276 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [ Fungi, by M. J. Berkeley. 
inch long. Endochrome often retracted to either extremity.—Allied to P. Colensoi, Berk., but brighter in colour and 
with smaller spores. The cup is more concave in dried specimens. The stem is sometimes compressed from grow- 
ing between the fibres of the wood. 
22. Peziza citrina (Batsch. f. 218). 
Haz. On dead wood, Archer. 
Sporidia «ye inch long. 
23. Peziza nigripes (Fr. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 132). 
Haz. On dead wood, Archer. 
24. Peziza paterseformis (Berk.) ; ochracea, cupula sessili sublobata concava subtus rugosiuscula 
subtiliter tomentosa, ascis linearibus, sporidiis oblongis utrinque attenuatis subcymbzeformibus. 
Has. On wood overrun with Moss, Archer. 
About 2 lines across, sessile, somewhat lobed, ochraceous, concave, beneath rather rugged, obscurely tomen- 
tose. Asci linear, elongated. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong, subeymbiform, attenuated at either extremity, sometimes 
subclavate, ¿35 inch long. —Somewhat resembling P. araneosa, Bull, but allied to P. eitrina. 
25. Peziza cinerea (Batsch. f. 137). 
Has. On dead wood, J. D. H., Archer. 
Gen. LXIX. PATELLARIA, Fr. 
Receptaculum marginatum, patelleforme, semper apertum. Hymenium leve, persistens, sed ex apici- 
bus ascorum aere adustis pulverulentum. 
The plants belonging to this genus are morphologically Lichens, without crust. Owing to their persistent 
nature, the tips of the asci, as in Lecidea, etc., become carbonized. (Name from patella, a saucer.) 
l. Patellaria Tasmanica (Berk.) ; sessilis, cupulis e concavo planis, hymenio e rufo nigro, spori- 
diis oblongis curvulis. 
Has. On dead wood, Archer. 
Minute, at first subglobose, concave, then flat, with or without a border, externally black. Disc tinged with 
green and rufous, at length black. _Asci clavate. Sporidia 4 .5—, 4, inch long, curved, narrow, oblong. Endo- 
chrome retracted to either extremity.—The disc, when moist, swells, and is of a pale-watery dingy-rufous. 
Gen. LXX. ASCOBOLUS, Pers. 
Omnia Pezize exceptis ascis dissilientibus, 
A very curious genus, confined principally to the dung of various animals, though sometimes growing on wood. 
The sporidia are often beautiful objects under the microscope, from their amethyst tint. (Name from acxos, a vessel, 
and SoAXo, to cast.) . 
l. Ascobolus Archeri (Berk.); cupula undulata sessili vinoso-fusca, sporidiis amethysteis ele- 
ganter granulatis. 
Has. On charcoal, Archer. : 
Cups 1} lines across, orbicular, sessile, undulated, vinous-brown. Asci clavate. Sporidia at first elliptic, 
even, colourless, binucleate, 4-1. inch long, then more elongated, 12'sw—rsgg inch long, amethyst-coloured, ele- 
punn granulated.— Except the two forms of spores were seen in the same individual cup with intermediate states, 
it might easily be supposed that there were two species. 
