314 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



15-20 x 10-12 p; asci cylindrical, apex obtuse, 8-spored ; spores 

 1-seriate, hyaline, smooth, continuous, broadly elliptical, ends 

 obtuse, 16-18 x 8-9 //,; paraphyses septate, apices broadly 

 clavate or piriform, up to 10 p. broad. 



Peziza rubra, Cooke, Mycogr., fig. 152, p. 83. 



On spent hops, heaps of rotten leaves, &c. 



Type specimen examined. 



Lachnea ascoboloidos. Mass. 



Ascophore up to | cm. across, almost globose at first, then 

 expanded and concave, fleshy; disc pale orange-yellow, 

 minutely granular or papillose , margin furnished scantily 

 with erect, rather rigid, septate, hairs, slightly swollen at the 

 base and tapering to an acute point, colourless, 60-70 X 6-7 p. ; 

 externally pale orange, minutely downy, owing to the pre- 

 sence of colourless septate hyphae springing from the large 

 cells of the excipulum; asci cylindrical, base narrowed; 

 spores 8, obliquely uniseriate, smooth, hyaline, eguttulate, 

 elliptic-oblong, ends obtuse, 16-18 X 8-9 p.; paraphyses 

 straight, 2 p. thick at base and gradually but slightly becom- 

 ing clavate, 3-4 p. thick at the apex, sparingly or sometimes 

 not at all septate, colourless. 



Peziza ascoboloides, Bert., in Fl. Ghil., vii. p. 402 ; Phil., 

 Brit, Disc., p. 96; Cke., Mycogr., fig. 352. 



Peziza eclecta, B. & Cke., Grev., 1876, p. 60. 



Neottiella ascoboloides, Sacc., Syll., vii. n. 788. 



On the ground and on dung, 



Paraphyses in some instances irregularly clavate and 

 inclined to branch near the apex. The marginal hairs are 

 bristle-like, pointed, persistent, and quite distinct from the 

 soft, septate, cylindrical hyphae that clothe the outside of 

 the ascophore. 



I have examined an authentic specimen collected by 

 Bertero in Chili, and sent by Montague to Berkeley, 



ff Spores rough at maturity. 



Lachnea hirta. Gillet, Champ. Fr., Disc., p. 75 ; Phil.' 

 Brit. Disc., p. 220 : Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 705. 



Ascophores usually scattered, sessile, at first closed and 

 almost globose, then expanding but the margin remaining 



