But one collection is known from Chile by Gay, which is now in 

 Tulasne's herbarium. It was said to grow on horse manure, but it 

 appears to me as though it grew on rich earth. Its large, subglobose 

 spores and habitat (if true) would ally it to Cyathus stercoreus, but it 

 belongs in a different section on account of its striate cup. 



SECTION 2. 



CYATHUS STRIATUS (Plate 106). Peridium obconic, cup- 

 shaped, dark brown (in some forms much darker than others), hirsute, 

 strigose, with coarse, shaggy hairs, which are disposed to bend down- 

 ward. Externally the cups are even ; internally they are regularly and 

 strongly striate. Epiphragm a thin, white membrane, at first strigose, 

 but the hairs soon fall away, leaving the epiphragm smooth. The epi- 

 phragm soon breaks around the edges and falls away. Peridioles 

 about 2 mic. in diameter, with a soft, pale tunica, which is thin on the 

 margin and top of the peridioles, thicker below, where it usually re- 

 mains attached, forming a kind of pad (when wet and swollen). The 

 tunica rarely ruptures in the typical form of Cyathus striatus, but is 

 generally seen entirely surrounding the ripe peridiole. Spores ellip- 

 tical-ovoid, rounded at the ends, but slightly more narrow at one end 

 than the other, 8-10 x 18-20 mic. 



The type form of this plant is very common, but occurs only as 

 far as I know in Europe. The American form is quite different, par- 

 ticularly in its tunica characters. I have seen no form from Australia. 24 



SYNONYMS. This plant, like all common plants, has received a great 

 many names through the vagaries of the old botanists. _ Tulasne > has given 

 the following synonyms : Peziza cyathiformis, Peziza striata, Peziza hirsuta, 

 Nidularia striata, Nidularia hirsuta. The latest juggled name for it is Cyathia 

 hirsuta. 



SPECIMENS IN OUR COLLECTION. 



Sweden, L. Romell, C. G. Lloyd. 

 England, Chas. Crossland, Mrs. A. Montague. 

 Ireland, Greenwood Pirn. 

 Switzerland, Denis Cruchet. 

 Belgium, Madme Rousseau, Dr. O. Pazschke. 



Germany, W. Krueger, Fritz Noack, Prof. Plottner, Otto Jaap, Dr. O. 

 Pazschke, C. Engelke. 



Austria, A. Weidmann. 



France, J. Lagarde, Rev. H. Bourdot, L. Rolland. 



Portugal, Rev. C. Torrend. 



Italy. Dr. C. Massalongo. 



CYATHUS SCHWEINITZII (Plate 106). I think that this plant should 

 be considered as Tulasne has it, a variety of Cyathus striatus of Europe, al- 

 though many "species" are made on much less differences. Most American 

 botanists who were probably not aware that it differs from the European plant, 

 have called it Cyathus striatus without distinction. Peridium pale brown, 



24 Which is somewhat surprising to me as the other three, common species of " bird's-nest-fungi " 

 of Europe and America are frequent in Australia also. 



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