364 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



short, densely set, very slightly coloured hairs give the 

 exterior of the ascophore a minutely scurfy appearance 

 under a lens. I have not observed the " perpendicularly 

 striate " appearance described by Phillips very distinctly, 

 and in some specimens not at all. 



The original specific name is antedated by Eehm. 



Dasyscypha tricolor. Mass. 



Gregarious or scattered, narrowed into a very short stem- 

 like base, at first closed, then hemispherical, closed when dry, 

 waxy, 12 mm. across ; disc yellowish, externally bluish 

 grey and villose, hairs thin-walled, septate,, cylindrical, 

 obtuse, slightly tinged grey, apex almost colourless, 80-120 x 

 5-6 fji, sometimes rather wavy ; cortical cells small, arranged 

 more or less in parallel rows ; asci clavate, apex somewhat 

 narrowed, 8-spored ; spores hyaline, continuous, often guttu- 

 late, narrowly elliptical, 12-15 X 2 '5-3 p., 2-seriate ; para- 

 physes slender, cylindrical, slightly longer than the asci. 



Peziza tricolor, Sow., Eng. Fung., t. 369, f. 6. 



Laclmella tricolor, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 240. 



On old bark and wood. 



Distinguished by the bluish-grey exterior and yellowish disc. 



Specimen in Moug. & Nest., n. 1189, examined. 



Dasyscypha Stevensoni. Sacc., Syll., n. 1889. 



Gregarious or scattered, narrowed to a short stem-like base, 

 subglobose and closed at first, then hemispherical, about mm. 

 across ; disc pallid, externally minutely villose, very pale 

 amber, " sugar-colour," hairs dense, slender, thin- walled, 

 20-30 X 3 //,, almost colourless ; cortex minutely parenchyma- 

 tous , asci narrowly clavate, apex slightly narrowed, 8-spored; 

 spores hyaline, continuous, straight, elliptic-fusiform, 7-8 X 

 1*5-2 fj. ; paraphyses hyaline, very slender, cylindrical. 



Peziza (Mollisia) Stevensoni, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 1485. 



Lachnella Stevensoni, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 235. 



On decorticated wood. 



Type specimen examined. 



Dasyscypha dematiicola. Mass. 



Scattered or gregarious, sessile, at first globose and closed, 

 then hemispherical, finally plane, but with a distinct margin, 



