3G2 OUTLINES OF lUUTISll FUNGOLOGV. 



3. G. glutinostun, P. ; smooth, viscid, at length hlackish ; 

 stem distiiiet, glutinous, even. 



Grassy places. Hare. Appin, Capt. Carmichael. 



4. G. glabrum, P. ; smooth, dry, at length black ; stem 

 squamulose. 



Grassy places. Not common. 



** Steiit covjlmnt. 



5. G. hirsutum, P. ; black, hairy. (Plate 22, fig. 2.) 

 Amongst grass. Common. 



6. G. dififorme, Fr. ; black, smooth, dry ; head confluent 

 with the stem. 



Amongst grass. Common. 



251. PEZIZA, L. 



Cup-shaped ; cup more or less concave, soon open. Disc 

 naked. Asci fixed. 



Series 1. Aleukia, Fr. — Fleshy, or hehveen fleshy and mem- 

 branaceous, externally jjruiyiose or floccoso-furfuraceous. 

 Mostly growing on the ground. 



Subgenus 1. Discina, Fr. — Cup always open, or conuivent when 

 young. Veil superficial. 



1. P. (Discina) acetabulum, L. ; eyathiform, dingy, adorned 

 externally with ribs, which run up from the short laeunose 

 stem. — Soiv. t. 59. 



On the ground, in spring. Not common. A^ery elegant. 



2. P. (Discina) venosa, P. ; sessile, more or less twisted, 

 dark umbcr-brown, white beneath ; disc coarsely wrinkled. 

 (Plate 22, fig. Q.)—Grev. t. 156; Huss. ii. /. 7. 



On the ground, in spring. Not uncommon. A curious 

 form is represented in the Plate. 



