204 rUNGI. [Peziza. 



On old trunks, Soiverbi/.^l shall only add here to the observations 

 made under P. citrina, that if the plant of Moug. & Nest, be the true 

 P. citrina the synonym of Sowerby must be again restored to the place 

 first assigned by Fries, and it must be left to future observation to 

 determine whether the plant called P. citrina by Sowerby be really 

 different or no. 



80. P.ochrd€ea,Grev. (ohconic oc7irey-hr own Peziza) ; " ochre y- 

 brown minute gregarious thick carnose obconic, hymeniuin 

 minutely granular, at length plane or subconvex." Grev. Sc, 

 Crypt. FL t. 5. Fr. EL p. 425. 



" On fallen trunks and branches of trees. Autumn. Braid Hermi- 

 tage, near Edinburgh. Dr. Greville Not 1 line broad, thick, puckered 



cr° rugose at the base, margin equal or subirregular, rounded and 

 depressed. Hymenium sprinkled with minute shining particles resem- 

 bling grains of brown sugar. In drying it does not change." Grev. 

 I. c. Very near P. salicella, Fr. 



81. P. tricolor, Sow. (three- coloured Peziza) ; hemispherical 

 marginate, disc yellowish, externally greyish, stem very short 

 nearly white. >SW. t. 369./ 6. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2./?. 134. 



On wood. Ripon, 3Ir. W. Brunton.—V i'om the figure 1 should 

 imagine that the outer surface is pubescent ; if so the species cannot 

 be rightly placed here. 



i' 82. P. herhdrum, Pers. {fat ivhitish Peziza) ; gregarious 

 fleshy adpressed convex, sometimes depressed, stem extremely 

 short. Pers. Syn. p. 664. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 136. Grev. 

 Ft. Ed. p. 424. Mong. S)- Nest. exs. n. 785. 



On the stems of herbaceous plants, especially the nettle. Autumn. 

 Everywhere. 



83. P. faginea, Pers. (heecJt-mast Peziza) ; minute, cup 

 flattish dirty- white, stem short thick. Pers. Syn. p. 6. 64. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 136. Johnsf. Fl. Berw. v. 2. p. 150. 



On beech-mast and "decayed twigs and straws in damp woods." 

 Johnst. I. c. Autumn. 



84. P. 3Iarchdnti(B, Berk, (po/e brown Peziza) ; rather thick 

 obconic pale yellowish-brown marginate flexuous, disc flat. 



On fading Marchantia hemispherica. May. Whittlesea Mere, 

 Hunts. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. — Smooth, 1^ line broad, cup quite con- 

 fuient with the thick stem so as to be irrogularly and obtusely^ obconic ; 

 flesh white. Hymenium thin. Asci clavate ; sporules in a single row, 

 elliptic. A very distinct species. 



Subgenus 11. Mollisia. (from ?nollis, soft). Cup waxy hut 

 tender, watery, sessile or obconic. 



85. P. phascoides, Fr. (pallid moss Peziza) ; minute pallid 

 •with a brick-red tinge, cup plain turbinate, stem short nearly- 

 equal. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 138. 



On small mosses. 31r. W. Wilson, apparently on half-grown SplacJi- 

 num. ampullaceum. Mr. Wilson's specimens are subgregarious and 



