CYPHELLA. 287 



On mosses. Rare. Cyphella. 



Name muscus, moss; colo, to inhabit. Fr, Hym. Eur.p. 663. Syst. Myc. 

 ii. p. 202. Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 949. B. Fl. Dan. t. 2083.7. 2. 



*** StipiticolcE (growing on stems}. 



12. C. lacera Fr. When perfect 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) in stature, 

 whitish or yellow, membranaceous, cup-shaped, stipitate from the 

 vertex being extended, pendulous, then torn into many clefts, 

 slightly striate above with dense black fibrils. Hymenium 

 slightly wrinkled, whitish. 



On dead twigs. Rare. 



Name lacerus, torn. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 664. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 202. 

 Berk. Out. p. 277. C. Hbk. n. 950. v4/J. &> Schw. t. i. /. 5. 



13. C. capula Fr. Whitish, membranaceous, obliquely cam- 

 panulate, extended into an oblique stem, smooth, margin sinuate, 

 irregularly shaped. Hymenium even. 



It varies yellowish. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants. Frequent. 



Looks like Peziza. M.J.B. Spores ovoid, 7 mk. Q. Na.me capul<z, 

 small bowls with handles. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 664. Berk. Out. p. 278. C. 

 Hbk. n. 951. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 915. Holmsk. ii. t. 22. Peziza Nov. Act. 

 Hafn. i. /. 286. / 7. Fl. Dan. t. 1970. / 3 seems a var. 



14. C. Pimii Phill White or very pale yellow, cup-shaped, 

 erect or pendent, membranaceous, pubescent, margin of cup 

 somewhat incised. Stem rather slender, crooked, enlarged up- 

 wards. 



Fasciculate. About 4 mm. (2 lin.) high and cup 2 mm. (i lin.) wide. 

 Basidia cylindraceo-clavate, with sometimes only two spicules, generally four ; 

 spores subpyriform, colourless (7-10x4 mk.) 



On dead herbaceous stems in water. Dublin. 

 Name after Greenwood Pirn. Phill. Grevillea, vol. xiii. p. 49. 



**** CauKcola and epiphyllce (growing on stalks and on leaves}. 



15. C. pallida B. & Br. Cups at first orbicular, at length 

 irregularly lobed, plane, tomentose or slightly hispid, sessile. 

 Hymenium at length wrinkled, pallid ochraceous. 



Cups J<-i line across, sometimes proliferous. Differs from C. Curreyi in 

 the colour of the hymenium, which is rugose, like that of Cantharellus mus- 

 cifenus, and its more irregular form. It appears also not to be erumpent, as 

 that species often is, but is seated on the bark or wood. 



