Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 447 



1075. H. aquaticum, Curr. /. c. p. 154, fig. 19. 



On a fragment of stick in water. Paul's Cray Common, May 

 31, 1862. 



1076. Khizina undulata, Fr. Obs. i. p. 161 ; In tell. Obs. 

 no. 25 (cum icone) ; Curr. /. c. p. 493, tab. 51. figs. 7-9. 



Ascot, on sandy banks where the heath had been burnt down, 

 in great abundance. First observed by the Rev. G. H. Sawyer. 



Some of the specimens have a raised yellowish margin, as in 

 R. laevigata; but this vanishes with age. 



1077. Patellaria (Mollisia) olivacea, Batsch, El. fig. 51 (Rhizina 

 nigro-olivacea, Curr. Linn. Tr. vol. xxiv. p. 493, tab. 51. figs. 10- 

 12). 



On rotting willow. Batheaston, C. E. Broome. 



It runs over the wood in an irregular manner, like the thallus 

 of a Peltidea. In its young state it is truly Peziza-\ike and 

 very beautiful. 



Plate XV. fig. 22. a a. Asci with paraphyses, magnified; 6. paraphyses 

 bearing irregular eonidia, ditto ; c. sporidia, more highly magnified. 



1078. P. atro-vinosa, Blox. MS. ; Curr. I. c. p. 155, t. 25. f. 31. 

 Gopsal, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



1079. P. aquatica, Curr. 1. c. p. 155, tab. 25. fig. 23. 

 Pond at St. George's Hill, Weybridge ; Paul's Cray Common, 



May 1862, F. Currey. 



1080. P. palustris, Curr. /. c. fig. 35. 



On dead rushes in water. Paul's Cray Common, May 31, 1862. 



1081. Ascobolus viridis, Curr. Linn. Tr. vol. xxiv. p. 154. 

 On clay. Hanham, Oct. 15, 1861 ; Leigh Wood, Clifton, 



Messrs. Currey and Broome. 



The enormous increase of species in this interesting genus is 

 mainly due to the researches of the Messrs. Crouan. They are 

 wrong in saying that no one had observed the amethyst tint of 

 the sporidia in Ascobolus furfur aceus before them. It is recorded 

 in the ' English Flora,' published more than twenty-five years 

 since. As the characters of the species depend so much on the 

 sporidia, we think it useful to give figures from original sketches 

 in most of the British species. 



1082. A. Jungermannia, B. & B. (Peziza Jungennannice, Nees). 

 On Jungermannia . Jedburgh, A. Jerdon. 



Asci slightly clavate, at length projecting; sporidia elliptic, 

 •0006 inch long, sometimes rather irregular, of an intense 

 verdigris-green when fresh, as are also the clavate-tipped para- 

 physes. 



Plate XVI. fig. 23. a. Paraphyses, magnified; b. asci, ditto ; c, d. spo- 

 ridia, more highly magnified. 



I*A. testaceus (Helotium testacewn, B. Outl. p. 372). 

 This species, which was originally found on old sacking and 



