ELVELLACEI. 349 



On dead sticks of heather in a pool at an altitude of 

 3200 feet. 



Mor. Shron. Braemar. 



.3. V Fergussoni, B. and Br. ; stem short, thickened 

 upwards ; cups plane, externally dark brown, granulose ; 

 hymenium plane or pulvinate, yellow; asci elongated; 

 sporidia filiform, 220 mm.; summits of paraphyses globose. 

 —B. and Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1490, t. 11,/. 6. 



On Prunus Padus. New Pitsligo, N.B. 



4. V. microscopia, B. and Br. ; very minute ; plane or 

 cup-shaped ; hymenium and receptacle grey ; stipes short, 

 slender, black ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, filiform, 50-60 x 2 

 mm. ; paraphyses filiform, numerous, — Phill. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, Ser. 2, vol. ii. t. I, f. 17-24. 



On damp fir wood. Rannock, N.B. 

 B. Sessile. 



5. V. Guernisaci, Crouan ; minute, lentiform or tur- 

 binate ; hymenium pallid, ochraceous, or grey, convex ; asci 

 cylindrical, long ; sporidia 8, filiform, hyaline, 270 mm. long ; 

 paraphyses slender, branched near the clavate summits. — 

 PhiU. Brit. Disc, pi. x. /. 61. 



On dead submerged branches of Salix in water. May 

 and June. Wexham. Habberley. Berrington. 



6. V. turbinata, Phill. ; scattered ; turbinate ; hymenium 

 plane or convex, ochraceous yellow, margined by the thin 

 edge of the receptacle, which is bluish grey, smooth ; asci 

 cylindrical ; sporidia 8, filiform, 180 x 2 mm. ; paraphyses 

 slender, branched near the summits, which are slightly 

 enlarged and brownish. — Phill. Trans. Linn. Soc, Ser. 2, 

 vol. ii. t. 11,/. 14-18. 



On branches of ash in wateycourse. Shrewsbury 



7. V. leptospora, B. and Br. ; hemispherical, then 



