364 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



short, densely set, very slightly coloured hairs give the 

 exterior of the ascophore a mimitely scurfy appearance 

 under a lens. I have not observed the " perpendicularly 

 striate " appearance described by Phillips very distinctly, 

 and in some specimens not at all. 



The original specific name is antedated by Eehm. 



Dasyseypha tricolor. Mass. 



G-regarious or scattered, narrowed into a very short stem- 

 like base, at first closed, then hemispherical, closed when dry, 

 waxy, 1-2 mm. across ; disc yellowish, externally bluish 

 grey and villose, hairs thin-walled, septate, cylindrical, 

 obtuse, slightly tinged grey, apex almost colourless, 80-120 x 

 6-6 /J., sometimes rather wavy ; cortical cells small, arranged 

 more or less in parallel rows ; asci clavate, apex somewhat 

 narrowed, S-spored ; spores hyaline, continuous, often guttu- 

 late, narrowly elliptical, 12-15 X 2-5-3 /jl, 2-seriate ; para- 

 physes slender, cylindrical, slightly longer than the asci. 



JPeziza tricolor. Sow., Eng. Fung., t. 369, f. 6. 



Lachnella tricolor, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 240. 



On old bark and wood. 



Distinguished by the bluish-grej' exterior and yellowish disc. 



Specimen in Moug. & Nest., n. 1189, examined. 



Dasyseypha Stevensoni. Saoc, Syll., n. 1889. 



Gregarious or scattered, narrowed to a short stem-like base, 

 subglobose and closed at first, then hemispherical, about 4 mm. 

 across ; disc pallid, externally minutely villose, very pale 

 amber, "sugar-colour," hairs dense, slender, thin-walled, 

 20-30 X 3 /x, almost colourless ; cortex minutely parenchyma- 

 tous , asci narrowly clavate, apex slightly narrowed, 8-spored; 

 spores hyaline, continuous, straight, elliptic-fusiform, 7-8 X 

 1 • 5-2 fi ; paraphyses hyaline, very slender, cylindrical, 



Peziza (Mollida) Stevensoni, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 1485. 



Lachnella Stevensoni, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 235. 



On decorticated wood. 



Type specimen examined. 



Dasyseypha dematiicola. Mass. 

 Scattered or gregarious, sessile, at first globose and closed, 

 then hemispherical, finally plane, but with a distinct margin. 



