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40, CYPHELLA, Fr. 



Submembranaceous, cup-sliaped, elongated behind and fre- 

 quently pendulous. Hymeniuin distinctly inferior, completely 

 confluent Avitli the pileus. 



1. C. griseo-pallida, Fr. ; subraembranaceous, globose, then 

 campanulate, sessile, pallid-grey, floccose externally ; hyme- 

 nium even, smooth. 



On dead Carex paniculata. Spye Park, Wiltshire, C. E. B. 



2. C. muscigena, Fr. ; membranaceous, soft, nearly sessile, 

 dimidiate, flattened, white, externally minutely silky ; hyme- 

 nium rugulose. — Myc. Eur. t. 7. f. 6. 



On mosses. Not common. Hanham, near Bristol, C. E. B. 

 Looks at first sight like a little CanthareUus. 



3. C. galeata, Fr. ; membranaceous, soft, nearly sessile, 

 cup-shaped, then dimidiate, helmet-shaped, even, dirty-white; 

 margin quite entire; hymenium at length somewhat rufous, 

 rugulose. 



On mosses. Not uncommon. Differs from the last in its 

 dingy hue and bullate pileus. 



4. C. ochroleuca, B. and Br.; membranaceous, cup-shaped, 

 villous and ochroleucous above ; margin at length split ; hy- 

 menium even, pale ochre, brighter than the pileus. 



On decayed bramble-twigs. Batheaston, C. E. B. 



5. C. museicola, Fr. ; membranaceous, nearly sessile, per- 

 sistently cup-shaped, cinereous, dirty-wdiite, turning pale, fi- 

 brilloso-striate externally ; margin slightly downy, uneven, 

 torn ; hymenium even. 



On mosses. Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, etc. 



6. C. lacera, Fr.; membranaceous, cup-shaped, pendulous, 

 then multifid; vertex stretched out, stem-shaped; striate above 



