CYPHELLA. 285 



Sporophores turbinate. Spores 8-n mk. Spores terminating slightly Cyphella. 

 branched threads. 



On Ulex. Twycross. 



Name after Rev. A. Bloxam. B. 6* Br. n. 1894. 



2. C. griseo-pallida Weinm. Pallid-grey, somewhat mem- 

 branaceous, globose then campanulate, sessile, floccose exter- 

 nally. Hymenium even, smooth. 



On dead Carex paniculata. Spye Park, Wiltshire. 



Whole plant \ lin. diam., at first granuliform. Hymenium pale reddish- 

 grey, border slightly undulated. M.J,B. Name from the colour. Weinm. 

 Ross. p. 522. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 662. Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 945. 



3. C. ochroleuca B. & Br. Ochrey-white and villous above, 

 membranaceous, cup-shaped, margin at length split. Hymenium 

 even, pale ochre, brighter than the pileus. 



2 mm. (i lin.) and more broad. 

 On bramble sticks. Rare. 



Name XP?. pale yellow ; Aey/co?, white. B. & Br. n. 719. Berk. Out. 

 p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 948. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 911. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 662. 



4. C. stuppea B. Br. Erumpent, sessile, pezizasform, exter- 

 nally coarsely hispid, brownish then becoming white. Hy- 

 menium fuscous. 



On broom. Menmuir, Forfarshire. March. 



Name stuppeus, made of tow. From being coarsely hispid. B. & Br. n. 

 1698. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 912. 



5. C. fulva B. & Rav. Brown-tawny, membranaceous, cup- 

 shaped, deflexed, externally tomentose. 



On dead bark. 



Remarkable for its deflexed mouth. Spores ovate, 17 mk. B. 6* Br. 

 Name-//z/j, tawny. B. & Br. n. 936. C. Hbk. n. 954. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 662. 



6. C. brunnea Phill. Dirty-brown, sessile, cupulate, clothed 

 near the margin with a grey pruina, margin incurved, lacerated, 

 mouth oblique. Hymenium smooth, discoloured-brown ; flesh 

 paler, subgelatinous. 



Scattered or crowded. Cups .5 mm. across, .8 mm. high. Basidia clavate, 

 two to four spicules ; spores colourless, globose (5-6 mk.) 



On bark and wood of old elder-trees. Shrewsbury. 



