66 Transactions. 
Habitat. суче solitary or caespitose on rotting twigs, dead grass- 
Aare or on the 
stribution. AE wide; common.  Pukeora, Hawke's Bay, Н. Е. 
Roichife / 17/10/21; Wellington, R. Grimmett ! April, 1922; Dunedin, 
Miss Н. K. Dalrymple ! 5/5/22 ; Kelburn, Wellington, G. H. C., April, 
May, 1922. 
The large, smooth, ens peridia and large peridiola characterize 
this species. e peridia are often concentrically zoned, and vary greatly 
insize. This is our mot common species of Cyathus. 
5. Cyathus stercoreus (Schw.) De Toni. (Plate 4, figs. 5, 6.) 
De Toni in Sace. Syll. Fung., vol. 7, p. 40, 1888. 
Nidularia stercorea Schw., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. vol 4, p. 253, 1834. 
N. melanosp z 
ma Schw., l.c Cyathus Lesueurii Tul., An ci. Nat., ser. iii, 
vol. l, p. 79, 1844. C. Wrightii Berk., Grev., vol. 2, p. 34, 1873. C. melano- 
Us oni in Sacc. Syll. Fung., vol. 7, p. 42, 1888. C. Baileyi Mass., 
Grev., vol. 21, p. 3, 1892. C. dimorph ‚ Agr. ‚ p. 1005, 
892. C E Pat., Bull. . Fr. p. 87, 1895. С. rufi 
- T vol. p. M 1897 nosperma (Schw.) 
White 29, p. 262, 1902. rufipes (Ell. et Ev v.) White, l.c., p. 265. 
С. Weighti * Berk’) White, Lc. C. Me (Schw.) White, l.c., p. 266. 
Peridia at first ureceolate, becoming obconic or campanulate, 5-15 mm. 
high, 4-8 mm. across the month, tapering rene to the slender and 
short stipe, or sessile ; exterior ie east t fee hirsute, becoming 
almost smooth with age, interior smooth, lead colonel shining ; mouth 
erect, not or slightly expanded, margin entire, even. Peridiola lenticular, 
mm. diam., smooth and shining, black; tunica wanting. Spores sub- . 
globose, 20-40 mmm. diam.; epispore 3 mmm. thick. 
Habitat. —Growing solitary or caespitose on manure, decaying wood, soil, 
and boxes in glasshouses, &c. 
Voces бет; common.  Mapua, Nelson, on cow-dung, 
G.H.C., /22. 
This кези varies considerably in the size and shape of the peridia. 
upper mdai are not attached to the wall rs funiculi, this latter 
structure apparently being rudimentary or absent. He also mentions the 
fact that with this species sterile peridiola commonly occur, a feature 
apparently not uncommon in the large-spored species. 
LITERATURE CONSULTED. 
Bary, A. de, 1887. hi 0 ee & Biology of the Fungi, Mycetozoa, and . 
ia. (English ed.) Oxf 
Fiscuer, Ep., 1900. соме. іп Qaem & Prantl, Natuerliche Pflanzenfamilien, 
З 24—98. 
Lrovp, C. G., 1906. The Nidular riaceae, or * Birds-nest Fungi," pp. 1-32. Cincinnati. 
MASSEE, G., 1880. A Monograph of the British Gastromycetes, Ann. Bot., vol. 4, 
pp. 1 
SACCARDO, P. Fi 1888. Nidulariaceae, Sylloge Fungorum, vol. 7 et seq. Pat 
TuLASNE, L. et C., 1844.  Récherches sur L'organisation des Nidulariées, Aa. Sci. 
Nat., ser. iii, vol. 1, pp. 41-107. 
WALKER, — B., 1920. Development of Cyathus fascicularis, C. striatus, and Cruci- 
m vulgare, Bot. Gaz., vol. 70, pp. 1— 
WHITE, Mice ү. S., 1902. oe Nidulariaceae of North America, Bull. Torrey Botanical 
Club, vol. 29, pp. 251-80. 
