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acquainted with the plant, and judged from the figure 

 quoted above. Distinct in the more erect habit and larger 

 spores. 



Cyphella cuticulosa. Berk. 



White, diaphanous, membranaceous, at first oblong, then 

 cup-shaped, elongated into a stem, smooth externally. 



Cyphella cuticulosa, Berk., Outl., p. 278 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 955 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. 288 ; Dicks., Cr., Fasc. iii. t. 9, f. 11. 



On grass. Gregarious, 1-2 lines high ; a species founded 

 by Berkeley from Dickson's figure, hence not very likely to 

 be again recognised. 



Cyphella lacera. Fr. 



White or yellowish, membranaceous, cup-shaped, pen- 

 dulous, becoming torn into shreds and covered above with 

 black fibrils, stem short ; hymenium pale, wrinkled, spores 

 subglobose, colourless, 7 x 6 p.. 



Cyphella lacera, Berk., Outl., p. 227 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 950; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. 287. 



On dead twigs. From 2-3 mm. broad, 4-6 mm. high. 



B. Sessile or Subsessile. 

 * Spores colourless. 



Cyphella galeata. Fr. 



Whitish, pale grey when moist, membranaceous, sub- 

 sessile, helmet-shaped, margin entire; hymenium slightly 

 wrinkled, becoming rufescent ; spores elliptical or obovate, 

 8-10 x 5 /x. 



Cypliella galeata, Berk., Outl., p. 277 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 947 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung. 286. 



On mosses. Snow-white at first, then becoming dark 

 cinnamon or rufescent, 2-3 lines across. 



Cyphella Goldbachii. Weinm. 



Whitish, thin, cup-shaped or cylindrical, sessile or sub- 

 stipitate, margin deeply and irregularly lobed, villous ; 

 hymenium even, pale ; spores globose, 78 /x. 



Cyphella Goldbachii, Berk., Outl., p. 278; Cke., Hdbk., 

 n. 952 ; Stev., B. Fung. 288. 



