Peziza.] r u N G 1 . 191 



ginal specimens now before me resemble so much P. holaris that I am 

 almost convinced of tlieir identity with that species. For the present, 

 however, I prefer resting upon the authority of M. Fries. 



20. P. leucoloma, Hedw. {ivhitc-borcJered Peziza) ; sessile 

 scattered concave then plane, margin minutely jagged Avhite. 

 Fr. SijsL Myc. v. 2. p. 71. — Oclospora hucoloma^ Hedw. Ad. 

 V. 2. t, 4./. A. 



On wall-tops, amongst Gi/innostomum ovaiam, IVeissia lanceolata, 

 &c. Common. Appin, Captain Cannic/iael* 



21. P. /litmosa, Fr. {ground Peziza) ; sessile, flesliy, plano- 

 concave smooth blood-red margin quite entire. Fr. Obs. Myc. 

 2. p. 308. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 71. — Helv. cartilaginea, Bolt. t. 

 101./ 1. With. V. 4. p. 29S. P. cartilaginea, Sow. i, 3(i9. /. 

 2.— P. pimicea, With. v. 4. p. 310. Part. n. 1500. t. 25. 



On the ground amongst Folytricha, kc. Probably not uncommon. 

 Amongst Poh/lrichiim pdiferum. Blackheath, Rev. M. J. Berkehij. 

 — Cup nearly \ an inch broad, at first round, even, disciform, at length 

 somewhat lobed and crisped, thick and fleshy, a vertical section being 

 obconic, the margin pale, but not involute ; dine of a full orange ; ex- 

 ternally paler, very minutely pulverulent. Asci obtuse ; sporidia 

 elliptic, with one large or two small sporidiula. Apophyses equal, 

 orange. ]My plant exactly agrees with Bolton's, which is referred by 

 Fries to P. humosa, though, as he observes, the colour is somewhat 

 different, not blood-red or verging decidedly to red. Purton's figure 

 however, represents the plant of a dull blood-red. \yere it not that 

 the veil is only very uiinutcly pidverulent, not at all pubescent, and the 

 cup disciform, not campanulate, I should at once have considered it as 

 a variety of P. rulilaiis, bordering closely on S. alpestris. 



Subgenus 4. Enc(elia (from iy-KoO.o;, hollow inwardly.) Veil 

 univer sal y f II fjacious, furfur aceotis ; citp very holloiv, siihcoriaceous. 



22. P. fiscicularis, A. t^ S. (crisped Peziza) ; ctespitose 

 sessile between coriaceous a!id membranaceous shapeless rug- 

 ged, at length nearly black, externally somewhat mealy. A, 

 Sf S\ Cons. t. 12. /: 2. Fr. St/st. Mi/c. v. 2. p. 75. P.'crispa, 

 Sow. I t. 425. f. i, 2. Part, f v. 2 .)■ 3. n. 1051. /. 7. P. po^ 

 pylttea, Pi7s. Syn. p. 67 1. 



On the aspen, ash, &c., conmion : Piirtnn. King's Cliffe, Norths., 

 on Thclcphora cumcd'.ns ; Rtv. M. J. Berhthy. — Cup 2 — 4- lines 

 broad. Generally in tuf:s resend)ling in ft>rin the convolutions of the 

 human brain, but sometimes hcattcred and solitary, growing upon the 

 bark, not upon the wood, beneath the epidcrnii.s. Sluch resembling 

 some Ccnainjia. 



* Ah the plant I havo in virw iuys«'lf ns rninTnon diirprssonipwlint liotli fi-om 

 tlic (h'.sciipiioii and spccinM-ns lr«in> Si liwrinitz, I Milijoin tin- IoIIdu ini,' ilf- 

 M-ilplion. .M.Mtlutrly s.s«>ili>. Ciij, (l;it, not <<.ncavt' rvi ii al liist, I — IJ line 

 liroa)!, niinulrly tnrCin Jir»'<ins, rostMulilini^ cxaclly in cniiMir P. itunintni. palt-r 

 rxh rnally ; tht- •••lye rayjjfd, I'orniinn a w liih- ImrtUT to llip <»rnnu«' sliifi<l-likp 

 cup. Ui/nm.iitm nnilcr a ii-ns roiii;li and uliltci in;; with llif pmjci ting «ditu«.e 

 iisii. S/ niiiliit «-iliplic, cdntainin^ a vinj.],. Mil. globose JSfvtiUiuiuin cxuclly 

 oa in lietlwig's ligure; fximp/ii/ses nearly rqual. 



