58 Discomycetese, Pezizeae, Hj-alospor2e,*Ilhizina. 



ceis; sporidiis fusoideis utrinque apiculatis, ex hyalino fuscellis, 30- 

 32 i; 8-9, binucleatis, 



Hah. ad terram nudam sabulosam v. deustam, etiam supra 

 muscos frequens in Suecia, Germania, Belgio, Britanuia, Sibiria 

 asiatica, Carolina inf, — Junior planiuscula, regularis, levis, 2-3 

 cm, lata, margine albicante, in qua setate pro sequente facile ha- 

 beri posset; adulfa vero convexa undulata difformis, 5-7 cm. lata, 

 absque margine prominente. lMbr;o firma3, crassiusculce, ut et sub- 

 slantia fungi. 



2. Rhizina levigata Fr. Obs. I, p. 1G2, Grev. II, t. 22, f, 1, Peziza i^^i 

 rhizopliora Wiild. Wev. n. 1170, Oc/ospora rhizoph. Hedw, musc. 

 frond. II, p. 15, t. 5. f. A. — Orbicularis, levis, fusca, margine 

 prominente, subtus granulosa librisque pallidis; ascis cylindraceis ; 

 sporidiis crasse fusoideis, acurainatis, 2-guttatis, monostichis, hya- 

 linis, 40-44^10, 



Hab. ad terram aronosam macram apricam in Suecia, Germania 

 Britannia. — Quin prioris congener sit, nullus dubitet, potius de 

 specifica differentia. Jam ab initio magis convoxa, constanter levis, 

 2-3 cm, vix superans. Margo prominens huic faciem magis pezizoi- 

 deam tribuit. — Var. praetexta I^^hrenb. Silv. Berol, p. 29: effusa. 

 subconvexa, fusco-purpurea, limbo albo margine fibrilloso pra3- 

 texta, subtus fibrisque concoloribus. In arena prope Berolinum ra- 

 rissime. Carnosa, 2-3 cm. lat., suborbicularis. Videtur junior aetas. 



3. Rhizina ferruginea riiillips in Grevill, XVI, p. 71. — Orbicularis, iss 

 sessilis, coucava, demum subapplanata, margine integro, leniter ele- i 

 vato vel incurvo, hymenio fuligineo-fusco, extus tomentello ferru- \ 

 gineo-fusco; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis; sporidiis ellipticis. uni-vel 

 biguttulatis, asperulis 20-23:^4-5; paraphysibus superne incras- 

 satis, septatis. 



Hab. m ligno putri Victoria Australia^ (C. French), — Asco- 

 ma 1-2 cm. lat., siccum rigidum, udum molle, Affinis R. Thwai- 

 (esii sed sporidia ollipsoidea et ascoma non nigro-setosum. 



4. Rhizina reticuiata B. et Br. Fung. of Ceyl. n. 919. — E cupuli- 183 

 formi expansa, substipitata, subtus velutina, reticulata, brunnea ; 

 hymenio vinoso; ascis cylindricis; sporidiis oblongis curvulis obtu- 

 sissimis 25:^12; paraphysibus leniter clavatis. 



Hab. ad ligna, Habgalla Ceylon (Thwaites), Neilgherries (E. 

 S. Berkeley). — Initio obconica, dein cupulata, demum expansa 

 3-5 cm, lat. 



5. Rhizina spongiosa r>. et C. Cub. Fungi n. 054. — Magna, crassa; i84 



