30 Discomyoeteaa. Helvelea}, Hyalospor^, Verpa. 



sphn?ricum est, 6-8 mm. altum totidemque fere latum, aqua emol- 

 litum sub lente reticulato-rugosum, sed non alveolatum, in sicco 

 subasperatum, inferne leve, pallidum aut subalutaceum ; stipes 5-7 

 cra. longus, 6 mm. crassus, cjlindricus, intus cavus flaccidus, sic- 

 cus transversim corrugato-undulatus, fuscescens. 



2. Verpa Breblssonl Gill. Disc, p. 21 cum icone. — Ascomate conico ?8 

 superne non umbilicato, margine sinuoso-lobato, levi vel subinde vix 

 ruguloso, inferne brunneo superne pallido vel griseo, 2-3 cm. diara., 

 stipite cylindraceo, sequali vel basi leniter incrassato, albo vel al- 

 bescente, squamulis transversalibus, concoloribus, parvis tecto, 3-G 

 cm. longo; ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis ovoideis ; paraphysibus fili' 

 formibus, apice vix clavulatis. 



Hab. inter gramineas in silvis Gallia} super. 



3. Verpa fulvo-cincta Bresad. Trid. p. 40, t. 43. — Ascomate con- 89 

 vexo-subhemisphaerico aut campanulato subexpanso, glabro, levi 

 vel raro scrobiculato-rugoso, aetate reticulato, badio-fusco, mar- 

 gine tumido subinflexo, primo sublateritio-fulvo, deraum subcon- 

 colori, subtus fuscidulo vel pallido, 1^,0-2 cm. lato; stipite sub- 

 ^equali, albido-stramineo, cylindraceo vel subcompresso, glaberri- 

 mo, e medullato-farcto, mox cavo, 5-8 cm. longo, 5-7 mm. cras- 

 so ; carne ceraceo-membranacea, pallida, odore et sapore haud spe- 

 ciali; ascis cylindraceis, basi flexuoso-stipitatis, 300-320^:16-18, 

 jodio haud tinctis; paraphysibus apice clavato 8 <x. lato, flavido- 

 farctis, septatis ; sporidiis ellipsoideis, 20-23 ^ 12, sub microsc. stra- 

 mineo-flavis, apicibus granuloso-scabris dein levibus. 



Hab. in coryletis tantum verno tempore; provenit in Valle di Sole 

 agri tridentini. — Variat ascomate subdigitaliformi, vertice plano 

 (ut in V. digitalifovmi) et tum V. agaricoidi proxima. — Forma 

 typica V. patulcc manifeste proxima, sed colore ascomatis, statu- 

 ra graciliori et tempore vegetationis bene distincta videtur. Cete- 

 rum species hujus generis admodura inter se aftines et uotis minus 

 aculis limitata?. 



4. Verpa rufipes Phill. Disc. p. 20, t. I, f. 4. — Ascomate conico, 9o 

 ruguloso, sublobato, umbrino, inferne albescente toraentoso; stipite 

 ventricoso, rufo, squamuloso, farcto ; ascis cylindraceis; sporidiis 

 octonis, eliipsoideis, pallide coloratis, 22:= 13; paraphysibus filifor- 

 mibus suboequalibus, septulatis. 



Hab. in arenosis (hedge-banks) Terrington et North Wootton 

 Britannicc. — Circiter 3 cm. alta. Stipes in regione latiori circiter 1 



