l8 MICnOMYCETES riAT.KI 



jiliMunujuc lata aiil jiaiillo ultra, laiissiine in caesjiilulos paucoruin in- 

 (liviiluoriui) , sallciii in S] iH-iiuiiiibus, (jiiac ail maims sunl, coaceivala. 

 Ctipiila i-oriacca , crassiusi-ula , li'uav, vduti cjiiclenniilc Icmii corlicala , 

 alabemir.a , mux apcila, juuioi- obverse coiiica hians, ilein scnsini cli- 

 lalala , evplaiialaipie, subliemls|>hacric'a , |)aU'llacforniis, fij|;uia admodum 

 varia , obloii:;a, ri'iiifornsis , conlala, subiiiilc I'liain liigoiia vcl sublobala, 

 marline in (|iioc-nir.(jiu- stalu scnijier jilus uiiiiusve incur\o, cxlus uui- 

 brino-olivacea , iiilus all/ula , slijiilulo brevi , crassiusculo, laevi , Aisi-o, 

 excipulo breviore, qtiaiulonue cxconlrico pracilila, in sicco minule ru- 

 i;ulosa , ilisoo laclc fla\o-virons , concaviuscula -vol plana, llymcniuin ce- 

 racc\un excipulo crassins, dcuunn pulvcracco-falisccns. Asci clongato- 

 <-la\ali oblusi , parajiliysibus crebciTimis , filifonnibus , fasciculalisquc , 

 ascos subaecjuantibus, obvallali. Sporidia sim|)liria oblonga, elliplicave , 

 I'Vtremilatibus roluiulalis vel oblusiusciilis, pallide cilrina. 



Variat (jiiainiiiaxinic fonna cupularum, ut raro individua bina cjusdem 

 dimensionis el figurae in eodem ramulo invenianlur: in unico s]iecimine, 

 (ii|iulas biiias , stipituli ope invicem connatas observavi. 



Ad riiialcas calycinas special, cpias inter, vi\ cum Peziza versifonni 

 (Pers. Icon, et descripl. p. 25. tab. VII. fig. 7) ob colorcm turn disci 

 rum excipuli comparanda ; a reliquis cjusdem seclionis vel forma vel 

 colore salis supcnjuc rcccdil. Quoad colorcm, cvcipuVupic , cpidcrmldc 

 propria quasi veslili , crasslliem, ad Cenaugia accederc vidcrclur, sed 

 disco semper aperto ab iis stalim distiiiguilur, siculi et hymenio para- 

 |>liysibus copiosissimis inslructo a Patellariis, et prae caeleris a P. discolore, 

 (MoNi. el FniFS Aniial. scient. nalur. i. p. Syo ) quacum aliunde plu- 

 ribus momenlis cor.griiil. 



EXPLICATIO ICONIS I. 



I. Frustulum raniuli cxliibciis plantam naturali magnitudine ; in n. pla- 



gula decorlicala , cupulas aliquot liberas oslcudcns. 

 a. Cupulae aliquot Icnle auctae. 

 3. f'upulae a latere \isae, lente simplici valde auclae, a. junior, c. adulla, 



/>. binae slipitis ope simul connalae , vcrlicaliler scclac. 

 '\. Porlio liymenii, ad augm. 700 diametr. sub quo sporidia vix con- 



spicua. 

 5. J'ars superior asci unius, ad augm. 1000 diametr. Sporidia perfecla 



fovens. 



