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504 Discomyceteae, Pezizese, Scolecosporae, Gorgoniceps. 



ceis, hyalinis, rectis vel leniter curvulis, 3-septatis, utroque apice 

 leviter atteuuatis, 28-40-3-4; paraphysibus filiforniibus, apineia 

 versus inaequaliter incrassatis, interdum •furcellatis. 



Hab. ad culmos Secales, Baldiugerse arundinaceaB, 

 Airse ca^spitosae, Calamagrostidum nec non Junci effusi/ 

 in Fennia, Gallia, Gerraania, Italia. — Sec. Phill. huc spectat P^;: 

 culmicola Desm. sed sporidiis sec. diagn. valde recedit. — Var, 

 /3. litoreum Karst, Belonidium litoreum Karst. Symb. pag. 213, 

 Peziza litorea Fr. Syst. myc. II, p. 121? Partibus internis satis 

 cum typo convenit, sed cupulie solitarire vel caespitosa}, breviter 

 stipitulatae virescenti- vel rosello-pallida) aut paliidse, siccae pal- 

 lescentes disco coucolori vel subtestaceo-pallido, cupula concaviu* 

 scula vel convexa, sicca concava vel planiuscula, margine in sicco 

 tenui, incurvo, sublacero. Ad culmos Phragraitis communis 

 in par. Taramela Fenuise. 



31. Belonidium minutissimum (Batsch) Phillips Disc. p. 149, Peziza ' 

 minutissima Batsch Elench. fig. 143, B. et Br. Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 n. 171, tab. 15, fig. 21, Peziza Hel77tinthosporii Blox. Herb. Kew. 

 — Cupulis initio clavatis vel obovatis, dein cupulatis, albo-palli- 

 dis, glabris, stipite brevissimo, basi atteuuato; ascis clavato-elon- 

 gatis, octosporis ; sporidiis oblongis vel oblongo-fusoideis, curvulis, 

 constricto 4-septatis, 30 :i G, hyalinis ; parapiiysibus filiformibus. 



Hab. iu He 1 m i n thospo r iis ad ramulos, Tw^ycross et prope 

 Bath Britanuiae. 



Sect. 5. Scolecosporae Sacc. 



GORGONICEPS Karst. M. F. I, p. 15 (1871) [Etym. gorgon et ceps 

 pro caput, ob ascoma sporidiis serpentiformibus farctum], Vibrissece 

 Sect. II, Sessiles Phill. gen. Vibr. p. 8, Apostemidium Karst. M. 

 F. I, p. 15. — Ascomata sessilia vel brevissirae stipitata ceracea 

 vel ceraceo-mollia, turbinata vel disciforrai-scutellata, glabra, me- 

 diocria vel raiuuta. Asci cyliudracei, parapiiysati, typice octospori. 

 Sporidia filiforrai-acicularia, saepius septulata, subdiapliana, ascura 

 plerumque «xquantia. — Cfr. sect. Belonopsis generis Mollisice nec 

 non geu. Belonium et Belonidium. 



1. Gorgoniceps ariduia Karst. M. F. I, p. 185. — Gregaria vel sub- 

 sparsa, sessilis vel brevissime stipitata, cupula convoxa, immargi- 

 uata, CcTsio-hyalina, sicca irregulari, deorsum fuscescente, disco 

 caesio-hyalino vel (siccitate) griseo-pallido, 0,3-0,8 mm. lat., sti- 



