LANCASHIRE ASCOMYCETES 189 



DiSCOMYCETES. 



Helvellace^. 



Morchella esculenta DC. 59. On the left bank of the Irwell, 

 below Clifton Aqueduct, James Percival, Junr., 1859. Sandhills 

 hills at Freshfield. 



Mitropliora semilibera Lev. 59. Hale, January, 1911, W. G. T. 



Gyromitra esculenta (Pers) Fr. 59. On the sandhills at 

 Formby, May, 1908, W. G. T. 



Helvella corium (Web.) Mass. 59. Frequent on the sandy 

 flats near the sea, from Formby to Ainsdale, September, 1909, and 

 since annually. Mr. Crossland, who kindly determined these 

 specimens, stated that Dr. Cooke's figure of these species is two 

 to three times as big as the largest of our specimens, so that it 

 must vary considerably in size, and that he does not figure the 

 central globule in the spores. The Formby specimens were about 

 l-2'5 cm. high, closed and subglobose then becoming quite plane, 

 the diameter then being from '5-3 cm. ; externally the ascophores 

 are minutely verruculose, blackish with a bluish grey tinge ; the 

 stems are slightly swollen and paler below. Spores 8, hyaline 

 1-guttulate, continuous, broadly elliptical 20 x 12 ft. The first 

 British specimens were found by Plowright at King's Lynn. 

 Mons. Boudier, who confirmed the identification, refers it to the 

 genus Cyathipodia as C. corium (Web.) Bond. 



Geoglossum liirsutum Pers. 59. Birkdale, September, 1910, 

 H.M. 



G. glahrum Pers. 59. Mr. A. A. Dallman has sent specimens 

 collected at Wavertree Quarry, Liverpool. (See Proceedings of the 

 Liverpool Botanical Society, 1906.) 60. Lytham, November, 1898, 

 /. A. W. 



Mitrula cucullata (Batsch.) Fr. 59. On dead fir-leaves. Fresh- 

 field sandhills, October, 1909, C. Crossland. 



Pezizace^. 



Geopyxis coccinea (Scop.) Mass. 60. Near Over Kellet, Wi. d 

 Wh. ; Yealand, among moss, January, 1911. Collected by Mr. 

 Threlfall. 



Peziza vesciculosa Bull. Common on rich soil, dung heaps, &c. 

 59. Brinscall, G. H. H. ; Walton, Aintree, and Garston. 60. 

 Silverdale, August, 1909, and Brock, May, 1910. 



P. ampliata Pers. 59. Among moss, and on the rotten wood 

 of a fern-box, Aintree, May, 1909. Collected by Miss Dunning. 

 Specimens appeared in the same place the following year. 



P. repanda Wahl. 59. Wavertree, near Liverpool, 1910, 

 Miss Cook ; soil in fernery, Burnley, C. B. Bitchings. 



P. pustulata Pers. 59. Lathom, on dry ground in a wood. 



P. brnnneo-atra Desm. {Humaria viacrospora Mass. {pro parte) ). 

 59. Occurs in company with Helvella corium on the sandy flats 

 by the sea, from Formby to Ainsdale. Mons. Boudier, who has 

 seen the specimens, states they are his Galactinia brunneo-atra 

 (Desm.) Boud., which he keeps distinct from G. macrospora (Wall.) 

 Boud. 



