230 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



proves nothing at all, and it is well known that Fries' 

 knowledge of microscopic fungi went only as far as a pocket- 

 lens could aid him, "besides Persoon distinctly states that his 

 fungus is identical with Peziza pineti of Batsch. 



On dead leaves of Pinus sylvestris. 



Jerdon's specimen in Herb. Kew, examined. 



POCILLUM. DeXot. 



Ascophore obconic or turbinate, minute, apex truncate, 

 immarginate ; hypotheciuin minutely parenchymatous, ex- 

 cipulum composed of parallel, septate hyphae ; asci 8-spored ; 

 spores arranged in a parallel fascicle, slender, elongated, 

 hyaline, continuous (in British species); paraphyses slender. 



Pocillum, De Notaris, Prof. Disc., p. 361 ; Sacc., SylL, viii. 

 p. 605. 



A natural genus, characterised by the minute, vertical, 

 clavate or narrowly obconic ascophore, and the long, slender 

 spores. Saccardo has placed the present genus in the 

 Dcrmateae, but I fail to see on what grounds ; the excipulum 

 is glabrous, soft, and in some species even watery when 

 fresh ; the excipulum is formed of septate hyphae arranged 

 in. a parallel series running from base to margin. 



Pocillum Cesatii. De Not., Prof. Disc., p. 361 ; Sacc., 

 SylL, viii. n. 2501. 



Ascophores gregarious, hypophyllous, erumpent, minute, 

 subsessilo, vertical, narrowly clavate or obconic, truncate, 

 immarginate ; disc pallid, outside smoky-olive, about i nim. 

 Across, up to i mm. high ; hypothecium parenchymatous, 

 hyaline, cells minute, excipulum formed of septate hyphae, 

 arranged in a parallel series, smoky-olive; asci elongated, 

 narrowly cylindrical, apex thickened, 8-spored ; spores 

 hyaline, continuous, arranged in a parallel fascicle, nearly 

 as long as the ascus, 130-140 x 1-1 '5 p.; paraphyses 

 slender, cylindrical, tip slightly clavate, often with an olive 

 tinge. 



Melotium Cesatii, Mont., SylL, Crypt., p. 187. 



On the under surface of dead oak leaves. 



Specimen in Saccardo's Myc. Ven., n. 952, examined. The 



