424 THELEPHORACE^E Cyphella 



1901. C. Pimii Phill. (after Greenwood Pirn, mycologist) a b. 

 Fasciculate, cyathiform, erect or pendent, membranous, soft, 



fragile, pubescent, white or pale yellow. Stem somewhat 

 slender, crooked, enlarged upwards ; marg. somewhat incised. 

 Dead herbaceous stems in water, nettle, butter-bur. Feb. ^ x ^ in. 



1902. C. capula Fr. (from its resemblance to a small bowl, capuld) a be. 

 Membranous, obliquely campahulate, smooth; marg. sinuate, 



irregular. Hym. even, whitish to yellowish, rarely greyish, 

 brownish, or wholly white. 



Dead herbaceous stems, twigs, branches, nettles, fennel, moss, strawberry, 

 comfrey ; frequent. Oct. -Aug. ^ in. 



1903. C. eernua Mass, (from the habit, bending downwards ; 



cermius, nodding) a. 



Thin, obliquely campanulate, glabrous, stem elongate, equal, 

 clear primrose-yellow, yellowish-white, somewhat sulphur or 

 very pale yellow. 



Bark, elder. in. Perhaps the same as 1902, but Massee considers it 

 distinct in its more erect habit and larger spores. 



1904. C. eutieulosa Fr. ex Berk, (from the membranous substance ; 



cuticula,) the outer skin) a b. 

 Membranous, at first oblong, then cup-shaped, smooth externally, 



diaphanous white. 

 Dead grass stems ; rare. Feb. ^ 2 - in. 



1905. C. laeera Fr. (from the cleft margin ; lacerus^ torn) a b c. 

 Membranous, cup-shaped, vertical or pendulous, torn into clefts, 



slightly striate and black fibrillose above. Hym. slightly 

 wrinkled and whitish, grey externally. 

 Dead twigs. \ x j in. 



1906. C. galeata Fr. (from its resemblance to a metal skull-cap or 



helmet ; galea, a helmet) a c. 



Membranous soft, subsessile, even ; marg. entire, then torn. 

 Hym. slightly wrinkled, white to grey-white or pale rose-brown. 

 Mosses ; uncommon. Dec. ^-^ in. 



1907. C. Goldbaehli Weinm. (after Carl Ludwig Goldbach) a b c. 

 Membranous, cup-shaped, sessile, lobed or cleft, externally 



villous. Hym. even, pallid, white, ivory, or white-ochre. 

 Dead leaves of Aira ctzspitosa, Carex paniculata. Feb. X ^j in. 



1908. C. museigena Fr. (from its habit, borne on mosses ; muscus, 



moss, gigno, to bear) a b c. 



Membranous soft, becoming plane, subdimidiate, externally 

 silky under a lens. Hym. slightly wrinkled, shining-white, 

 becoming pale brown. 



Various mosses ; uncommon. Sept. -Jan. in. Varied in form, fan- 

 shaped, spathulate, etc. Sometimes stipitate, sometimes f in. across. 

 This is Cantharellus l<zvis Fr. 



