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The very young plants are deeply cupped, and of a watery- 

 white colour. The mature plants are fleshy and thickish. 



14. P. campanula, gregarious, small, of an uniform cream colour ; 

 pileus thin and membranous, with a plane not contracted margin. 

 Diameter 1 or 2 lines. GREV. Fl. Edin. 423. 



Hab. On the stalks of decaying herbaceous plants in au- 

 tumn. 



15. P. pallescens, scattered, minute, of a uniform very pale yel- 

 low, fleshy ; the stalk dilated into a cupped pileus, the margin 

 contracted and even. PERS. Syn. 664. P. pedicillata $ Sow. Fung. 

 t. 369. f. 4. 



Hub. On twigs and g asses in a state of decay, common in 

 autumn. 



About |th in height. The stalk is rather thick, and seems to 

 dilate gradually into a deeply cupped head ; the aperture 

 contracted. In this respect it differs from P. campanula, 

 the mouth of which is described as " widely open." 



16. P. ceruginosa, " verdigris-green, turbinate, at length, spread- 

 ing, somewhat flexuose ; the stipes short." GREV. Crypt. FL t. 241. 



Hab. On rotten wood. Communicated from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Wooler, by Mr Mitchell, R. N. 



" The remarkable property which this plant possesses, of 

 staining the wood upon which it grows to the depth of two 

 inches, constitutes a character by which it is distinguished 

 from all other Pezizse." In other respects it is very va- 

 riable, and the fungus rarely comes to perfection. 



1 7 P> ochroleuca, " rather large, ochrey-brown, infundibuliform, 

 at length concavo-repand or very plane ; stipes elongated, dark at 

 the base." GREV. FL Edin. 422. Sow. Fung. t. 115. 



II ab. On decayed branches at Houndswood, plentiful. Aut. 



A very variable species, The small plants are funnel-shaped, 

 or they may be compared to the cups of the acorn ; the 

 outside yellowish-brown, the disk of a dark or umber co- 

 lour. In its progress the disk becomes expanded and un- 

 even ; the colour is either a uniform yellowish-brown, or 

 it is darker above than below. The length of the stalk is 

 equally variable, sometimes more than half an inch, and 



