292 Discomyceteae, Pezizeae, Hyalosporae, Pseudohelotiura. 



vatis, 60-65 s 8-11, apice jodo vix tincfis; sporidiis plerumque di- 

 sticliis, fusoideo-elongatis, rectis vel leniter curvulis, guttulas 2-4 

 sat minutas, rudes foventibus, 10-15^3-4; paraphysibus haud bene 

 discretis, gracilibus. 



Hab. ad lignum putrescens Betulae et Padi in Fennia meri- 

 dionali. — A P. hyalino, cui proximum, ascis sporidiisque niajori- 

 bus, pilis cupulae subtilioribus et brevioribus (30-40 a. long.), deiii 

 evanescentibus aliisque notis differt. Ascomata interdum confiuunt. 



4. Pseudohelotium Bullii (Sm.) Sacc. Peziza Sm. in Gard. Chron 1873, 

 MoUisia Phili. Disc. p. 194, tab. G, fig. 35, Grevil. I, p. 120, t. 8. 

 f. 3. — Subhemisphaericum, demum inaequale, sessile vel brevissi- 

 rae stipitatum, albidura, margine inflexo, pulverulentura, disco sspe 

 prolifero; ascis subclavatis,- sporidiis subellipticis minutis 5-7 5 3. 



Ilab. in aquce ductibus ligneis iu Britannia. — Ascoraa '/3 

 mm. lat. 



5. Pseudohelotlum ceraceiium (Fr.) Sacc. Peziza ceracella Fr. S. 

 M. II, p. 114. — Cupulis gregari-is, ceraceis, duriusculis, '/^"^'A 

 mm. diam., subsessilibuiB, subtus turbinatis v. prorsus sessilibus, 

 patellaribus, ex albo pallidissime (pra^cipue disco) flavescentibus. 

 extus margineque setulis tenuissimis subvelutiuis; disco e concavo 

 plano marginato; ascis cylindraceis, breve attenuato-stipitatis, 80 s 

 5-6, paraphysatis, 8-sporis; sporidiis oblique monostichis v. disti 

 chis fusoideis v. subclavulatis, 10-12 = 2i/o, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad ligna populeaetquercina in Suecia, GermaQia, 

 Italia. — Sec. Fries 1. c, : gregarium, subinde ca3spitosum, teuue, 

 margine tenuissirae ciliato; discus albidus, 2-4 mm. latus, junior 

 et siccus urceolatus, humidus expansus planiusculus subrepandus. 



6. Pseudohelotium opalinum (Quel.) Sacc. MolUsia opalina Quel. 12 

 Suppl. p. 13, tab. VII, f. 9 et in Grevillea 1879, p. 177. — Asco- 

 mate discoideo, 1 mra. diani., ceraceo, firmo, pruinoso, glabro, dia- 

 phano, hyalino vel opalino ; hymenio plano, lilacino vel glauco, io 

 sicco araethysteo; sporidiis bacillaribus, 12 a. longis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramis putrescentibus in turfosis, Alsace. 



7. Pseudohelotium firmulum (Karst.) Sacc. Helotium firmulinn Karst. 

 Syinb. XXVII, pag. 32. — Gregarium, sessile, subiculo deraatieo 

 {TapesiiC fusccc?) insidiens, sphajroideum vel late obovoideura, ore 

 minuto apertum, prosenchymatico-contextura, firmulum, albura vel 

 lutescens, albo-puborulum, deniura cupulari-apertum et sordidatuin. 

 0,2-03 rara. latura; ascis cyliQdraceo-cIavatis, 6-7 a. crassis; spo- 

 ridiis distichis, fusoideo-elongatis, rectis vel curvulis, contiuuis, 



