18 ACOTYLEDONS. ^FUNGI. PhaUltS. 



j3. Uuli^ crowded resembling black hairs, peridia subattenuated. 



P. Ruhi^ Decand. 

 Hab, a. On the leaves of roses. /3. On those of Riihiis idaus and 

 fruticosus, about Edinburgh. September. Mr. GreviUe. 



C. Sarcospermi. Fructifications {peridia ?) of a large size^ 



fieshj. 



21. CYATIIUS. 

 Itfceplacle funnel- or cup-shaped, at first closed at the orifice 

 with a membrane, including several lentiform vesicles. 



1 . C. striatus, hairy brown internally striated. Pers. p. 237. 

 Nidularia striata, Sow. t. 29. Peziza siriala, Light/, 

 p. 1049. 



Hab. On old decaying timber, sticks and straws, and sometimes on 

 the ground, in the spring and autumn, Ltghtf. 



2. C. Olla, externally ash-coloured or brownish somewhat 

 downy internally smooth lead-coloured. Pers. p. 237. 

 Peziza lentifera, Light/, p. 104S. Nidularia campanulala. 

 Sow. /. 28. 



Haij. Old decaying timber, sticks, straws, &c., spring and autumn, 



Lightf. 



3. C. Crucihulum, subcylindrical indurated slightly downy (or 

 glabrous) tawny yellow. Pers. p. 238. Nidularia Icevis, 

 Sow. t. 30. Peziza cruciOuli/ormis, Light/, p. 1049. 



Hab. On decaying wood, autumn and winter. Light/. Mr. GreviUe. 



Div. II. Gymnocarpi. Fleshy Fungi, bearing seeds e.xternally 

 upon the receptacle {or hymejiimn) . 



Sect. I. Lytothecii. Fructifying sur/ace. {hymenium) dissolv- 

 ins into a selatinous mass. 



22. PHALLUS. 



Inclosed (at first) with a Volva. Pileus ovate, slipitate, entire, 

 covered with the gelatinous fluid mass. 



1 . V./oetidus, stipes perforated somewhat oblique, pileus cellular 

 open at the extremity. P. impndicus, Pers. p. 242. Light/, 

 p. 1044. P./cetidus, Sow. t. 329. 



Hab. Woods and banks, but not common, at Blair in Athol ; sands 

 by the sea on both sides of the Firth of Fortli, and at Carubber 

 Bank, Sihhald. Woods and under hedges, frequent about Glasg., 

 Hopk. Autumn. 



The abominably strong smell of this plant has procured it the name* 

 of stinking morel and stink-horns. There is an admirable descrip- 

 tion and history of it in Curt. Ft. Lond. 



