HELOTIUM. 243 



The name of H. melleum has been retained by Saccardo 

 Syll., viii. n. 948 for the Ceylon species, and the British 

 species, notwithstanding priority of publication, has been 

 changed by Saccardo to H. Fergussoni, Sacc., Syll., viii. 

 n. 948. 



Helotium Aspegrenii. Fries, Summa Veg., p. 355. 



Gregarious, sti pi tate ; ascophore subrepand; disc yellow; 

 externally, as well as the subascending hteni, white; asci 

 cylindrical ; spores 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 

 8-10 x 3-5 /A. 



Peziza Aspegrenii, Fries, Syst., Myc., ii. p. 131. 



Hymenoscyplia Aspegrenii, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 124. 



Phialea Aspegrenii, Gill., Disc. Fr., p. 107, with fig.; Sacc., 

 Syll., viii. n. 1078. 



On rotten wood. 



" Two to three lines high, stem somewhat slender." 

 (Fries.) 



At first hemispherical, then expanded and plane ; stem 

 slender, attenuated downwards. 



Unknown to me. All the above is from Brit. Disc., 

 p. 124-125. 



Helotium Hedwigii. Mass. 



Ascophore stipitate, concave or plane, yellow tinged with 

 orange, margin entire, paler beneath ; stem rather long, 

 lower half tomentose, white and enlarged ; asci cylindraceo- 

 clavate ; spores oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 

 7-10 x 3 p. 



Octospora fungoidaster, Hedw., Muse. Frond., ii. p. 53, 

 t. xix. figs. 1-4. 



Peziza fructigena, ft. virgultorum, Fries, Syst. Myc., ii. 

 p. 118. 



Peziza virgultorum, Fl. Dan., t. 1016, fig. 2. 



Hymenoscypha Hedwigii, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 130. 



On twigs of hazel. May. 



Ascophore i 1^ line broad, height about the same. The 

 cups are at fist concave, then plane ; the stem is white, 

 enlarged at the base, and attached to the wood by white 

 mycelium. 



The above is copied entirely from Phillips, Brit. Disc., 

 p. 130. Unknown to me. 



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