268 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Helotiuxn rhodoleucum. Fries, Summa Veg. Scand., 

 p. 335. 



Scattered, stipitate, almost globose and closed at first, then 

 becoming quite plane, thin and rather soft, glabrous, entirely 

 pale rosy- white, i 1 , 1^ mm. across ; stem 1-2 mm. long, 

 slender, glabrous, composed of parallel, slender, septate 

 hyphae, which expand at the apex and form the cortex of 

 the ascophore ; asci cylindric-clavate, apex slightly narrowed, 

 8-spored ; spores irregularly 2-seriate, hyaline, continuous, 

 smooth, narrowly elliptical, ends slightly pointed, 10-14 x 

 3 '5-4 p.; paraphyses hyaline, slender, sometimes forked, 

 tips scarcely or not at all thickened. 



Peziza rhodoleuca, Fries, Obs. Myc., ii. p. 306. 



Hymenoscypha rhodoleuca, Phil., Brit. Disc , p. 131. 



On dead Equisitum stems and other fragments of vegetation 

 in damp places. 



When young the plant is closed and subglobose or pear- 

 shaped, soon expanding and becoming plane or slightly 

 convex. Distinguished by the pale, clear rosy - white 

 colour. 



Specimens examined in Karsten's Fung. Fenn., n. 152, and 

 Sydow, Myc., March., n. 1266. 



Helotium phascoides. Fries, Summa Veg. Scand., 

 p. 355 ; Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 169 ; Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 954. 



Ascophores gregarious, minute, waxy, shortly stipitate, 

 turbinate and closed, then expanding until plane, glabrous, 

 with a brick-red or vinous tinge all over (when dry), ^-f mm. 

 broad and high; hypothecium and excipulum composed of 

 stout, hyaline, interwoven hyphae ; asci cylindric-clavate, 

 apex rounded, pedicel slender, often crooked, 8-spored ; spores 

 irregularly 2-seriate, hyaline, smooth, continuous, narrowly 

 elliptic-oblong, ends somewhat pointed, straight or slightly 

 curved, 10-12 x 4 O/A; paraphyses slender, li 2 p. thick, 

 apex not thickened. 



Peziza phascoides, Fries, Syst. Myc., ii. p. 138. 



On leaves of species of Phascum. 



Specimen in Herb. Berk., Kew, accepted as typical. 

 Keadily distinguished by the reddish colour of the ascophore 

 and the peculiar habitat. 



