HELOTIUJI. 243 



The name of H. melleum lias been retained by Sacoardo — 

 SylL, yiii. n. 948 — for the Ceylon species, and the British 

 species, notwithstanding priority of publication, has been 

 changed by Sacoardo to H. Fergussoni, Sacc, SylL, viii. 

 n. 948. 



Helotium Aspegrenii. Fries, Summa Veg., p. 365. 



Gregarious, stipitate ; ascophore subrepand; disc yellow; 

 externally, as well as the subascending stem, white; asci 

 oylindrioal ; spores 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 

 8-10 X 3-5 fJL. 



Peziza Aspegrenii, Fries, Syst., Myc, ii. p. 131. 



Hymenoscyplia Aspegrenii, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 124. 



Phialea Aspegrenii, Gill., Disc. Fr., p. 107, with fig.; Sacc, 

 Syll., viii. n. 1078. 



On rotten wood. 



" Two to three lines high, stem somewhat slender." 

 (Fries.) 



At first hemispherical, then expanded and plane ; stem 

 slender, attenuated downwards. 



Unknown to me. All the above is from Brit. Disc, 

 p. 124-125. 



Helotium Hedwigii. Mass. 



Ascophore stipitate, concave or plane, yellow tinged with 

 orange, margin entire, paler beneath; stem rather long, 

 lower half tomentose, white and enlarged ; asci eylindraoeo- 

 clavate ; spores oblong or oblong-elliptic, biguttulate, 

 7-10 xS fi. 



Octospora fungotdaster, Hedw., Muse. Frond., ii. p. 53, 

 t. xix. figs. 1-4. 



Peziza fructigena, /?. virgultorum, Fries, Syst. Myc., ii. 

 p. 118. 



Peziza mrgultorum, Fl. Dan., t. 1016, fig. 2. 



Hymenoscyplia Hedwigii, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 130. 



On twigs of hazel. May. 



Ascophore J-lJ line broad, height about the same. The 

 cups are at fist concave, then plane ; the stem is white, 

 enlarged at the base, and attached to the wood by white 

 mycelium. 



The above is copied entirely from Phillips, Brit. Disc, 

 p. 130. Unknown to me. 



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