208 FUNGI. [Ascobolus, 



On wood. Appin. Captain Carmichael. — Plant \\ — 2 lines broad, 

 very much resembling at first sight Helotium virens (Pers. in litt.) but 

 on closer inspection quite different, being a true Peziza with long 

 flexuous obtuse asci, whereas the plant of Persoon certainly belongs to 

 the Order Lichenes, and is probably only a state of Blatora vernalis. 

 The specimens I have seen are however very different from the figure 

 given by Alb. & Schwein. of Pez. vii'ens, the shields being large and 

 very irregular. 



104. P. sclerotioides, Berk. (^Sclerotium-like Peziza) ; convex 

 umbilicate clear red-brown concave beneath and confluent with 

 the short obconic stem. 



On wood. Appin. Captain Carjnichael. — At first sight resembling 

 Sderotium quercigenum, but on dissection proving a true Peziza^ with 

 slender asci. About 1 line broad. 



105. P, aciculdris, Bull, (pin Peziza) ; white smooth head 

 convex, stem equal elongated. Fr. Syst. 31yc. v. 2. p. 156. — 

 Helv. acicularis, Bull. t. 4:73. f. 1. — Helv. agariciformisy Bolt, 

 t. 98./. 1. With. V. 4. p. 296. Sow. t. 57. Part. v. 2 ^ 3. 

 n. 1014. — Helotium aciculare, Pers. Syn. p. 677. 



On roots and in hollow stumps. Aug. — Dec. Not common. 

 Sowerby however pronounces it very common. Near Halifax, Bolton. 

 Pophills, 31rs. Riifford. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — Care must be 

 taken not to confound with it gill-less forms o^ Agaricus epiphyllus. 



106. p. siihtilis, Fr. {ininute button Peziza) ; white minute 

 rather firm, head plano-convex, stem short slender. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. 2. p. 157. — Helotium subtile, Fr. Obs. Myc. v. 2. 

 p. 311. 



On fir-leaves. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — Stem not 1 line high, 

 somewhat attenuated. Head 1 line broad, at length slightly convex." 

 Fr. I. c. 



28. Patellakia. Fr. Patellaria. 



Cup open, margined, disc somewhat pulverulent, destitute of 

 a veil. Asci coraiate, without paraphyses. Substance tough. 

 — Named from palella, a saucer. 



1. P.atrdta^ He(\\v. (black Patellaria) ; subcoriaceous shield- 

 like sessile flat black, margin tumid, disc subpruinose. Fr, 

 Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. IGO. Scler. Suec. ! n. 336. — Lichen atratus^ 



Hedw. Ad. 2. /. 21. A Pez. pattellaria, Pers. Syn. p. 670. 



Nees,p. 257. t. 265. B. 



On wood. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — Asci large, obtuse " burst- 

 ing forth when the plant is immersed in water," filled with a mass of 

 minute granules (naked sporules). I have not been able to discover 

 any rings as figured by Nees von Esenbeck. 



29. Ascobolus. Pers. Ascobolus. 



Ci/p nearly plane. Asci projecting beyond the surface of 

 the hymeniujiiy at length bursting forth elastically. — Named from 

 a(s::o;, a vessel, and ^aX>.6», to project. 



