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elastic, and when moistened twist and curl themselves like 

 a living mass of worms, projecting the seeds to a short dis- 

 tance. 



3. T. faginea, densely clustered, pear-shaped, passing into a 

 short stalk, yellowish-brown, roughish or pulverulent ; apex ob- 

 tuse, light coloured ; height 1 \ line. 



Hob. On dead branches of beech, either on the bark or 

 bare wood, and collected into circular clusters, or form- 

 ing extensive crowded patches. 



102. ARSCYRIA. 



1. A. punicea, gregarious, stalked, ovate-cylindrical, fine crim- 

 son-red GREV. Fl. Edin. 455. ; Crypt. Fl, t. 130. Trichia denu- 



datdj WITH. iv. 433. Sow. Fung. t. 49. Clathrus denudatus, 

 BOLT. Fung. t. 93. f. 2. 



Hob. On decayed stumps of trees in woods, not common. 

 Autumn. 



The colour at first is milk-white, passing through a purplish- 

 red to its proper vermilion. The granules are minute, 

 globular, and very numerous. 



103. STEMONITIS. 



1. S. fasciculata^ tufted, purplish-brown, stalked, the head cylin- 

 drical, elongated, penetrated by the stalk, its covering vanishing ; 

 erect, the height from | to 1 inch HOOK. Scot. ii. 13. GREV. 

 Fl. Edin. 455; Crypt. FL t. 170. Trichia nuda, WITH. iv. 433. 

 Sow. Fung. t. 50. 



Hob. On rotten stumps of fir trees in Blackadder planta- 

 tions, and in the woods about the Retreat. 



104. CYATHUS. 



1. C. crucibulum, " hard, woody, subcylindrical or somewhat 

 campanulate, ochrey-yellow, subtomentose at the base; smooth 

 and even within." GREV. Fl. Edin. 495 ; Crypt. Fl. t. 34. HOOK. 

 Scot. ii. 18. Nidularia Icsvis, WITH. iv. 392. Sow. Fung. t. 30. 

 Peziza crucibuliformis, LIGHTF. Fung. 1049. 



Hob. On rotten wood in fields about Eyemouth, Rev. A. 

 Baird. 



