FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Sacc., Syll., n. 1394. 

 Y Gregarious, sessile, at first closed then becoming plane, 

 Often irregular, rather firm, contracted when dry, disc 

 jpfhitish, pallid when dry, externally blackish-brown, 

 minutely rugulose or granular; cortex parenchymatous, 

 cells 78 fji diameter, brown, running out into parallel 

 geptate hairs at the entire margin, 1-2 mm. across; asci 

 narrowly clavate, slightly narrowed at the apex, spores 8, 

 ^-seriate, hyaline, continuous, often 2-guttulate, straight or 

 slightly bent, 9-14 x 22*5 ; paraphyses hyaline, slender. 



Peziza melaleuca, FT., S. M., ii. p. 150. 



Exsicc. Cke., Fung. Brit, n. 390; Phil., Elv. Brit., 

 BJ. 125 ; in both instances called Peziza cinerea, Batsch, with 

 which it has been confounded, but is quite distinct in the 

 dryer texture, white disc, and blackish-brown exterior. 



On hard, decorticated wood, chips, &c. 



Mollisia cinerea. Karst., Myc. Fenn., i. p. 189; 

 Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 1393; Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 173 (in part). 

 ' Gregarious, at first closed then plane, rather fleshy and 

 watery, disc greyish ; margin whitish and often irregular, 

 dingy yellow or often blackish when dry and remaining 

 flat ; externally smooth, brownish, especially near the base, 

 where it is furnished with brown hyphae; 1-2 mm. dia- 

 meter; cortex parenchymatous, cells olive-brown, 8-12 /z 

 diameter, passing into parallel, slightly clavate, septate 

 Jiairs at the margin ; asci narrowly clavate, tip very slightly 

 narrowed ; spores 8, 2-seriate, narrowly elliptic-oblong, 

 ^nds obtuse, hyaline, straight or very slightly curved, 

 7-10 x 2-3 p.; paraphyses slender, slightly thickened 

 upwards. 



Peziza cinerea, Batsch, Elench. Fung., p. 198, fig. 137. 



Exsicc. Cke., Fung. Brit., ed. ii. n. 383. 



On dead wood and branches. 



Distinguished by the watery, semipellucid substance and 

 clear grey colour when fresh. 



