708 Transactions of the Society. 



19. L. cupricum, Bon. Bot. Ztg., 1857, 625. — Peridium obconic, 

 depressed, plicate below, tapering to an acuminate rooting base, at first 

 greyish flesh colour, then coppery, becoming umbonate, and dehiscing 

 by a small laciniate mouth. Spores purple-umber, spinulose. 



In shady woods. Germany. 



20. L. elongatum, Berk. Hook. Journ., vi. (1854) 171. — Stipitate ; 

 peridium obovate, minutely verrucose, dehiscing by a large opening, 

 stem long, thick, tapering downwards. Threads of capillitium flexuous, 

 branching at wide angles, axils acute, sterile portion cellular; spores 

 umber, globose, strongly echinulate, 6 jju diam. 



Stem 2 in. high, 3/4 in. thick above. On the ground, amongst moss. 

 Nepaul and Sikkim Himalayas 



II. Spores globose, rough, hrownish olive, olive, or various shades of 



yellow. 



21. L. saeeatum, Vahl. Fl. Dan., t. 1139. — Stipitate, spherico- 

 depressed, obtuse, above with small spinulose warts becoming smaller 

 and fibrillose below and on the stem, dehiscing by an irregular aperture ; 

 stem stout, more or less elongated, nearly equal, often more or less 

 lacunose, cellular within. Capillitium compact, persistent, threads 

 branched, axils not rounded, thinner than diameter of spores; sterile 

 basal portion convex, cellular ; spores olivaceous umber, strongly echinu- 

 late, spherical, 6 /* diam. — Fr. Syst. Myc, iii. 35. Cke., Fung. Brit. 

 Exes., No. 214. Price, pi. 3, f. 14. Hussey, i. pi. 26. Sci.-Gossip, 

 Dec. 1866. Cke. Hdbk., 1087. Krombh., t. 30, £ 11-12. Utraria 

 saccata. Quel. Champ. Jur, et Yosg., 361. 



Peridium 1-2 in. in diam., stem 2-3 in. long, 1 in. or more thick. 

 In thickets and open woods, amongst moss. Europe, North America, 

 Somerset East, South Africa. 



22. L. excipuliforme Scop. — Peridium subglobose or depressed, 

 passing into a stout stem, at first with spinose warts which partly 

 disappear leaving the surface tomentose, stem rather plicate at the base. 

 Threads of capillitium flexuous, rarely branched, continuous with the 

 sterile cellular base; spores globose, dirty olive, minutely warted, 

 4-5 /A diam.— Vitt. Lye, 193. Schaefl". Ic, t. 187. Bull., t. 450 and 

 t. 475 ? Paulet, p. 121, t. cci. f. 6. Karst. Myc. Fenn., p. 362. Nees, 

 Pilze, t. 11, f. 126. Sverig. Svamp., pi. Ixxiii. Pers. Syn., 143. 

 Pabst, Crypt. FL, t. 23. L. gemmatum 7 excipuUforme, Fr. S. M. 

 iii. 37. Utraria excipuUforme, Quel. Champ. Jur. et Vosg., 360. 

 L. excipuUforme, Vitt. Lye, 193. 



Variable in size, from 1-4 in. high. In woods and meadows. 

 Europe. 



23. L. cinereum, Bon. Bot. Ztg. 1857, 615. — Peridium capitate, 

 umbonate, narrowed downwards into a stem-like base, at first livid-grey, 

 verrucoso-floccose, becoming smooth and obscure brown. Spores globose, 

 spinulose, olive. 



In woods. Europe. 



