46 NIDULARIA. CRUCIBULUM. CYATHUS 



70. N. confluens Fr. (= Nidularia pisiformis (Roth) Tul. sec. Lloyd.) 



Conflueiu, crowded together. 



Pe. 4-11 mm., whitish, subglobose, compressed, villose, dehiscing 

 irregularly, peridium thin. Peridiola deep chestnut colour, orbicular, 

 compressed, 1-5-2 mm. across, shining. Spores white, elliptical, 

 6-7 x 4-5/a. Crowded. On the ground, twigs and amongst leaves. 

 Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



N. dentata With. = Sphaerobolus dentatus (With.) W. G. Sm. 



Crucibulum Tul. 



(Crucibulum, a crucible.) 



Peridium globose, then campanulate, or shortly cylindrical, sessile, 

 consisting of two layers, and closed by a membranaceous epiphragm at 

 the apex, which is finally ruptured. Peridiola lenticular, compressed, 

 biconvex, numerous, attached by a papilla to the funiculus. Spores 

 white, oblong-elliptical, smooth. Growing on wood, twigs, and dead 

 herbaceous stems. 



71. C. vulgare Tul. Berk. Outl. Brit. Fung. t. 2, fig. 2. 



Vulgare, common. 



Pe. 5-8 mm. high, 6 mm. across, greyish, or dirty cinnamon, 

 globose, then bell-shaped, or shortly cylindrical, at first closed by a 

 fugacious epiphragm, then broadly open, minutely tomentose on the 

 outside, soon becoming smooth, inside whitish, smooth, and shining. 

 Peridiola pale, 1-5-2 mm. across, circular, biconvex, attached by a 

 nipple-like tubercle to the funiculus. Spores white, oblong-elliptical, 

 8-12 x 4-6 /A. Gregarious, or crowded. Wood, twigs and dead fern 

 stems. Sept. March. Common, (v.v.) 



Cyathus Haller. 



(icvaQos, a cup.) 



Peridium cylindrical, then broadly campanulate, sessile, consisting 

 of three layers, and closed at the apex by a membranaceous epiphragm 

 which finally becomes ruptured and disappears. Peridiola lenticular, 

 compressed, umbilicate, numerous, attached by a funiculus. Spores 

 white, elliptical, smooth. Growing on wood, more rarely on the 

 ground. 



72. C. striatus (Huds.) Pers. Holland, Champ, t. 109, no. 246. 



Striatus, furrowed. 



Pe. 10-15 mm. high, 8-10 mm. across, reddish brown, or ferruginous 

 and strigosely hairy on the outside, obconic, or bell-shaped, truncate 

 at the base, apex at first incurved, and the interior closed with a pale, 

 fugacious epiphragm, then opening out and disclosing the lead coloured, 



