350 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On fallen branches of Rhododendron ferrugineum and 

 Vaccinium uliginosum. 



Phillips found the spores 9-10 X 2-5 /*. 

 Specimen in Behm, Ascom., n. lllA, examined. 



Dasyscypha clandestina. Fckl., Symb. Myc., p. 

 305. 



Usually closely gregarious, stipitate, turbinate and closed 

 when young, then saucer-shaped, margin erect, i-1 mni. 

 broad ; disc pallid, often becoming brownish, externally 

 fawn-colour or brown, villose, as is also the short, stout 

 stem, hairs best developed at the margin, thin-walled, 

 septate, obtuse or a little thickened at the tips, which often 

 bear crystals, usually also minutely rough, yellow-brown, 

 tips pale, 80-100 X 6-7 ^ ; cortex composed of parallel, 

 slender, septate hyphae ; asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored; 

 spores hyaline, continuous, straight, linear-fusiform, 2- 

 seriate, 6-8 X 1'5/Aj paraphyses hyaline, lanceolate, apex 

 acute, 5-6 /x. at the broadest part, longer than the asci. 



Peziza dandestina, Bull., Hist. Champ. France, p. 251, 

 t. 416, f. 5. 



Laclmella clandestina, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 236. 



Dasyscyplia albofurfuracea, Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 1906. 



Laclmella caulicola, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 236. 



On dry stems of Hubus idaeus. 



Allied to D. calyculaeformis ; for distinguishing features 

 see under last-named. 



Specimens examined in Phil., Brit. Elv., n. 67, and 

 Kehm, Ascom., n. 61. 



There is no certain evidence of the occurrence of Peziza, 

 caulicola ( = Lachnella caulicola, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 236) in 

 Britain ; the specimen in Herb. Berk., Kew, from liudlow, 

 accepted by Phillips as this species, proves on examination 

 to be typical Dasyscypha clandestina. 



Dasyscypha nidulus. Mass. 



Scattered or gregarious, sessile, depresso-globose and 

 closed at first, becoming nearly piano, firm, J,-| mm. across; 

 disc pallid-yellow, externally chestnut-colour, pilose, hairs 

 spreading, cylindrical, obtuse, rather thick-walled, niany- 

 septate, smooth, straight, brown, tips paler, crowded, 



