152 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Cooke, Fung. Brit., n. 343, & ed. ii. n. 381 ; Phil., Elv. Brit., 

 n. 82 ; Eehm, Ascoiu., n. 72. 



Calloria cornea. Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 332 ; Sacc, 

 Syll., viii. n. 2639. 



Gregarious, sessile, at first globose or slightly narrowed at 

 the base and closed, then expanding and becoming only 

 slightly concave or sometimes plane, margin very minutely 

 irregular, at first pale horn-colour, becoming rich yellow- 

 brown with age, blackish and horny when dry, l-^ mm. 

 across ; cortex parenchymatous, cells irregularly polygonal, 

 6-8 /x diameter ; asci clavate, apex slightly narrowed, pedicel 

 stout, often bent, 8-spored; spores irregularly 2-seriate 

 above, hyaline, smooth, narrowly elliptic-fusiform, ends 

 rather acute, usually slightly bent, 1-septate at maturity, 

 14r-15 X 3-3-5 /a; paraphyses numerous, often branched, 

 tips clavate, yellow-brown, more or less agglutinated 

 together. 



Peziza cornea, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 578, vol. vii. 

 p. 16. 



On dead stalks of Carex paniculata. 



Type specimen examined. 



Calloria coniicola. Cke. & Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 333 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 2637. 



Gregarious or crowded, very minute, sessile, subgelatinous, 

 globose and closed at first, then expanding, tlie entire 

 margin remaining slightly upraised, flesh-red or orange-red, 

 about J mm. across; more or less closed or contracted when 

 dry; excipulum parenchymatous, cells small, cortical cells 

 irregularly polygonal, 6-9 fi diameter ; asci oylindric- 

 clavate, apex narrowed, pedicel stout, 8-spored ; spores 

 obliquely 2-seriate, smooth hyaline, for a long time con- 

 tinuous, finally 1-septafe, narrowly elliptical, ends acute, 

 often slightly curved, 12-14 x 2-5 /x; paraphyses hyaline, 

 cylindrical, about 2 //, thick, not thickened at the tip. 



On the dead stem of hemlock (Conium maculatum). 



Type specimen examined. 



A minute species, gregarious or often densely crowded, 

 nestling in the fine striae of the dead stem of hemlock, 

 probably also on other umbellifers. Spores large for the 

 size of the plant. 



