Nidiilarincefc, Crncibulum. 4?, 



OermariiiP. — Ab oninihus speciebus hujus generis (lifTert quod 

 epipbragniate carot; a Crucihulo vulgari peridio irregulari ru- 

 goso vel villosulo, sporangiolis minoribus oblongis nec subrotuu- 

 (lis, colore albo nec extus flavo. 



Species cii.jus diagiiosis miiii linud iunotuit. 



n-1. Cyathus Colensoi l^erk. Fl. N. Zeal. II, 192. i27 



llab. S. Australia, Tasmania, N. S. Wales. 



CRUCIBULUM Tul. Monogr. Nidul. in Ann. Scienc. Nat. 1844, p. 80 

 (Ktym. crucihnlum h. e. vas in quo metalla funduntur). — Pe- 

 ridiuni initio globosum capitatum, tandem subcj.Mindricum crucibu- 

 liforme et epiphragmate plano concolore furfuraceo, cyatbi margi- 

 nibus extremis continuo clausum, hocce frusfulatim demum eva- 

 nido, late apertum, crassum; contextu fibroso-spongioso, homoge- 

 neo nec e stratis parallele appositis distinctis constante; osculuin 

 admodum nudum absque ulla corona limbari; sporangiola nume- 

 rosa, disciformia, plana, regularia, tegumento crassissimo fibroso 

 involucrata, funiculo longo e prominentia mammiformi oriundo in- 

 structa ; sporfe 2-4 in quaque basidia, filamentis non iramixta\ 



1. Crucibulum vulgare Tul. Monogr. Nidul. in Ann. Scienc. Nat. 1844, 128 

 p. 90, C)/athus crucihulifovmis IIofFm. Veg. Crypt. II, pag. 29, 

 t. VIII, f. 1, Nidularia Crucihulum Fr. Syst. Myc. II, p. 299, 

 Nidularia leucosperma Pers. mscr. Cyaihus ericctorum Havet. 

 mscr. Cijathus cylindricus Willd. Fj. Berol. pag. 399, Nidula- 

 ria ievis Bull. Charnp. t. 488, f. 2, Cyaihus Crucihulum Pers. Syn. 

 pag. 238, Pcziza crucihuliformis Schaeff. Ic. pag. 125, Peziza 

 lentifera Poll. Pal. III, pag. 305, Peziza Pyocis Batsch Elench. 

 p. 129, Peziza hvis Huds. FI. Angl. p. 634. — Peridio campa- 

 nulato-cylindrico, utrinque truncato, ex ochraceo ferrugineo, ju* 

 niore tomentoso, tandem glabro, crassiusculo, fere levi, osculo in* 

 tegerrimo, nudo, late aperto, intus omnino levi, glabro, nitenti, 

 luteo-pallescenti; sporangiolis albidis demum pallescenfibus vol 

 ochraceo-pallidis orbicularibus ,• sporis ellipticis, 8-9 - 4-4,5, levibus, 

 hyalinis. 



Hah. ad ramulos, caules asseresque humi jacentes in silvis 

 umbrosis totius Europjr, pr. Minussinsk Sibiriti;' Asiatica^ in Ame- 

 rica boreali, in Africa boreali (Duiueu), in Australia et Nova /e- 

 landin, in insula Madera prope Tenerifta. — Gregarius, 5-8 mm. 

 altus, 0-7 nim. sursum latus; sporangiola 1,5-2 mm. lata, 400 •/. 



