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46. Peziza (Dasyscyphse) palearnm. Desm. Ann. So. Nat. 184G. Gr>/pt 



de Fr. Exs. ii., No. 917. Phillips, HI. Brit., No. 6H. 



Minute, scattered, stipitate, whitish-tawny, acetabuliform, then 

 plane, externally fnrfuraceo-totnentose, ciliated round the margin; 

 disc ivory ; stipes rather long, dark brown at the base ; asci small, 

 cylindrical; parapliyses large, acute at the summits; sporidia '01- 

 •013 X -002 m.m. 



On straw. King's Lynn (C. B. P.). On Psamma arenaria. 

 Towyn, North Wales. June, 1875. 



47. Peziza (Dasyscypha) luzulina. PhiUijfs. Grevillea, Vol.iv.,pl. 



51. Jig. 266. 



Gregarious or scattered, shortly stipitate, minute, white, pubes- 

 cent ; disc pale yellow, plane, margined ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, 

 fusiform, straight or slightly curved, •0005--0008 x -0002-00025 

 in. ; paraphyses linear. 



At the base . of dead leaves of Luzulina sylvatica. Conway, 

 North Wales. 



48. Peziza (Dasyscypha) fxiabilis. n.s. 



Scattered or congregated, sessile, when young globose, then 

 hemisphferical, externally whitish, minutely pubescent, concave, 

 brittle ; margin fractured, uneven ; disc testaceous ; asci cylin- 

 draceo- clavate ; sporidia 8, filiform, -06 X '001 m.m., multiseptate ; 

 paraphyses slender. 



On dead oak branches, growing on the woody fibre only. Dol- 

 gelly. North Wales. June, 1875. 



Plate %2, fig. ii. — 1, natural size of plant ; 2, a cup magnified ; 

 3, asci and paraphyses ; 4, sporidia. 



49. Peziza (Dasyscyphee) flammea. A. ^ S. Cunsp.p. 319, t. 11,/. 7. 



jPhillips, El. Brit., No. 72. 



Gregarious or scattered, sessile, hemispha^rical, strigoso-villous, 

 dull red throughout ; sporidia oblong, simple or spuriously uni- 

 septate, "Ol-'OIG X •0025-'00o5 m.m.; paraphyses slender. 



On Salix aurita. Aviemore, N.B, (Rev. J. Keith). 



50. Peziza (Dasyscypha) miliazis. Wallr. 



Sessile, scattered, minute, becoming pallid, externally thinly 

 pruinose, immarginate, same colour as the disc, which becomes 

 somewhat convex ; asci clavato-cylindrical, "002 x '0003 in. ; 

 sporidia 8, oblong-ovate, -0004 x '00015 in. 



On the upper side of Peltigera canina. North Wootton. Nov. 

 15, 1875. 



* Peziza (Tapesia) Bloxami. B. ^ Br. 



On dead wood. Near Bannouth, North Wales. June, 1875. 

 We were unable to find fruit in our specimen, and are indebted 

 to Dr. Cooke for confirming our determination. 



51. Peziza (Mollisea) litozalis. n.s. 



Sessile, scattered or crowded, minute, black ; disc dark brown, 

 concave ; margin inciu'ved, fractured ; asci subclavate ; j^araphyses 



