered 

 with white genicul^ted filaments, which start from tiie hymenium and 

 have an oscillating motion ,• while this takes place a strong scent of 

 garlic is emitted. 



Tribe IV. Cupulati. Peceptacle pafelliform, margined. 

 Hymetiium superior^ more or less closed ivhen young and con- 

 cave, 



27. Peziza. Dill. Peziza. 



Cup more or less concave, soon expanded, the disc naked. 

 Asci fixed, accompanied by paraphyses (abortive asci). — Named 

 from Pezica, a word used by Pliny to denote some Fungus. 



Series I. Aleukia, (from uXsv^ov, meal.) Fleshy or carnoso- 

 membranaceous, i^ruinose or Jioccow-furfuraceous from the concrete 

 veil. 



Subgenus I. Megalopyxis (from (izyag, great, and pyxis^ a 

 cup). Cup open lohen yowig or connivent. Veil superficial. 

 Sporidia containing tivo sporidiola. 



