ELVKI.LACTCI. 365 



On the bare ground. Rare. King's Clitl'e. At first sight 

 apparently a variety of P. aurantia, but the sporidia are not 

 rough. 



Subgenus 2. Geopyxis, Fr. — Veil innate. Cup when young 

 subglobose, closed, then open and orbicular. Substance fleshy, 

 rarely fibrous. 



17. P. (Geopyxis) macropus, P.; cup hemispherical, cine- 

 reous, hirto-verrucose ; disc mouse-coloured, turning pale ; 

 stem very long, attenuated. — Grev. t. 70. 



On the ground, in woods. Common. 



18. P. (Geopyxis) tuberosa, Bull. ; thin ; cup funnel- 

 shaped, bright brown, turning pale ; stem elongated, spring- 

 ing from an irregular black tuber. — Sow. t. 63 ; Huss. 11. 

 t. 10. 



On the ground, in woods. Spring. Not uncommon. 

 Tuber exactly resembling some Sclerotium. 



19. P. (Geopyxis) Eapulum, Bull. ; thin, yellow-brown ; 

 cup funnel-shaped, nearly smooth ; stem twisted ; root elon- 

 gated, fibrillose.— 5m//. /. 485. /. 2. 



On the ground. Observed only by Dickson. 



20. P. (Geopyxis) cupularis, L. ; nearly sessile, thin, glo- 

 boso-campanulate, fawn-coloured or pallid, mealy externally; 

 margin crenate : [no. 308.) 



On the ground, in gardens, etc. Not common. Sometimes 

 yellowish. 



21. P. (Geopyxis) sepulta, Fr.; hypoga^ous, globose, clothed 

 with dense woolly fibres ; hymcnium at length exposed by 

 rupture of the upper portion : [no. 766.) 



On the ground. East Bergholt. A coarse, imsightly species. 



22. P- (Geopyxis) Covmx\3\Qnsis, B. and Br.; middle-sized, 

 sessile, fixed by down ; margin alone free, somewhat Ihit- 



