DiscomycGtecTe, HelvoUere, Hyalosporjc, Helvella. 2* 



39. Helvella pusilla IJ. et C. North Pac. Exp. n. 145, Cooka Myc. 80 

 f. 170. — Pusilla; ascomate deflexo libero, brunneo subtus griseo ; 

 stipite glaberrimo fistuloso cartilagineo; ascis cylindraceis ; spori- 

 ridiis anguste ellipsoideis 20^8-9. 



Hab. in arenosis prope fretum Behring. — Tota 2-3 cm. alta. 



6. Extus tomeutosae v. squamulosse. 



40. Helvella atra Konig. Fl. Isl. p. 20, Fl. Dan. t. 534, f. 2, Holmsk. 8i 

 Ot. 2, p. 47, t. 25, Fr. S. M. II, p. 19, Cooke Myc. f. 167, Gill. 

 Disc. c. ic, Krombh. tab. 21, f. 18-20, H. 'pezizoides Karst. M. 

 Fenn. I, p. 36 nec Afz., H. nigricans Pers. syn. p. 617. — Fu- 

 ligineo-nigra; asconiate deflexo utrinque adpresso libero, subtus 

 levi; stipite farcto furfuraceo-villoso; ascis cylindraceis longissimis 

 8-sporis; sporidiis ovoideis utrinque obtusis, 17-18:2 8-9. 



Hab. in silvis humosis fagineis et abiegnis, etc. in Islandia, 

 Suecia, Dania, Fennia, Spitzberg, Britannia, Belgio, Gerraania, Fen- 

 nia, Austria, Amer. bor. — Forma a cl. Lambotte pr. Verviers 

 lecta et descripta (Fl. myc. II, p. 585) sporidiis spha;ricis verru- 

 cosis videtur distincta. — Solitaria, miiior, H. infulce analoga. Sti- 

 pes 12-5 cm. longus, 2-4 mm. crassus, teretiusculus, levis vel 

 irregulariter lacunosus, nigricans, basi subolivaceo-cinerescens. 

 Ascoma jam ab initio deflexum, nec pozizoideum, compressum bi- 

 lobo-eraarginatura, 1-2 cm. latum leve, demum leviter repandum, 

 subtus et exsiccatum cinerescens, 



41. Helvella pezizoides Afzel. in Vet. Ac. Handi. 1783, p. 308, t. 10, 82 

 f. 2, Fr. S. M. II, p. 20, Feziza heloelloides Fr. Summa p. 348, 

 Cooke Myc. f. 190. — Ascomate cupulato-complanato demum re- 

 flexo, fusco-atro, subtus stipiteque aequali squamuloso -scabris; ascis 

 cylindraceis 8-sporis, 130-140=; 14 (p. sporif.); sporidiis oblongo- 

 ovatis, hyalinis granulosis, 20^:8 (Fuck.) v. 15-17=; 10 (Cooke). 



Hab. in silvis abiegnis et pascuis muscosis, in Suecia, Germania, 

 Gallia, Italia, Rossia. — Tota 3-5 cm. alta. Stipes 2-4 mm. cras- 

 sus; junior farctus, teres, levis, scabrosus, nigricans ; adultus cavus 

 leviter compressus substriatus, deaudatus, pallide fuscus v. obscure 

 cinerescens ; ascoma vix 2,5 cm. leve, juniore aetate cupulatum 

 complanatum dein explanatum orbiculare, demura reflexum bilobo- 

 eraarginatum, e cinereo-fusco-nigricans, supra glabrum, subtus vero 

 stipiti concolor et squamulis albidis secedentibus scabrum. — Var. 

 minor Bros. Trid. p. 63, t. 70: ascoraate cupulato-hemisphnerico, deiu 

 expanso srrpe subbilobo, 2-3 cm. lato, carnoso subcartilagineo ex- 



