200 FLORA OP NEW ZEALAND. \_Fungi. 



containing eight globose sporidia, with a single large nucleus in each. — A curious species, resembling in its fructifi- 

 cation P. sphceroplea. Its nearest allies are such species as P.rutilans. — Plate CV. Pig, 8. a. Ascus of Peziza 

 endocarpoides, Berk., with its sporidia magnified, b. Single sporidium, magnified 250 diameters. 



3. Peziza rhyticlia, Berk.; fuliginea, cupula subsessili hemispliEerica incisa extus subtilitcr innato- 

 fibrillosa undato-rugosa, came olivacea, hymenio polito, sporidiis oblongo-ellipticis. (Tab. CV. Fig. 8.) 



Hab. On the ground, Bay of Islands, /. B. H. Banks of Kawatau in the interior, Colenso. 



An inch or more in diameter, fuliginous. Cup subhemispherical, nearly sessile, deeply incised ; margin narrow, 

 inflected ; external coat distinctly wrinkled, consisting of netted, brownish, innate fibres, to which succeeds a greenish 

 stratum consisting of delicate threads, then a more compact layer, to which finally succeeds a thin paler stratum, 

 from which the elongated asci and slender paraphyses immediately spring, the whole somewhat resembling the sec- 

 tion given by Persoon of P.purpurascens, in ' Mycologia Europsea.' Sporidia oblong, elliptic, subeymbiform, T £ rs 

 of an inch long. — Allied to P. fuliginea and P. purpurescens, but artificially referable to the subgenus Encalia, on 

 account of its innate fibrous outer coat ; besides which it is evidently rather tough when fresh. It is fixed to the 

 ground by a few dark penetrating threads. It may be observed that P. craterium, Schweinitz, to which it has some 

 apparent affinity, differs in the structure of the hymenium. — Plate CV. Pig. 6. a, a. Peziza rhytidia, Berk., na- 

 tural size. b. Section, slightly magnified, c. Portion of outer coat, more highly magnified, d. Asci and paraphyses. 

 e. Sporidium, magnified 250 diameters. 



* Peziza campylospora, Berk. ; fuliginea, cupula breviter stipitata obliqua extus rugosa subtiliter 

 fibrillosa, carne albida, sporidiis majoribus oblongis curvatis. 



Hab. On decayed wood, Colenso. 



Cup above an inch across, oblique, lobed, wrinkled externally, and clothed with inconspicuous myceloid flocci. 

 Stem short, wrinkled. Hymenium fuliginous, like the cup tinged with vinous-red ; substance nearly white, com- 

 posed of intricate threads. Asci linear. Sporidia oblong, strongly curved, t |-q of an inch long ; paraphyses slender, 

 very slightly incrassated above. — Allied to the last, but distinguished at once by the larger curved sporidia, its dif- 

 ferent habitat, etc. 



4. Peziza stercorea, Pr. Syst. v. 2. p. 87. 

 Hab. On horse-dung, Colenso. 



5. Peziza Kerguelensis, Berk, in Hook. Ant. Voy. Crypt. p. 145. t. 164. f. 3. 

 Hab. On the ground. Bay of Islands, J. D. H. 



The specimens differ from those from Kcrguelen's Land in their shorter, inarticulate hairs, but I see no other 

 distinction. In both the sporidia are broadly elliptic. 



6. Peziza calycina, Pr. Syst. v. 2. p. 91. 



Hab. On dead twigs of Dacrydium Colensoi, Sinclair. 



7. Peziza Colensoi, Berk.; pallide alutacea, cupula infundibuliformi breviter stipitata basi plicata sur- 

 sum margine iniiexo subtiliter tomentosa. (Tab. CV. Pig. 5.) 



Hab. On dead sticks, near the Biver Manawatu, Colenso. 



About one-third of an inch in diameter, pale tan-coloured, infundibuliform, with a short, thick stem, fixed by 

 an orbicular disc, plicate at the base, very minutely downy above and on the margin, but by no means ciliated. 

 Hymenium even. Asci nearly equal; paraphyses filiform; sporidia about -j-oVo °^ an ^ nc ^ ^ a diameter, oblong, 

 elliptic, or subfusiform ; endochrome retracted into from two to four bodies, but not truly septate. — Allied to P. 

 Afzelii, with which it agrees in size, but distinguished by the absence of all cilia at the edge. — Plate CV. Pig. 5. 

 Peziza Colensoi, Berk., natural size. a. Asci and paraphyses, magnified, b. Sporidia, magnified 250 diameters, c. 

 Sporidia, more highly magnified. 



