DASYSCYPHA. 369 



hairs, 30-60 x 2 5-3 /* at the margin, cortex parenchyma- 

 tous, cells irregularly polygonal, 5-8 p. diameter, entire 

 fungus thin and delicate, | J mm. across ; asci short, cylin- 

 dric-clavate, apex slightl}* narrowed, base rather stout, 

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

 cylindrical or very slightly clavate, straight or a little 

 curved, 6-9 X 1*52 /JL ; paraphyses slender, cylindrical,, 

 colourless. 



Helotium grisellum, Rehm, Hedw., 1855, p. 12. 



PMalea grisella, Eehm, Krypt.-Fl., Disc., p. 737. 



On the under surface of dead fronds of bracken. 



A minute species, and difficult to detect, as it is to some 

 extent concealed by the hairs on the surface of the frond. 



Specimens examined in Rehm's Ascom., n. 766, and Rab.- 

 Winter, Fung. Eur., n. 3572. 



Position doubtful 



Dasyscypha stigmella. Sacc., Syll., vol. x., Suppl.,. 

 n. 4546. 



Ascophore shortly stipitate, white, or pale flesh-colour, 

 clad with thin, flexuous hairs T ^ mm. diameter, disc of the 

 same co lour; asci cylindrical ; spores, 8-10 X I/*; paraphyses 

 fusiform. 



Lachnella stigmatella, Cooke, Grev., vol. xix. p. 86. 



On rushes. 



Unknown to me. The type specimens cannot be found in 

 Herb. Cooke, Kew. 



Dasyscypha callimorpha. Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 1875. 



Gregarious, sessile or shortly stipitate, externally tornen- 

 tose, hairs colourless, hairs short, continuous, apex attenuated 

 or acute, 34 p. thick ; almost plane, contracted into a sphe- 

 rical form when dry ; disc yellow or orange-yellow, up to 

 i mm. across ; asci cylindric-clavate, 35-45 X 5 p. ; spores 

 straight, linear-fusoid, 6-8-guttulate or spuriously multi- 

 septate, 17-20 x 1*5-2 p. ; paraphyses subulate, 3 //, thick. 



Lachnum callimorphum, Karst., Myc. Fenn., p. 173. 



Lachnella callimorpha, Phil., Grev., vol. xvi. p. 94. 



On dead leaves of Carex and Eriophorum angustifolium. 



Unknown to me. Unfortunately there is no fungus pre- 



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