LACHNEA. 317 



On the ground. 



Distinguished by the bright yellow colour, and the rough 

 spores. The epispore is described as asperate by Cooke and 

 Phillips, but when carefully examined it is seen to consist of 

 very minute, depressed areas or polygonal pits, or in other 

 words there is a raised reticulation spread over the surface,. 

 and enclosing irregularly polygonal areas. 



Specimen determined by Dr. Mougeot, and now in Herb. 

 Berk., accepted as typical. This is the specimen figured by 

 Cooke in Mycographia, fig. 143. 



Lachnea theleboloides. Gillet, Champ. Fr., Disc.^ 

 p. 74; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 225 ; Sacc, SylL, viii. n. 728. 



Ascophores gregarious or crowded, sessile, ^-f cm. across, 

 at first subglobose and closed, then hemispherical, finally 

 expanding until almost plane, often wavy, rather fleshy ; 

 disc yellow, externally whitish, sparingly clothed with pale- 

 yellow or amber, slightly thick-walled, 2-4-septate, smooth, 

 pointed hairs, measuring 70-120 x 6-8 /i at the margin, 

 where they are largest ; cortex parenchymatous, cells irre- 

 gularly polygonal, large, 15-24 X 10-12 /x; asci narrowly 

 cylindrical, apex obtuse, pedicel somewhat elongated and 

 narrowed downwards, 8-spored ; spores 1-seriate, hyaline, 

 continuous, smooth, elliptic-oblong, ends obtuse, 12-15 K 

 6—7 fi. ; paraphyses hyaline, septate, slightly clavate at the 

 tips. 



Pcziza theleboloides. Alb. & Schw., Coasp. Fung., Tp. 322, 

 t. 12. fig. 4. 



On spent hops and other decaying vegetable matter. 



Cups 2^^ lines broad; at first obovate or subcylindrical, 

 concave, and expanded, when mature of a bright orange- 

 colour within; beset externally with delicate, erect, white 

 hairs, which are h^i aline under the microscope ; seated at 

 first on a delicate white subioulum, which disappears as the 

 plant advances to maturity, and the cups become crowded. 

 (Berk. & Broome.) 



Specimens examined in Phil., El v. Brit., n. 20 ; and Cke., 

 Fung. Brit., n. 571. 



Lachnea dalmeniensis. Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 227; 

 Sacc, Sy 11., viii. n. 730. 



Scattered or gregarious, sessile, subglobose and closed, .thpit 



