DASYSCYPHA. 363 



Specimens examined in Phil., Elv. Biit., u. 72; Eehm, 

 Ascom., n. 418, and Fries, Scler., n. 332. 



Dasyseypha spadicea. 'Sla.ss. 



Asoophores scattered, sessile, base somewhat narrowed, 

 subglobose and closed at first, then expanding, but the margin 

 remaiaing erect or slightly incurved, rather dry and tongh, 

 A— I mm. broad, disc pale bay, externally somewhat darker, 

 and along with the margin, very shortly but densely tomen- 

 tose, hairs tinged brown, septate, generally wavy, thin- 

 walled, obtuse, 40-60 X 3-4 fi ; hypothecium and excipulum 

 formed of slender, intricately interwoven hyphae, which pass 

 directly into the external tomentum ; asci narrowly cylindric- 

 clavate, apex slightly narrowed, pedicel stout, 8-spored, 

 spores irregularly 2-seriate, smooth, hyaline, continuous, 

 nai rowly elliptic-fusoid, 8-10x2-5— 3 /jl; paraphyses slender, 

 hyaline, cylindrical. 



Peziza spadicea, Pers., Myc. Eur., p. 252, 



Lachnella spadicea, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 258 ; Sacc, Syll., 

 viii. n. 1623. 



On furze, poplar, and lime branches. 



Specimen in Herb. Berk., Kew, on furze, from Scotland, 

 accepted as typical. Differs from the structure of BasyscypTia 

 in having the hypothecium and excipulum formed of inter- 

 woven hyphae. 



Dasyseypha Carmicliaeli. Mass. 



Gregarious ; sessile or narrowed to a very short, stem-like 

 base ; turbinate then expanding, up to | mm. across, vers" 

 pale brown, rather fleshy ; excipulum minutely parenchyma- 

 tous ; externally rather densely covered with very short, 

 blunt, 2-3-septate, slightly curved hairs, which form a 

 slightly irregularly fringed, whitish margin, 40-60 X 5-6 /i ; 

 asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored; spores irregularly biseriate, 

 oblong-fusiform, straight or slightly curved, hyaline, con- 

 tinuous, 6-8 X 1 ■ 5 /i ; paraphyses filiform, about 1 • 5 /x thick, 

 hyaline. 



Peziza grisea, Carmichael in Herb. 



Lachnella grisella, Cke. & Phil., Brit. DLsc, p. 260. 



On decayed decorticated wood. 



Type specimen examined. 



The margin of the ascophore is incurved when dry. The 



